We honor your life. We mourn your death. We grieve for the families and friends who have lost you to white supremacist violence.
On Tuesday night, a white man killed eight people in a shooting spree across three massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia. Six of those who were killed were Asian and all but one were women. This targeted attack against Asian women and sex workers belongs to the foundational history of this country where, for centuries, white supremacy, anti-Asian racism, imperialist war, and conquest, have been brutally exercised through misogyny and sexual violence. Tuesday night's attack further marks a rising tide of violence against Asians and Asian Americans since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Stop AAPI Hate, there have been at least 3,800 reported incidents of anti-Asian violence since March 2020. This number reflects only what has been reported.
We defend the dignity, safety, and freedom of Asian, Asian American, and Pacific Islander communities, women, queer, trans, and nonbinary folks, sex workers, service workers, street vendors, people unhoused, immigrants, the undocumented, refugees, and all who are targeted by this racist violence. With heartbreak, rage, and committed solidarity, we share these resources for all of us to take action, support mutual aid projects, train in self-defense and bystander intervention, and build our political education.
"We urgently need to bring to our communities the limitless capacity to love, serve, and create for and with each other." - Grace Lee Boggs
Read the full article written by BCRW Barnard Center for Research on Women.
