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Why Asians Should Support Black Lives Matter—Talk with APILSA Leader Constance Chan


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UCLA APILSA leader Constance Chan talked about why the Asian Pacific Islander community should support the Black Lives Matter movement.  Constance highlighted that the conversation is not a substitute for learning about racism issues directly from Black authors, Black activists, or experts in Asian-Black relations, and she recommended the following resources as a starting point:

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Books and movie

The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
Asian American Studies Now: A Critical Reader by Jean Wu
Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Just Mercy (movie)
Slavery by Another Name by Douglas Blackmon
How to Be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Strangers from a Different Shore by Ronald Takaki
The Color of Success by Ellen Wu

Other resources

UCLA APILSA: https://www.instagram.com/ucla_apilsa/?igshid=72vmx45d4x8a
UCLA BLSA: https://www.instagram.com/uclablsa/?igshid=3p76gsv39xyc
Letters for Black Lives: https://lettersforblacklives.com/
MPD150: https://www.mpd150.com/faq/?fbclid=IwAR2MOi34vAYzxPb7NyrGHuSyTEu1kESjLuEYkPSFIeV2Rs88YI-QFv0MGFA

Communication between Chinese American parents and children

Yale students’ letter to the Chinese American community: https://chineseamerican.org/p/31571
A Chinese American parent's response to the Yale students' letter: https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/8VT8aUHDHcb-pmOIztwfFQ
A Harvard student's response to the Chinese American parent's letter: https://chineseamerican.org/p/31656

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