Introduction to Asian American Studies: Final Zine Project (5) - Delaney Tax - Maria Zesbaugh - Ashley Montrezza

Afro-Asian Solidarity: Modern Day Effects

In modern society, the Black Lives Matter movement has become a force dedicated to dismantling a racial system that has placed people of marginalized communities at a disadvantage in many facets of society. Although the movement started in the United States, many countries participate in BLM movements and are committed to combating racial injustice. The cross-cultural effect of BLM highlights how the solidarity of many different nations and people attempt to rework the way humanity views racial differences. Through these movements, it is evident that trans-pacific activism within protests is an essential part in revising the system. The political alliance that is Afro- Asian solidarity serves to highlight the fact that the desire for human liberation extends cross-culturally.

"Imagining the different shapes of freedom while engaging in social struggles to expand the circle of common humanity, diverse groups of activists...on both sides of the Pacific responded to a call to "rework" and concomitantly moved in a racial groove toward the new epistemology so central to the objective of moving toward human liberation." --Onishi