LibGuides: Asian American &amp; Pacific Islander Resources: For the Days after Atlanta March 17, 2021

For Teaching the Day After

PBS News Hour Daily Lesson: Asian Americans face a wave of discrimination during the pandemic
Classroom Resources and Tips To Address Anti-Asian Discrimination
Morningside Center: Coronavirus: Countering Biased Responses
Basic guidelines on how to counter biased or uninformed student responses to the novel coronavirus.
Young Proud and Sung-jee
Children’s Book on Fighting Anti-Asian Racism During Covid-19
SAALT: In the Face of Xenophobia: Lessons to Address Bullying of South Asian-American Youth
Teaching Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage

On the Importance of Talking with Students

When Disaster Strikes: Talking to Children About Traumatic Events Large-scale tragedies can be extremely disturbing to children, who thrive on predictability and security. When exposed to these catastrophic events, whether personally or through the media, children often display fears and anxieties that may seem extreme to adults. Usually, these reactions are normal. However, without proper assurance, the impact of events like these can remain with children for a long time, even throughout their lives.
When Bad Things Are Happening When news breaks of disaster or violence, your students may want to discuss a crisis as it unfolds. Here’s how.
To Sustain the Tough Conversations, Active Listening Must Be the Norm We have to prepare students—and ourselves—to communicate, question and work our way through a disconnect when the outside world spills into the classroom.
Let's Talk! Facilitating Critical Conversations With Students Educators play a crucial role in helping students talk openly about the historical roots and contemporary manifestations of social inequality and discrimination. Learning how to communicate about such topics as white privilege, police violence, economic inequality and mass incarceration requires practice, and facilitating critical conversations with students demands courage and skill.
An age-by-age guide on how to talk about difficult topics with your children One of the toughest jobs of parenting is talking to your kids about difficult subjects. It's hard enough to explain when a beloved stuffie gets eaten by the washing machine, or when a bully acts tough at school. But it can feel impossible to put into words some of the really big issues, such as violence, racism and other important topics.
NASP: Talking to Children about Violence High profile acts of violence, particularly in schools, can confuse and frighten children who may feel in danger or worry that their friends or loved-ones are at risk. They will look to adults for information and guidance on how to react. Parents and school personnel can help children feel safe by establishing a sense of normalcy and security and talking with them about their fears.
Hard Conversations And Finding The Right Words No matter our personal views, the events that took place in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday, January 6th, 2021 left us with another parenting challenge of trying to find the right words to explain the things our kids saw and heard in the news. Like most of you, we struggled with how we should talk to our kids about the situation in a way that would shelter them from worry but also answer their questions. So, we reached out to Parker Huston, PhD, a licensed clinical psychologist and the Clinical Director of the On Our Sleeves Program at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, where he advocates for children’s mental health on a local, regional, and national level. Parker was kind enough to sit down with us to give us tips for talking to the children in our lives about the potentially traumatic events they have been exposed to this week, we hope his insights will help you as much as they did us.

Additional Websites

Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
A museum without walls: We present innovative, community-centered museum experiences throughout the United States and beyond
California Teacher's Association: Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
The theme of this year’s Heritage Month is Unite Our Mission by Engaging Each Other. This year’s theme is a continuation of the “Unite” series and focuses on leadership and engagement to advance the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
This website includes lesson plans, audio/video, and history resources.
PBS: Asian Americans
Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. Told through intimate and personal lives, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played in shaping the nation’s story.

Articles and Resources on the Increase of Hate Incidents

Responding to Anti-Asian Violence and Georgia Shootings
After a shooting spree in Georgia took the lives of eight people—including six Asian American women—it’s important to pause, check in and prioritize care.
The Atlantic: Why This Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Feels Different
Asian Americans Advancing Justice: Stories
Barnard Center for Research on Women: Defending Asian women, defending sex workers
Brookings: Why the trope of Black-Asian conflict in the face of anti-Asian violence dismisses solidarity
DCist: 140 Hate Incidents Against Asian Americans Reported In D.C., Maryland, And Virginia Since Last Year
Human Rights Watch: Covid-19 Fueling Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia Worldwide
PBS Video Series: Asian Americans
Stop AAPI Hate National Report
"This report covers the 3,795 incidents received by the Stop AAPI Hate reporting center from March 19, 2020 to February 28, 2021. The number of hate incidents reported to our center represent only a fraction of the number of hate incidents that actually occur, but it does show how vulnerable Asian Americans are to discrimination, and the types of discrimination they face."
Truthout: The Answer to Anti-Asian Racism Is Not More Policing
Time: Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Are on the Rise. Many Say More Policing Isn't the Answer
WRCBtv: Fetishized, sexualized and marginalized, Asian women are uniquely vulnerable to violence
Washington Post: ‘It’s race, class and gender together’: Why the Atlanta murders aren’t just about one thing
Harvard Graduate School of Ed: Combatting Anti-Asian Racism

How to Support Yourself or Be an Ally

Get Therapy: Asian Mental Health Collective: APISAA Therapist Directory
Join a Webinar: How to Respond to Anti-Asian/American Harassment When it Happens To You
3/19 4pm ET
Stop AAPI Hate: Report a Hate Incident
"Our communities stand united against racism. Hate against Asian American Pacific Islander communities has risen during the COVID-19 pandemic. Together, we can stop it."
Join a Webinar: Bystander Intervention to Stop Anti-Asian/American Harassment and Xenophobia
3/29 3pm ET
Anti-Asian Violence Resources: Including Donation Resources
"Anti-Asian racism and violent attacks on Asian elderly have only increased in recent months. Since COVID-19 became news in the United States, hate speech and violence against the AAPI community has run rampant."
Coronavirus/COVID-19 Resources to Stand Against Racism
Asian Americans have been targeted by racism and xenophobia related to the coronavirus or COVID-19. We offer the following resources in response to this hate.
NY Mag: 61 Ways to Donate in Support of Asian Communities
Show Up! Your Guide to Bystander Intervention
Created by Hollaback (IHollaBack.org)
Time: Donating, Volunteering, Reporting Hate Incidents: Here's How to Help Combat Anti-Asian Violence
Call on Me, Not the Cops (Translated Pages)
18 Million Rising knows that some of our family members and loved ones may not understand why we must stop calling the police, but now is the time to have these conversations with our families. We want to help support you through that conversation. So, we wrote a letter to help you have these conversations with your own family members. Share this page with your family and take action together.

Journal Articles

The Racial Triangulation of Asian Americans by Claire Jean Kim
"Racial triangulation occurs by means of two types of simultaneous, linked processes: 1) processes of relative "valorization,' whereby dominant group A (Whites) valorizes subordinate group B (Asian Americans) relative to subordinate group C (Blacks) on cultural and/or racial grounds in order to dominate both groups, but especially the latter, and 2) processes of "civic ostracism" whereby dominant group A (Whites) constructs subordinate group B (Asian Americans) as immutably foreign and unassimilable with Whites on cultural and/or racial grounds in order to ostracize them from the body politic and civic membership."