A Look at Asian American Studies - Emery McKee - Ryan Caragher - Emma Rohrer - Gabe Velazquez

ANTI - ASIAN RACISM AND BLM OVERLAP

In the spring of 2020 in the midst of a terrible pandemic , racism against Chinese and a Black uprising against racist police behavior intersect . Chinese , and asians in general for the first time in a while , are experiencing hate crimes against them because of fingerpointing blame for the pandemic

BLM a series of senseless and brutal police killings of Blacks provokes protests across the United States

AT THE SAME TIME Asians across America are experiencing a new burst of prejudice and hate crimes against them simply for being Asian at the time of the " Chinese Virus "

HOW IT RELATES Like Black intellectuals in the 1940s who found solidarity with the Japanese in protesting against White supremacy , Asians and Blacks can unite and can empathize in being targets of racial prejudice and hatred