30+ Ways Asians Perpetuate Anti-Black Racism Everyday

It would be a massive missed opportunity if we fail to make the connection between the stories of <a href="https://fortune.com/2020/05/26/amy-cooper-video-central-park-ramble-christian-cooper/?fbclid=IwAR3skc8o5ipmO0gaaXNd0UDqzHJMtE9-WxsZtlOFx-l-AuZHCMDKXPQGv5U" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Cooper</a> and <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/tou-thao-officer-involved-in-george-floyd-death-beat-up-unarmed-handcuffed-black-man-in-2014" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Tou Thao</a> and our daily behaviors. It’s easy to dismiss these as isolated incidents perpetuated by “racists” — but none of this is just one person’s racism coming to light and none of us is innocent. We all perpetuate anti-Black racism in our daily lives. We can’t fight anti-Black racism unless we can notice its manifestation in ourselves and others on a daily basis in our workplace, social interactions, and online engagement. In doing DEI (Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion) work, I’ve found it useful to actually name the detailed and insidious ways we all participate in oppressing each other. <a href="https://medium.com/awaken-blog/30-ways-asians-perpetuate-anti-black-racism-everyday-32886c9b3075">Learn More</a>