Black Lives Matter and Asian solidarity
The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute partnered with the Nazrul Fund for Decolonial Art in a virtual discussion with scholars titled, “Black Lives Matter and Asian Pacific Decolonization” from 12 to 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon.
The discussion spoke about how social movements like the Black Lives Matter movement can be seen outside of the U.S like in the Asia Pacific region. Photo provided by author The Asian and Asian American Studies Institute partnered with the Nazrul Fund for Decolonial Art in a virtual discussion with scholars titled, “Black Lives Matter and Asian Pacific Decolonization” from 12 to 2 p.m. yesterday afternoon
. “So, today’s event takes the Black Lives Matter Movement as an inflection point to visit upon Asian Pacific context on the struggle for peace, liberation and the dismantling of racial domination,” Jason Chang, associate professor of history and director of the Asian Asian American Institute at UConn who moderated the discussion, said. The discussion spoke about how social movements like the Black Lives Matter movement can be seen outside of the U.S like in the Asia Pacific region. Jason Chang, associate professor of history and director of the Asian Asian American Institute at UConn moderated the discussion. […]