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  Teaching About Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia

  There are an abundance of resources available for educators to use to talk in their classroom about anti-Asian racism and xenophobia. The majority of resources below discuss how the coronavirus has fueled racism against Asian Americans, but there is plenty of helpful information for teaching your students about this topic generally.

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  ‘Death by a Thousand Cuts’: The Impact of Microaggressions on the AAPI Community

  Psychiatrist Dr. Warren Ng discusses the historical roots of microaggressions, how they can lead to physical assaults, and the mental health toll they take on Asian Americans.

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  Beyond the Golden Rule: A Parent’s Guide to Preventing and Responding to Prejudice

  Talking to your kids about tolerence and allyship, a guide for children of all ages

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  Asian American Racism & Mental Health Resources

  Our Center is proud to join this movement with a focus on the area we know best: mental health. Racial trauma is real. It makes the world feel less safe and causes emotional and physical problems. Yet far too often, victims of racial trauma struggle in shame and silence, or even have their pain invalidated…

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  Bystander Intervention Training – The 5 D’s of Bystander Intervention

  Hollaback! provides trainings on how to do your part to protect your neighbors and co-workers when bias and harassment collide in front of you.

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  Mountain Movers: Student Activism & The Emergence of Asian American Studies

  Educator Resources to the Asian American Movement

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  Looking for a Gold-Rush Town Named Chinese Camp

  A writer went searching for Asian American history in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada, where thoughts of Chinese immigrants labored during the Gold Rush but where traces of their presence are few.

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  We Are Not A Stereotype – Breaking Down Asian Pacific American Bias

  The Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center is proud to present We are not a stereotype, a video series for educators, by educators. This series explores and challenges the complexity surrounding the term Asian Pacific American, breaking it down into topics that span multiple timelines, geographies, and identities.

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  Addressing Anti-Asian Racism with Students

  In April 2020, we interviewed Liz Kleinrock, an anti-bias educator and consultant based in Los Angeles, California. We interviewed Liz to learn more about how addressing or ignoring anti-Asian racism in our classrooms and communities can impact student learning

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  Inside the Diverse and Growing Asian Population in the U.S.

  The number of people who identify as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation’s four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to recently released census numbers. But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide…