Anti-Racism Resources #StopAsianHate

Xenophobic rhetoric during the pandemic has caused a rise in hate crimes and harassment against the Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community. Our hearts go out to the victims and loved ones of these horrendous attacks, many of which have occurred in our own state. Southern California Genetic Counselors (SCGC) stands in solidarity with the AAPI community. We echo NSGC in bringing awareness to this injustice and are committed to creating and supporting a more diverse and inclusive profession for our members and the communities we serve.

We must all do our part to stand up against hate in its many forms. As we have previously created a list of some resources to assist with your anti-racism work highlighting the experiences of the African American community, we have also created a (non-exhaustive) list of resources that focus on the Asian American experience and ways you can help.

Resources & Organizations

• How to take action against anti-Asian racism at work and in your personal life

• Anti-racism resources to support Asian American, Pacific Islander community

• Anti-Asian Violence Resources

• Asian Americans Advancing Justice

• APIENC: Building Transgender, Non-Binary, and Queer API Power

• Asian Pacific Environment Network

• Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum

• AACRE: Asian Americans for Civil Rights and Equality

• Anti-Racism College Guide for AAPI Students and Allies

• Mental Health Issues Facing the Asian American Community

Get Involved & Donate

• https://stopaapihate.org/

• https://hateisavirus.org/

• https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/stop-aapi-hate

History

• The New Yorker: The History of Anti-Asian-American Violence

• The Harvard Gazette: The scapegoating of Asian Americans

• History.com: Japanese Internment Camps

Books

• Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong

• The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee

• America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee

• 11 must-read books if you want to better understand the experiences of Asian-Americans

• Social Justice Books: The best selection of multicultural and social justice books for children, YA, and educators.

Media, Film, & Television Series

• PBS: Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history and the ongoing role that Asian Americans have played.

• Center for Asian American Media: 20 Things to Watch and Listen to in Celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islanders.

• CNN: No, where are you really from?

• Try Guys Presents: We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate

• Race in America: Allyship with NAACP LDF President & Director-Counsel Sherrilyn Ifill & AAJC President John C. Yang

• CAAAmplify: Confronting Anti-Asian Racism

Podcasts

• Podcast Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective

• Asian American History 101: a podcast co-hosted by Gen and Ted Lai, a daughter and father team. The podcast will entertain and educate people as Gen and Ted dive into the vast history of Asian Americans from their contributions to their struggles to their triumphs.

• AsianBossGirl: Episode 108: Women Who Inspire Us & What It's Like to be an Asian Woman in Today's World

• At the Moment: An Asian American news podcast

• Dear Asian Americans: a podcast for and by Asian Americans, focusing on authentic storytelling rooted in origin, identity, and legacy.

• Self Evident where we tell Asian America’s stories, to explore what it really means to claim America today

Diversify your feed (social media accounts that amplify and highlight the Asian/Asian American experience)

• News & Media

  • @asianfeed

  • @nextshark

• AAPI Creators

  • @asiansformentalhealth

  • @beyonzk

  • @theblindcook

  • @kimsaira

  • @kristenlkish

  • @intersectinal.abc

  • @jennyyangTV

  • @teachandtransform

  • @weijia

• Activism

  • @angryasianfeminist

  • @amandangocnguyen

  • @apiequalityla

  • @ccedla

  • @teachandtransform

Anti-Racism Resources

August 28, 2020 is the 57th anniversary of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s speech at the 1963 March on Washington. SCGC stands in solidarity with the racial justice movement in support of Black lives. It is crucial for all of our members to actively support the racial justice movement for all people of color, by actively supporting, protecting, and uplifting our community of color members in the fight for civil rights, beginning with efforts such as education, advocacy, and direct action. To assist your anti-racism work, we have compiled a (non-exhaustive) list of resources that may be helpful in your journey of unlearning and dismantling systemic racism within our professional networks and beyond. We owe it to our members of color, colleagues, patients, families, and communities at large to help create lasting change that fosters respect, equity and justice. Black Lives Matter.  

• March on Washington

  • March on Washington 2020 Livestream

  • The March On Washington: 1963 Marchers Reflect on the 2020 Movement

  • Martin Luther King, Jr.'s 'I Have a Dream' Speech

• Applying Racial and Social Justice in Your Genetic Counseling Practice:

  • NSGC's Justice Equity Inclusion Diversity Resources:

  • "Patient centered prenatal genetic counseling module" by Project Inclusive (1 hr CEU)

  • An Anti-Racism Toolkit for the Genetics Educator

• History:

  • The 1619 Project

  • https://www.100yearhoodie.com/why

  • Zinn Education Project 

  • California's Little-Known Genocide

• Podcasts, Articles, Books, Films:

  • Podcasts: Seeing White, United States of Anxiety, Nice White Parents, Code Switch, Race Forward, See Something, In Those Genes

  • Articles: The Case for Reparations, America's Racial Contract is Killing Us, My Life as An Undocumented Immigrant, NY Times Race and Ethnicity Newsletter, The Racial Wealth Gap, The Injustice of This Moment Is Not an 'Abberation', The Bias of 'Professionalism' Standards

  • Books: White Rage, The New Jim Crow, The History of White People, An Indigenous People's History of the United States, These Truths: A History of the United States, How to Be an Antiracist, Their Eyes Were Watching God, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Americanah, So You Want to Talk About Race

  • Films:

    • 13th (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

    • Fruitvale Station (Ryan Coogler) — Available to rent online

    • I Am Not Your Negro (James Baldwin doc) — Hulu

    • Just Mercy (Destin Daniel Cretton)  — Available to rent online

    • Selma (Ava DuVernay) — Prime Video

    • The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution — Prime Video

    • When They See Us (Ava DuVernay) — Netflix

• Get Involved, Donate:

  • The Great Unlearn

  • Take action regarding specific Black victims of police brutality

  • Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter LA

  • Black-owned businesses in LA, LA Times list of Black-owned businesses,  https://blackownedinla.com/, Black-owned businesses in Orange County, Black-owned businesses in San Diego

  • Equal Justice Initiative

  • ACLU

  • NAACP, NAACP Legal Defense Fund

  • Marsha P Johnson Institute

  • Movement 4 Black Lives

  • The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights

  • LA LGBT Center

  • Asian-Americans Advancing Justice LA

  • Central American Resource Center

  • RAICES: The Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services

  • Seeding Sovereignty

  • COVID-19 Emergency Drive (local)

  • Families Belong Together

  • Council on American-Islamic Relations

  • Lakota People's Law Project

  • Anti-Defamation League

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Resources

SCGC was founded to serve as a platform for the voices of genetic counselors in Southern California, one of the largest concentrations of genetic counselors in one of the most diverse regions of the nation.  Recent events have compounded and brought to light longstanding inequalities in healthcare, education, and beyond. We join NSGC in solidarity with the Black community against racism in all forms. To our members, colleagues, and the patients and families we serve, SCGC stands with you as we listen, reflect, and move forward together to seek positive cultural and systemic change.

As we all work towards a better future, we hope the following resources are helpful in supporting and educating our community:

NSGC Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) Homepage

NSGC Implicit Bias Online Course - 6 Modules

Join the conversation on Twitter:

@minoritygeneticcounselors

@BlackInGenetics

#ABGClistens

#GCChat

We are actively having discussions about how to better incorporate DEI into SCGC and we want to hear from you. Drop us a line at info@socalgc.org.