A violent incident of anti-Asian racism earlier this year has inspired the launch of a new series of lectures, discussions, film screenings, and reading groups at Colorado College: “Forever Foreign: Asian America, Global Asia, and the Problem of Anti-Asian Racism.”
Following the mass killing of Asian-Americans in Atlanta on March 16, an act of violent anti-Asian racism that shook the nation, a group of CC faculty felt it would be helpful to host a series of events that highlight the histories, narratives, and voices from Asian societies and of Asian diaspora communities in the United States to increase knowledge and awareness of these communities. This year-long series centers the perspectives and voices of the Asian diaspora communities and deepens the ongoing conversations on antiracism.
On November 10, Thenmozhi Soundararajan, of Equality Labs, will speak in a Zoom-broadcast lecture on “Caste in the United States: Dispatches from the Civil Rights Movement for Caste Equity in the U.S.”
The following events are upcoming in the Fall Semester:
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 4-5:30 p.m.
Thenmozhi Soundararajan, Equality Labs
“Caste in the United States: Dispatches from the Civil Rights Movement for Caste Equity in the U.S.”
Thursday, Dec. 2, 3 p.m.
Film screening: “Somewhere Between”
Followed by discussion facilitated by John Williams and Jason Weaver.
Cornerstone Screening Room
Tuesday, Dec. 7, 5 p.m.
Amrita Basu, the Domenic J. Paino 1955 Professor of Political Science and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies at Amherst College
“Gendering Populism and Recognizing its Varied Affective Appeals,” Edith Kinney Gaylord Lecture in Asian Studies
