Action Steps For Addressing Anti-Asian Rhetoric and Violence
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- May, 12, 2020
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Action Steps For Addressing Anti-Asian Rhetoric and Violence
Evangelicals 4 Justice & Covid-19 Response
- Pray with your church to repent over the nation’s racial disparities: African Americans have higher rates of infection, Latinx are most economically hurt, and Asian Americans are scapegoated and harassed.
- Contact your officials to implement targeted policies:
- Use educational curriculum with Asian American-specific content
- Find mental health resources for anti-bullying and resilience
- Use restorative justice programs to handle hate crimes
- Notify businesses about workplace discrimination and the right to safe access to goods and services
- Practice bystander intervention. When you witness any form of harassment, check in with impacted individual and ask if they are okay. Avoid engaging with assailant.
- Engage with thepeople you know. If you hear something in a sermon or read something on a friend’s FB post, talk with them. Call them, text them, schedule a zoom call, or post a comment on their post.
- Make sure your Asian American neighbors, friends, and colleagues know you: see and care for them, and acknowledge what they are directly or indirectly experiencing.
- Make eye contact with, acknowledge the presence of (with a smile, a hello) Asian American strangers as you pass them in public.
- Support Asian American businesses, restaurants, etc.
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