Media Interviews with AAAPI Activists on Anti-Asian Racism

  • Author Helen Zia and Civil Rights Activist Amanda Nguyen on Anti-Asian Hate Crimes.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/watch-live-how-to-address-the-surge-of-anti-asian-hate-crimes

  • How millennial Nobel Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen’s viral video sparked coverage of anti-Asian racism.

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/01/amanda-nguyens-viral-video-raises-awareness-of-anti-asian-racism.html

  • Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the “deep well” of anti-Asian racism in the U.S.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/author-viet-thanh-nguyen-on-the-deep-well-of-anti-asian-racism-in-the-u-s

  • Actor George Takei on Anti-Asian Violence.

https://www.pbs.org/wnet/amanpour-and-company/video/george-takei-on-anti-asian-violence/

  • An Asian American Poet on Refusing to Take Up ‘Apologetic Space’—The writer and poet Cathy Park Hong discusses Asian outrage and why she’s seeking power, not assimilation.

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/01/opinion/sway-kara-swisher-cathy-park-hong.html?referringSource=articleShare

  • Actress Margaret Cho on why racism is a ‘deep well of shame’ for some Asian Americans.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/a-deep-well-of-shame-actress-margaret-cho-on-how-some-asian-americans-experience-racism

  • How To Start Conversations About Anti-Asian Racism With Your Family? NPR All Things Considered host Audie Cornish talked to Nicole Chung, an author and advice columnist for Slate, and Christine Koh, a neuroscientist and co-author of a book on parenting. They gave concrete tips for starting age-appropriate conversations with children, tackling dialogues about race with adoptees or adoptive parents, and dealing with discomfort around sensitive topics.

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2021/03/24/980942013/how-to-start-conversations-about-anti-asian-racism-with-your-family