Asian and Black Communities Have a Long History of Shared Solidarity [nytimes.com]
By Leslie Nguyen-Okwu, Photo: An Rong Xu/The New York Times, The New York Times, May 30, 2022 Black and Asian communities in America today are often portrayed as in conflict with each other. But we have a long history of organizing with each other, too. In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Asian Americans working as immigrant laborers in the United States were often subjected to racial violence. That experience of discrimination created solidarity with the Black community. In 1869,...