Responses is an offering to our country in a moment of crisis. Chinese and Asian Americans are being blamed as the genesis of the coronavirus and targeted in assaults across the country, harming their bodies as well as their sense of belonging. To help us navigate what is happening, the exhibition explores the lessons of history and raises a collective voice against the rising tide of anti-Asian hate and violence.
Responses: Asian American Voices Resisting the Tides of Racism
Jennvine Wong, Black Lives Matter march through Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, 2020.
Not A Virus PSA, 2020 by Kyra Yip 葉雪恩
Mary Luke, Anti-Asian Hate Rally in Columbus Park, 2021.
Tewfic El-Sawy, Deserted, April 15, 2020.
Seema Shakti, Solidarity With Our Asian Brothers and Sisters, 2021
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Joel Wachs, President