Anti-Asian Racism: The Story You May Not Know
An online interactive conversation centering Asian voices and focusing on the various experiences people of Asian descent face to this day.
Time & Location
Jun 15, 2021, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Webinar
About the Event
“The Story You May Not Know: What does anti-asian racism look like?”
Recent media reports have highlighted the rise of anti-Asian racism alongside COVID 19 with stories of Asian men and women being attacked verbally and physically at bus stops, on trains, in grocery stores, to people in the highest political office using expressions like “China Virus”. The Vancouver Police Department reported that anti-Asian hate crimes have increased by 717% in Vancouver in the past year. Videos and reports of elders in Asian communities across the continent being spat on and pushed to the ground are frequently on the news and the Atlanta shooting on March 16th shook Asian communities to the core.
Racism, especially anti-Asian racism, is not new to Thanh Tazumi. She has been raising the awareness of racism since the mid-1990’s when the Vietnamese community in Campbell River experienced intense racism. Her work ranges from leading some…