Resources During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The closure of Brookline schools on March 13th and then the subsequent state of emergency declared by Governor Baker on March 17th, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, has up-ended life for all residents in Massachusetts.
There have been numerous reports and anecdotes of how Asians have been targeted because of the origins of the COVID-19 coronavirus. The BAAFN Steering Committee has compiled a list of resources below (from Dr. Taharee Jackson from the "Let's Talk" series) to highlight some of these incidents and have video/webinars/articles to help understand the history of racism in the United States and a link to the Southern Poverty Law Center which provides many helpful guidelines on how to handle such incidents. |
********** A video posted on the New York Times See what a Chinese American teenager and her friends are encountering during the outbreak. (click on the link below) Opinion | Coronavirus Racism Infected My High School ***********
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1. Telling the Story of Anti-Asian Racism During the Pandemic -
a. How the coronavirus is surfacing American’s deep-seated Anti-Asian biases
How the coronavirus is surfacing America’s deep-seated anti-Asian biases
Author: Li Zhou
21 April 2020
b. For Asian Americans, There Are Two Pandemics: COVID-19 And Daily Bigotry
This one was updated May 6, 2020.
1. Telling the Story of Anti-Asian Racism During the Pandemic -
a. How the coronavirus is surfacing American’s deep-seated Anti-Asian biases
How the coronavirus is surfacing America’s deep-seated anti-Asian biases
Author: Li Zhou
21 April 2020
b. For Asian Americans, There Are Two Pandemics: COVID-19 And Daily Bigotry
This one was updated May 6, 2020.
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2. “Let’s Talk! Supporting Asian and Asian American Students Through COVID-19."
This series has been organized through a collaboration between the MGH Institute of Health Professions, the MGH Center for Cross-Cultural Emotional Student Wellness, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education Let’s Talk! Conference.
Webinar #1: Anti-Asian Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Webinar #3: Predictable Parenting for Unpredictable Times: Promoting the Success and Wellbeing of Asian and Asian-American Students through COVID-19
2. “Let’s Talk! Supporting Asian and Asian American Students Through COVID-19."
This series has been organized through a collaboration between the MGH Institute of Health Professions, the MGH Center for Cross-Cultural Emotional Student Wellness, and the Harvard Graduate School of Education Let’s Talk! Conference.
Webinar #1: Anti-Asian Racism during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Webinar #3: Predictable Parenting for Unpredictable Times: Promoting the Success and Wellbeing of Asian and Asian-American Students through COVID-19
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3. Organizations and Solidarity Groups Combating Hate and Anti-Asian Racism
Southern Poverty Law Center
Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus
3. Organizations and Solidarity Groups Combating Hate and Anti-Asian Racism
Southern Poverty Law Center
Speaking Up Against Racism Around the New Coronavirus
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4. Readings for Understanding the Asian American Experience and Anti-Asian Racism -
Unraveling the “Model Minority” Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth
Author: Stacey J. Lee Publication Year: 2nd ed 2006 Full chapter 6 of second conclusion found in link below
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/be07/77caff1d54b1681d2b6c430bd4e5f615abf2.pdf
the author's original research was done in 1989-90 in an urban East coast "American High School" ... first published in 1996 then a follow-up 20 years later with a conclusion/summary on the four groups that she identified. (1. Asian /2. Asian American/ 3. New Wavers / 4. South Asian. )
Here are 2 excerpts from this second conclusion
.......This research sits alongside more recent research that demonstrates the profound ways that school policies, practices, and cultures shape immigrant students' experiences and responses to school and their understandings of where they fit in the broader society (Conchas, 2001; Lee, 2005; Lopez, 2003; Sanoub, 2005; Suarez-Orozco & Suarez-Orozco, 2001; Valenzuela, 1999).
......Several studies suggest that when whites feel that their status is threatened, they begin to view Asian American success and achievement as negative (Fong, 1994; Newman, 1993; Takagi, 1992). Under these circumstances, Asian Americans are no longer viewed as "model minorities but are instead viewed as potential dominators. Katherine Newman's (1993) study of downward mobility among middle-class whites suggests that when whites feel that their status is threatened, they turn their anger on Asians. Thus, attitudes of whites toward Asians are directly influenced by perceptions of their own status. Fang's (1994) study of Monterey Park, California, also suggests that whites' attitudes toward Asian success can turn from positive to negative. Fong reports that the large immigrant Chinese population "changed the demographic, economic, social, cultural, and political landscape" of Monterey Park, and he asserts that one result of these changes has been an increase in anti-Asian sentiment. More recently there have been reports of white flight in Silicon Valley.
4. Readings for Understanding the Asian American Experience and Anti-Asian Racism -
Unraveling the “Model Minority” Stereotype: Listening to Asian American Youth
Author: Stacey J. Lee Publication Year: 2nd ed 2006 Full chapter 6 of second conclusion found in link below
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/be07/77caff1d54b1681d2b6c430bd4e5f615abf2.pdf
the author's original research was done in 1989-90 in an urban East coast "American High School" ... first published in 1996 then a follow-up 20 years later with a conclusion/summary on the four groups that she identified. (1. Asian /2. Asian American/ 3. New Wavers / 4. South Asian. )
Here are 2 excerpts from this second conclusion
.......This research sits alongside more recent research that demonstrates the profound ways that school policies, practices, and cultures shape immigrant students' experiences and responses to school and their understandings of where they fit in the broader society (Conchas, 2001; Lee, 2005; Lopez, 2003; Sanoub, 2005; Suarez-Orozco & Suarez-Orozco, 2001; Valenzuela, 1999).
......Several studies suggest that when whites feel that their status is threatened, they begin to view Asian American success and achievement as negative (Fong, 1994; Newman, 1993; Takagi, 1992). Under these circumstances, Asian Americans are no longer viewed as "model minorities but are instead viewed as potential dominators. Katherine Newman's (1993) study of downward mobility among middle-class whites suggests that when whites feel that their status is threatened, they turn their anger on Asians. Thus, attitudes of whites toward Asians are directly influenced by perceptions of their own status. Fang's (1994) study of Monterey Park, California, also suggests that whites' attitudes toward Asian success can turn from positive to negative. Fong reports that the large immigrant Chinese population "changed the demographic, economic, social, cultural, and political landscape" of Monterey Park, and he asserts that one result of these changes has been an increase in anti-Asian sentiment. More recently there have been reports of white flight in Silicon Valley.
