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GROUP 1:
Are Asian Americans Anti-Black?

A Discussion Podcast 

Cyrus, Stevie, and Trin as podcasters 

Maya as tech

And Jonah as Transcriber 

Introduction

A podcast that talks about how Asian Americans feel about African Americans. After the Civil War, the model minority myth was created for Asian Americans, and they were stereotyped as successful, but in reality, the myth was to make Asian Americans stand above African Americans, since white supremacy wanted to make a wedge between both communities. The myth made Asian Americans and African Americans pit against each other, and anti-Blackness grew more with people telling Asian Americans to avoid them and to talk badly about them, and the white supremacy made things worse. With solidarity against anti-Blackness, Asian American communities and Black communities stood up for each other, and anti-Blackness slowly went away. Anti-Blackness in Asian Americans is a good topic since it's overlooked, and some people don't know that both communities were against each other. This podcast discussion will show the history of Asian Americans within African Americans; three college students, named Trin, Cyrus, and Stevie, will be discussing anti-Blackness within Asian Americans with multiple sources and videos, including the Sinners movie, to discuss this matter. 

Discussion Questions

  • What is the root of Anti-Blackness in Asian American communities?

  • How does Anti-Blackness directly impact the Asian American community? Does Anti-blackness damage self-worth among Asian Americans

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Podcast Audio & Transcript

Listen here:

Podcast Audio 

 

Audio Transcript

Sources

Cultural Artifacts

1. Reddit Post: 

https://www.reddit.com/r/asianamerican/comments/qt93lo/rant_on_antiasian_racism_and_antiblackness/ 

 

Commenter: Talks about how an Asian American user states that she experiences more racism with Black people. The other person speaks on how the issues between Asian Americans and Blacks are silenced and not known

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2. Tiktok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@whatintheshibal/video/7333720107023191338 

 

 

TikTok users argue that Asian American anti-blackness does exist, partially due to unfamiliarity. 

Commenter: uses never seeing an octopus but hating them because they were told to as a metaphor. 

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3. Tiktok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@qasim.rashid/video/7175925599280729390?q=Asian%20American%20Anti%20Blackness%20&t=1764637265079 

 

Asian American Lawyers' response to a comment saying that there isn’t anything the Black community has faced that the Asian American community hasn't. He debunks the commenter's opinion and calls out Asian American anti blackness. 

4. Tiktok:

https://www.tiktok.com/@ashleytheebarroness/video/7544542742580333854?q=Asian%20American%20Anti%20Blackness%20&t=1764637265079 

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She talks about how early colonialism spread ideas of lighter skin being superior,  which can be seen today in Asian Antiblackness.

5. X:

 

 

Poster (Black) explains how darker-skinned Asians and those from poor communities often are in solidarity with black struggles.

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