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

Asian American education policy is sweeping the nation, which is needed esp after the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes. One case I want to zoom in on is Fla. If Florida passes HB 287 / SB 294, yet suppresses Black history education, it will speak volumes a/b who is preferred. 1/2 It would speak to the model minority myth & how it operates as a wedge between the Black & Asian community — reinforcing which narrative is the solution, and which narratives are the problem. That would be a direct product of white supremacy systems and culture.

Jan 30th is Fred T. Korematsu Day. Fred T. I honor Korematsu’s bravery & resistance when Japanese Americans were accused of WWII espionage & imprisoned. He symbolizes: combating the model minority & perpetual foreigner stereotype, and cross-racial solidarity. Here’s how … 1/9 Anti-model minority: Korematsu was convicted of violating Prez FDR’s Executive Order 9066 by refusing to relocate to an internment camp. He changed his name to Clyde Sarah, and acted as if he was of Hawaiian and Mexican descent. 2/9

October is Filipino American HISTORY Month (#FAHM) ✊🏽🇵🇭 2022 theme: Celebrating Our History & Legacies:

>50 Years of Filipino American Studies
>40 Years of the Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS)
>30 years of Filipino American History Month.

Learn more 👉🏽 Honor our story by reading a/b us & knowing why we celebrate…

Important Dates:

>Oct 18, 1587 was our 1st recorded presence in Morro Bay w/ “Luzones Indios.”
>1992 by Dr. Fred & Dr. Dorothy Laigo Cordova started honoring FAHM
>2009 Congress recognizes October as FAHM

ASIAN AMERICANS & INFANTILIZATION: Heard 2 white undergrad students talk a/b an elderly Asian American professor at UW-Madison in passing. They said he was “cute,” but in an infantilizing & problematic way & continued to describe him as such. Here’s why this is problematic…1/4 1) Asian Americans are constantly infantilized in media, “portrayed as meek and subservient.” Think how this impacts all AsAm genders differently. (Source: LA Times Column: We are human: The consequences of hyper-sexualization and infantilization of the Asian community). 2/4

Tomorrow is the Remembrance Day of the #AtlantaSpaShooting & recently am elderly Filipina (67) was attacked 125 times (not reposting the vid). How do you come back from that? Who else feels zapped? Holding my Pinay / FilAm / & broader AAPI community close. Some reminders 🙏🏽 #StopAsianHate is part of it, but let’s move towards language around “Stop Asian Racism & Violence” as it acknowledges a foundation built on institutions, systems, & ways of being grounded in yt supremacy, anti-Blackness, colonialism, & misogyny. Transformation calls 4 abolition