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With the rise of anti-Asian racism triggered by COVID-19, the Asian American Christian Collaborative released the “Statement on Anti-Asian Racism in the Time of COVID-19.” This statement “denounces the current rise in anti-Asian racism in the United States of America. It calls for an immediate end to the xenophobic rhetoric, hate crimes, and violence against our people and communities, and invites all Americans to join them.”

The SOLA Network supported this statement, and more than 10,000 people have signed it since it was published on March 31, 2020.

SOLA Editor Hannah Chao interviewed Pastor Raymond Chang, president of the AACC, and Dr. Michelle Reyes, vice president of AACC, both of whom were lead drafters on the statement and are committed to Biblically-rooted racial justice. Their conversation covered topics from how Asian Americans are awakening to the reality of systemic racism, how knowing history can help us to frame our conversations on race, and how churches can help speak on the sin of racism.

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Read a transcript of this conversation: https://sola.network/article/church-combat-anti-asian-racism

Statement on Anti-Asian Racism in the Time of COVID-19: https://sola.network/article/statement-anti-asian-racism

SOLA’s essay on why it supports the Statement: https://sola.network/article/anti-asian-racism-covid-19

Recommended books for further reading from Dr. Michelle Reyes and Raymond Chang: The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee; America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee; Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong; The Color of Success: Asian Americans and the Origins of the Model Minority by Ellen D. Wu.

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