Asian Diaspora Curriculum Theorizing during the Historical Anti-Asian Racism and Pandemic in the U. S.
Abstract
In this panel, we, a group of Asian diaspora curriculum workers/educators, engage in diaspora curriculum theorizing where we will critically examine ourselves, our works, and our lives in the midst of anti-Black/anti- Latinx/anti-Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism and pandemic that plague schools, institutions, and societies in the United States. We live in a historical moment when white supremacy, anti- Black/anti-Latinx/anti-Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism and pandemic, xenophobia, misogyny, homobophia, transphobia, Islamophobia, and settler colonialism are perpetuated by hatred of differences. We live in the land that has perpetuated in history anti-Asian violence over 200 years, anti-Black violence over 400 years, and anti-Indigeneity violence over 500 years. Amidst escalating hate crimes and terrorizing violence, hate marches, mass shootings, and increased bigotry within the context of historical and systemic violence against minoritized individuals and groups, and immigration concentration camps in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we, as curriculum workers, can easily be engulfed in hopelessness and powerlessness. We question: How do we situate Asian diaspora/Asian American experiences within broader historical and ongoing conditions of exclusion, disposability, and dehumanization in the US? What are we doing to confront anti-Black/anti-Latinx/anti- Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism and pandemic? What responsibilities do we have in inventing socio-political spaces for building multiracial coalitions to fight against the anti-Black/anti-Latinx/anti- Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism that is on the rise with the pandemic in the United States. How do Asian diasporas stand in solidarity with Asian Americans and other minoritized individuals and groups to turn our racial grief, that is often ignored in mainstream and education frameworks of discrimination and inequity, into multiracial protest that engender humility, solidarity, and justice? What can we do to foreground the power of multiracial diasporic imaginary communities to assert our agency, defy internal racism, colonialism, cultural and linguistic nihilism, and work in coalition with Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other communities of color for multiracial and intersectional justice. We call for diaspora curriculum workers to work with other curriculum and educational workers such as researchers, educators, teachers, administrators, parents, students, community workers, and policy makers to heal the soul of humanity and planet with “shared principles and visions” for “desirable collective futures” in “a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and fragility.”
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Recommended Citation
He, Ming Fang; Sharma, Suniti; Aletheiani, Dinny Risri; Yu, Min; Bae-Dimitriadis,, Michelle; Erevelles, Nirmala; and Matias, Cheryl E., "Asian Diaspora Curriculum Theorizing during the Historical Anti-Asian Racism and Pandemic in the U. S." (2021). Curriculum Studies Summer Collaborative. 8.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/cssc/2021/2021/8
Asian Diaspora Curriculum Theorizing during the Historical Anti-Asian Racism and Pandemic in the U. S.
Stream B
In this panel, we, a group of Asian diaspora curriculum workers/educators, engage in diaspora curriculum theorizing where we will critically examine ourselves, our works, and our lives in the midst of anti-Black/anti- Latinx/anti-Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism and pandemic that plague schools, institutions, and societies in the United States. We live in a historical moment when white supremacy, anti- Black/anti-Latinx/anti-Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism and pandemic, xenophobia, misogyny, homobophia, transphobia, Islamophobia, and settler colonialism are perpetuated by hatred of differences. We live in the land that has perpetuated in history anti-Asian violence over 200 years, anti-Black violence over 400 years, and anti-Indigeneity violence over 500 years. Amidst escalating hate crimes and terrorizing violence, hate marches, mass shootings, and increased bigotry within the context of historical and systemic violence against minoritized individuals and groups, and immigration concentration camps in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, we, as curriculum workers, can easily be engulfed in hopelessness and powerlessness. We question: How do we situate Asian diaspora/Asian American experiences within broader historical and ongoing conditions of exclusion, disposability, and dehumanization in the US? What are we doing to confront anti-Black/anti-Latinx/anti- Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism and pandemic? What responsibilities do we have in inventing socio-political spaces for building multiracial coalitions to fight against the anti-Black/anti-Latinx/anti- Indigeneity/anti-Asian/anti-People of Color/anti-diaspora racism that is on the rise with the pandemic in the United States. How do Asian diasporas stand in solidarity with Asian Americans and other minoritized individuals and groups to turn our racial grief, that is often ignored in mainstream and education frameworks of discrimination and inequity, into multiracial protest that engender humility, solidarity, and justice? What can we do to foreground the power of multiracial diasporic imaginary communities to assert our agency, defy internal racism, colonialism, cultural and linguistic nihilism, and work in coalition with Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other communities of color for multiracial and intersectional justice. We call for diaspora curriculum workers to work with other curriculum and educational workers such as researchers, educators, teachers, administrators, parents, students, community workers, and policy makers to heal the soul of humanity and planet with “shared principles and visions” for “desirable collective futures” in “a world of increasing complexity, uncertainty, and fragility.”
