American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian RacismThis probing account shines a new light on the problem of anti-Asian violence and inspires us to build lasting solidarity. During the COVID-19 pandemic, racist demagoguery fomented a campaign of terror against Asian Americans. But these attacks were part of a much longer pattern that made anti-Asian racism integral to the outbreak of white supremacist, misogynist, and colonial violence across 175 years of U.S. history. Written in the radical spirit of Howard Zinn, American Peril represents the culmination of thirty-five years of study and activism by award-winning scholar Scott Kurashige. From the lynching of Asian immigrants during the exclusion era to the U.S. military's slaughter of Asian civilians, the book connects domestic and global events that have been erased from the official record. Going beyond victimhood, it traces the rise of Asian American community protest and activism in response to the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin and other overlooked tragedies. While many have worked to legislate and prosecute hate crimes, Kurashige argues that hope lies in grassroots activism for multiracial solidarity. |
Contents
The Violence of Exclusion | 17 |
9 | 41 |
From Mass Incarceration to Mass Murder 62 | 62 |
How Asian Women Become Targets of Violence | 89 |
The Violence Beyond Vietnam | 110 |
Martyr in the Motor City | 135 |
White Grievance and the Rise of | 159 |
Naming and Confronting Hate Crimes | 186 |
Building Community in the Face of Violence | 238 |
Epilogue | 263 |
Acknowledgments | 273 |
Selected Bibliography | 317 |
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