Thread by @tonyrosaspeaks

A thread on Black, Blasian, & Asian American Enmeshed Histories. During BHM, I will go deeper into each moment (please add to it if you have time). At the end I add reflection q’s. Tag educators who might benefit #BlackHistoryMonth #blasianhistory #apidahistory #teacher 1/10

1869 | Frederick Douglas & his “composite nation” speech that condemned anti-Asian hate and favors Japanese and Chinese immigration. source: sfuhs.org/[thecompositen…] 2/10

1899 - 1902 | The Buffalo soldiers, an all Black regiment, fought with Filipino guerrilla soldiers against the US after realizing the oppression that the US was committing towards the Filipinos. Source: NPS.gov/[philippineame… war] 3/10

1899 -1902 | The Black feminist movement including Ida B. Wells, Anna Julia Cooper, & others opposed colonization openly and wrote against the Philippine American War in their newspapers source: NPS.gov/[philippine american war]

1940s | Grace Lee Boggs organized alongside Black auto workers in Detroit to denounce World War II.

1960s | Yuri Kochiyama & Malcolm X, an activist friendship starting in Harlem and ending with the mutual support of the Black Power movement.

1950’s - 1960’s | Bengali Harlem, when South Asians took root in Harlem moving from the South, and merged w/ the Black community. Malcolm X would debate the tenets of Islam w/ Bengalis. Source: thejuggernaut.com/[bengaliharlem] 6/10

1965 - 1968 | Thich Nhat Hanh & Dr. King worked together when protesting the Vietnam war. Source: thichnhathanhfoundation.org/[Martin Luther King and Vietnam War]

1968 - 1977 | During the International Hotel fight for tenant rights, the Black Panthers linked arms with Filipino & Chinese activists protecting Asian elders who moved there. Source: thenation.com [international hotel]

1969 | Black, Asian, Chicano/a/x, & Native American activists lead the Third World Liberation Front to protest in the Vietnam War & establish the field of ethnic studies. Source: berkeley.edu/[third world liberation front]

1970s - 1990s | The beginnings of Critical Race Theory, a multiethnic coalition of legal scholars including: Derrick Bell, Kimberlé Crenshaw, Mari Matsuda, Richard Delgado, Robert S. Chang, Cheryl Harris, and more.

1978 | International Rescue Committee ad entitled “Black Americans Urge Admission of the Indochinese Refugees” (The NYTimes) shows Black leaders supporting the admittance of SE Asian refugees into the US. source: Searac

1980’s | “Vietnamese fishing community in Texas fought against violence from the KKK over shrimping territory. In 1982, the court prohibited the KKK from militant organizations & parading firearms in public.” source: unclaw.com [Vietnamese fishermen]

1980’s | Vicki Garvin and her work teaching about afro-chinese intersections. She taught African American History in Shanghai and was the editor of New China.

2013-present | Black & Asian solarity through Black Lives Matter, and later Stop Asian Hate movement.

2017-present | Freedom Inc. 501c3 a Black and Southeast Asian (mostly Hmong) coalition created in Dane County, WI. FI works to challenge the root causes of violence, poverty, racism and discrimination.

2020 - Present | The Blasian March is a solidarity action b/w Black/African, Asian & mixed Blasian communities. Source: diaryofafirebird.com/[BlasianMarch]

Reflection Questions:

1) why do enmeshed histories often get left out of curriculum?

2) What information is new to you? Why ?

3) Which histories in this series or outside of this series do you want to learn more of ? Why?

Reflection questions continued:

4) how does teaching enmeshed histories combat notions of white dominant culture?

5) how does celebrating enmeshed histories connect to notions of radical imagination?h

If you want to use my work for didactic, teaching, & learning purposes: docs.google.com/document/d/1gk…