George Floyd's death has galvanized some Asian Americans to try to start conversations with their families about anti-Black racism.
It’s hard to see what kind of impact you can make within your own sphere of influence. But having these conversations with family can help in the long run, and is doing the work of fighting anti-Black racism.”These conversations can take many forms, but almost everyone suggested approaching the issue of Asian anti-Blackness with their families gradually and in casual, more informal settings.
“Even having the discussion of why things are the way they are with family members can be distressing,” she said. “My family has played into the model minority mentality. It’s like, ‘Well, that’s them, not us, so why do we have to get involved with other people’s issues?’” For some Asian Americans, another challenge in these conversations is puncturing family members’ positive associations with law enforcement and explaining why feeling comfortable contacting the police is itself a form of privilege.
Rachel Yi recounted a conversation she had last week with her Korean immigrant mother, who brought up an incident involving Yi’s older sister getting injured in an encounter with police. It’s going to take a long time. I am sure that it will happen, slowly. It’s growth, right? We have to have a growth mindset.”Patel, a lawyer, and her boyfriend, Tarun Galagali, who has worked in civic engagement and on the congressional campaign of Rep. Ro Khanna ,over the weekend to fellow South Asian Americans about starting these conversations.
“We are all immigrants coming from a different place, and we carry certain baggage,” she said. “I’m not blaming anybody else … I was ignorant. I didn’t know many things about this country. And I started to learn a lot from my son.”this week urging her fellow Indian immigrants to reflect on their own anti-Black biases — said it’s important for Asian immigrants, who “tend to stay within our groups for the comfort level,” to leave that comfort zone.
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