Weeks 2-3 [9/3-9/12/02]
- Tues 9/3 - SF State 1968; birth of AAS; Russel Leong story; legacy
of the strike. View film - On Strike! [AV#80059]
- Thurs 9/5 - Small group project - visioning education - SF State Strike
68/69; Education and Social Justice; Communities & 1st part of film on
Chinatown [AV# 86834 – 57 min. Chinatown - Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities
of San Francisco Series 1996. Poetry by Genny Lim; narrated by Charlie
Chin. Produced and directed by Felicia Lowe]
- Tues 9/10 - finish film; discuss first written assignment; Communities
- external and internal forces; institutional racism
- Thurs 9/12 - read intro to text book; discuss 911 and Asian Americans
For 9/10 and 9/12 class discussions
[Anniversary of 9-11] - read the following
Brief Executive Summary of National Asian Pacific Legal Consortium's
2002 report: Backlash: When America Turned On Its Own
http://www.napalc.org/literature/annual_report/9-11_report.htm
HATE BACKLASH
- More explicit examples of the post-911 hate crime incidents, Asian Pacific
American Legal Center 10/1/01
New Dangers for Immigrants - P. 12-13 [From Mapping the Immigrant Infrastructure,
Executive Summary, Applied Research Center Spring 2002]
click here
Extra Readings, resources -
YURI
KOCHIYAMA on 9-11
Japantown
Peace Vigil Shows Unity in Face of Terrorist, Hate Attacks, Nichi Bei Times,
Kenji G. Taguma, September 24, 2001
Good list of various Asian American organizations' statements re 9-11
and the WAR on Terrorism - http://www.aamovement.net/911.html
From Colorlines - The Slippery Slope of Racial Profiling
by Nicole Davis http://www.arc.org/C_Lines/CLArchive/story2001_12_05.html
From Colorlines -Detained or Disappeared? by Tram Nguyen, ColorLines
Executive Editor http://www.arc.org/C_Lines/CLArchive/story5_2_03.html
From Colorlines - Challenges of the New Terrain by Francis Calpotura http://www.arc.org/C_Lines/CLArchive/story2001_12_01.html
WEBSITES OF ORGANIZATIONS -
APICAW (Asian
Pacific Islander Coalition Against theWar) is a coalition
of individuals and organizations from Asian and Pacific Islander
communities of the Bay Area. We believe that true peace and security
can only come through global justice. Working in solidarity with
other anti-war groups and community organizations, our mission
is to build an anti-war and anti-interventionists movement that
upholds the sovereignty and human rights of opporessed people within
the US and abroad.
ASATA
(The Alliance of South Asians Taking Action) works to educate, organize,
and empower the Bay Area South Asian communities to end violence,
oppression, racism and exploitation within and against our diverse
communities.
DRUM
(Desis Rising Up & Moving) is a community-based social justice
organization of working class and poor South Asians immigrants in New York
City founded in 1999. Our mission is to organize low-income South Asian immigrant
for racial, economic, and social justice on critical local struggles and
their global roots.
911 Events -