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For Asians Living in the Shadow of the Atlanta Killings, Anger and âJust This Constant Fearâ
For Asians in Atlanta, the shootings bring up long-hidden accounts of anti-Asian behavior
The Story Behind TIMEâs Cover on Anti-Asian Violence and Hate Crimes
New York-based artist and educator Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya calls the portrait which covers this weekâs issue of TIME âWith Softness and Power.â The image âreflects the immeasurable strength of Asian American women who are the connective tissue of our communities, yet too often overlooked, fetishized, dehumanized and underestimated.â Phingbodhipakkiya tells TIME. âMy hope is to seeâŚ
âThis Isnât Just a Problem for North America.â The Atlanta Shooting Highlights the Painful Reality of Rising Anti-Asian Violence Around the World
âItâs felt by the whole of the East and South East Asian communityâ
The Atlanta Shootings Fit Into a Long Legacy of Anti-Asian Violence in America
To name anti-Asian racism in the U.S. means confronting centuries of discrimination, violence and oppressionâand recognizing how it manifests in the present day
Itâs a âNightmare Being Replayedâ as a Cop Faces Trial in George Floydâs Death
As Derek Chauvin goes on trial, the family of another Black man in Minneapolis who died after a police chokehold hopes for justice
âWe Are Always Waiting Our Turn to Be Important.â A Love Letter to Asian Americans
I didnât âgoâ to work on the morning of March 17, meaning I didnât get up, brush my teeth and place myself at my desk in the living room. I stayed in bed, made a cave out of the covers and watched the text messages roll in. âThinking of you.â âSending love.â âNo need toâŚ
Black Families Are Outraged About Family Separation Within the U.S. Itâs Time to Listen to Them
Outraged calls for racial justice have come to a new battleground: child welfare. In the reckoning on racism triggered by George Floydâs killing, decades of complaints from Black families hurt by the child welfare system are bubbling over into public protest. Though small compared to demonstrations against police abuses, these demands for justice are growing,âŚ
I Didnât Consider My Marriage Interracial. But I Wasnât Being Totally Honest With Myself
When my husband and I first moved to North Carolina, we were invited to join an interracial couplesâ group at our church. We were surprised, declined, and then privately rolled our eyes at how weâd been misread. Although I am Black, and my husband isnât, we didnât see ourselves as interracial. We are both LatinxâŚ
Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Are on the Rise. Many Say More Policing Isnât the Answer
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Inside the Black-Owned Fashion Line Finding Success With Three Simple Words: âProtect Black Peopleâ
Blake Van Putten, the founder and designer behind CISE, discusses his vision in a TIME 100 Talks video
âWe Have a Right to Speak.â Watch Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Shift of Power Toward Black Women Writers
Following a year filled with anti-racist reading lists and proclamations to âlisten to Black women,â novelists Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson reflected on what what it means to be a Black writer today on the Feb. 5 âBlack in Americaâ episode of TIME100 Talks. In a roundtable conversation, also part of TIME andâŚ
âWe Know Our Stories Matter.â Brit Bennett, Jasmine Guillory and Jacqueline Woodson Discuss the Importance of Fiction
Black women have been honoring and lifting our voices, sharing our strengths, broadening our revolutionary scope since we got here. We tell stories that come through our hair and our hips, our shoulders and our ride-or-die stride as we walk alongside one another, tethered to our tropes, ever strong, mammified, over-sexualized but ultimately free together.âŚ