DAMES Statement on Anti-Asian Violence and Discrimination

The Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies categorically condemns the attacks on Asian Americans in Atlanta on March 16, 2021, and rejects the rise in anti-Asian violence and discrimination of the past year. These acts are rooted in a long American history of white supremacy, xenophobia, and anti-immigrant racism, and our department exists to oppose such bigotry and bias through education, language learning, international collaboration, and scholarly activism. We stand in solidarity with UNC’s newly established Asian American Center and our long-standing partner the Carolina Asia Center and offer our support to all Asian and Asian American students, faculty, and staff.

Some resources suggested by Professor Heidi Kim, Director of the AAC, among other friends and colleagues:

Asian American Community Organizations

UNC Asian American Center. Asian American Center (unc.edu)

North Carolina Asian Americans Together. North Carolina Asian Americans Together (ncaatogether.org)

  

Counseling and Psychological Services

UNC Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS, unc.edu)

Asian American Psychological Association COVID-19 Resources, AAPA COVID-19 Related Resources – Google Docs

Asian Americans and the Movement for Black Lives (Workshop). March 31, 2021 7 p.m.

Meeting Registration – Zoom

Asian Mental Health Collective (online community for Asian mental health support). Asian Mental Health Collective (asianmhc.org)

Asian, Pacific Islander, and South Asian American Therapist Directory

APISAA Therapist Directory — Asian Mental Health Collective (asianmhc.org)

24-Hour Asian LifeNet Hotline. Call 1 (877) 990-8585, Available 24/7. Languages available: Cantonese, Mandarin, Japanese, Korean, Fujianese.

 

Resources for Reporting Hate Crimes

At UNC

1. Report an Incident Form
2. University Ombuds Office 

External Reporting Resources

1. Stop AAPI Hate
2. North Carolina Asian Americans Together (NCAAT)
3. Fair Housing NC – Know Your Rights
4. NAPABA Hate Crime Resources

 

Readings and Teaching Resources

Ho, Jennifer. “Anti-Asian Racism, Black Lives Matter, and COVID-19.” Japan Forum, DOI

10.1080/09555803.2020.1821749. https://doi.org/10.1080/09555803.2020.1821749.

Hsu, Madeline. Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction.2^nd ed. Oxford University

Press, 2016.

Lee, Erika. The Making of Asian America: A History. Simon & Schuster 2015.

Lopez, Ian Haney. White By Law: the Legal Construction of Race. 10^th Anniversary edition.

NYU Press 2006.

Maeda, Daryl. Chains of Babylon: the Rise of Asian America. University of Minnesota Press

2009.

Ngai, Mae. Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America. Princeton

University Press 2014.

Schlund-Vials, Cathy, Linda Vo, Scott Wong (eds). Keywords for Asian American Studies. New

York University Press 2015.

 

Other Resources

• https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1198DuPjqHXzVrRk66VQpqNGr14UjWqLlhfVUbPRqZwA/htmlview#gid=0
• “Teaching Against Racism in the time of COVID-19 Resources” by Professors Anna Guevarra (guevarra@uic.edu), Director and Associate Professor of Global Asian Studies, Michael Jin (mrjin@uic.edu), Assistant Professor of Global Asian Studies and History, and Gayatri Reddy (gayatri@uic.edu), Associate Professor of Gender & Women’s Studies and Anthropology at the University of Illinois Chicago.