Advocacy and community-building felt necessary in the wake of rising anti-Asian discrimination and violence, these Asian American North Texans say.
Using art, food and history, Asian Americans found diverse ways to connect with their community in the wake of growing anti-Asian racism.
Here are five examples of how Asian Americans in North Texas turned to community-building and advocacy in the face of anti-Asian hate during the coronavirus pandemic:Melody Tian says she didn’t have a hard time “blending in” when she first moved to the U.S. from Shenzhen, China, when she was in sixth grade. Her mother had taught her English, and she made multiple new friends.
“I started this to educate more people and hopefully help people see how Asian Americans have been part of the U.S. for such a long time,” Tian said. “I think just being able to do that has helped me feel more empowered in my own identity.”Arlington resident Vu Ly, 39, said he and a group of friends from college were talking via a Zoom “happy hour” in 2020, when they started discussing a way to stand against xenophobia against the Asian community amid the pandemic.
“Our platform is here to support local southeast and east Asian restaurants and they can use our platform to promote their business and people can post about what they like,” Ly said.Christina Hahn, founder of the Dallas Asian American Art Collective, poses for a portrait with her art works, at her workstation in The Cedars Union on Friday, March 29, 2024 in Dallas.
The club started with four people who filled a table at a coffee shop in the Villages neighborhood in Dallas. But it wasn’t long before the group had to pull tables together.
The group also created a youth volunteer program in 2021 that now includes hundreds of students. CY Chen, one of the cofounders of NiHao, said he thinks the program teaches the younger members of his community the value of giving back.Amy Tran, left, and Stephanie Drenka, of the Dallas Asian American Historical Society, pose Tuesday, April 16, 2024, with Tran's 20-month-old daughter Thúy Lynn at Hello Dumpling, in Dallas.
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