Asian-American and Asians of the UC community in solidarity with black students at UCSD

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We the undersigned, UC community members (alumni, faculty, students and staff) of Asian descent, stand in solidarity with all who are protesting the racist incidents at UCSD and, more importantly, the systemic forces that support such incidents. It is unacceptable for UC campuses to view the recruitment and support of black and especially African-American students as anything other than a top priority. UCSD should never have allowed its black student population to languish at 1.6\% of the total student population and ought to have paid much better attention to students' needs. The UC systemwide must take immediate and material action to improve the campus environments. We write as community members of Asian descent because we think it is particularly important for black students to know that they are supported by the group that is demographically the largest of the U.S. ethnic minority groups represented on UC campuses. We have common values and needs, and possess a history of African-American/Asian-American collaboration to draw upon, although this history is little publicized in the mainstream media. For example, African-Americans criticized anti-Chinese immigrant persecution in the late nineteenth century, and the Asian-American "yellow power" movement of the 1960's worked in solidarity with African-American movements toward common goals. We call upon these traditions, together with a sense of urgency that is only commensurate to a society that has effectively abandoned the pursuit of social justice, and pledge to stand with black students in their time of need.

1352 Signatures

  • Rei Terada
    • Campus
    • Irvine
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • faculty
  • Jim Fujii
    • Campus
    • UCI
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Faculty
  • Ryanson Alessandro Ku
    • Campus
    • UC Irvine
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • Chris Chen
    • Campus
    • UC Berkeley
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Graduate Student
  • Tim Wong
    • Campus
    • UC, Irvine
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • graduate student
  • Setsu Shigematsu
    • Campus
    • University of California, Riverside
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Faculty
  • Eric Gonzalo Kitayama
    • Campus
    • UCI/IVC
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • staff/student
  • christian ravela
    • Campus
    • UCI
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • alumnus
  • Lucy Burns
    • Campus
    • UCLA
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Assistant Professor
  • Kevin Fellezs
    • Campus
    • University of California, Merced
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • faculty
  • Anjali Arondekar
    • Campus
    • UCSC
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Associate Professor
  • Lisa Lowe
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Faculty
  • Satoko Kakihara
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Graduate Student
  • Anthony Yooshin Kim
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Graduate Student
  • Timothy Mok
    • Campus
    • Univeristy of California, San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Angela Kong
    • Campus
    • UC San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Graduate student
  • Carmen Lam
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Ashvin R. Kini
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • PhD student, Dept. of Literature
  • Alvin Wong
    • Campus
    • UC San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • graduate student
  • Toshi Tomori
    • Campus
    • UC Irvine
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • alumni
  • Takashi Fujitani
    • Campus
    • San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Faculty
  • Josen Diaz
    • Campus
    • UC-San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student, Literature
  • Yumi Pak
    • Campus
    • UCSD (UCSC Alum, 2004)
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Ph.D. Candidate, Literature
  • Oliver Ting
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • graduate student (Literature)
  • Chien-Ting Lin
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student, Literature
  • Yin Wang
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Literature/Cultural Studies
  • Thea Quiray Tagle
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Graduate Student
  • Kyung Hee Ha
    • Campus
    • San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • Eugene Lin
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Kip Fulbeck
    • Campus
    • UCSB
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Department of Art
  • Son Chau
    • Campus
    • UC Berkeley
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Anthony Elbancol
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • Melissa
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • Sherry Chen
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Michael Lam
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • Tina Patel
    • Campus
    • UCSD Marshall
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Vivian Moon
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Lauren Padilla
    • Campus
    • Marshall College, UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Marleina Paz
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Kathryn Chun
    • Campus
    • UC Davis
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Robin Kim
    • Campus
    • UC San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • Kit Myers
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • graduate student
  • Monica Figueroa
    • Campus
    • University of California, San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Deborah
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Thao Nguyen
    • Campus
    • UC San Diego
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Jamie Lam
    • Campus
    • UC Davis
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student
  • shaola
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Tim
    • Campus
    • Cal
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Staff
  • Meghan
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • student
  • Stephanie Nowinski
    • Campus
    • UCSD
    • Affiliation (alumnus, faculty, staff, student)
    • Student