Wait, was that racist?

This is probably my most personal podcast of this series. I'm chatting with my good friends, Dr. Jessica Soedirgo, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and Dr. Hae Yeon Choo, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, about our assorted encounters with anti-Asian racism.From seemingly benign encounters that show how the academy doesn't actually see us as belonging—like mixing up Asian colleagues, or mistaking us for students, or the constant compliments about our English—to actual harmful moments that we still need to heal from, one of the challenges of giving voice to anti-Asian racism is that it oftentimes feels like it barely registers. Yet, Asians in the academy experience racism everyday, while struggling with the acute rise of anti-Asian sentiments, which has been amplified since the start of the pandemic. My hometown of Vancouver was even named by Bloomberg as the 'Asian hate crime capital' of North America. And it has also only been two months since the Atlanta shootings, where a man with a self-proclaimed Asian fetish murdered eight people including six Asian women.On this episode, we talk about dealing with anti-Asian racism when institutions barely acknowledge its reality and fighting against insidious, everyday forms of microaggression.If you want to get involved in combatting anti-Asian racism, check out Anti-Asian Racism Undone, presented by Scholar's Strike Canada on May 29 and 30, 2021. Visit www.scholarstrikecanada.ca for more information.Related and Mentioned in this EpisodeAddressing Anti-Asian Racism in the University by Hae Yeon Choo and Robert Diaz‘Too Asian?’ On racism, paradox and ethno-nationalism by Roland ColomaRacist, Sexist Boy by The Linda Lindas

Episode metadata supplied by the publisher feed · Published May 26, 2021

What this episode covers

This is probably my most personal podcast of this series. I'm chatting with my good friends, http://www.jessicasoedirgo.com/ (Dr. Jessica Soedirgo), Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam and https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/sociology/people/hae-yeon-choo (Dr. Hae Yeon Choo), Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto, about our assorted encounters with anti-Asian racism. From seemingly benign encounters that show how the academy doesn't actually see us as belonging—like mixing up Asian colleagues, or mistaking us for students, or the constant compliments about our English—to actual harmful moments that we still need to heal from, one of the challenges of giving voice to anti-Asian racism is that it oftentimes feels like it barely registers. Yet, Asians in the academy experience racism everyday, while struggling with the acute rise of anti-Asian sentiments, which has been amplified since the start of the pandemic. My hometown of Vancouver was even named by https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2021-vancouver-canada-asian-hate-crimes/ (Bloomberg as the 'Asian hate crime capital' of North America). And it has also only been two months since the Atlanta shootings, where a man with a self-proclaimed Asian fetish murdered eight people including six Asian women. On this episode, we talk about dealing with anti-Asian racism when institutions barely acknowledge its reality and fighting against insidious, everyday forms of microaggression. If you want to get involved in combatting anti-Asian racism, check out https://www.scholarstrikecanada.ca/anti-asian-racism-undone (Anti-Asian Racism Undone), presented by Scholar's Strike Canada on May 29 and 30, 2021. Visit https://www.scholarstrikecanada.ca/ (www.scholarstrikecanada.ca) for more information. Get in touch with us at https://www.academicaunties.com (www.academicaunties.com) and follow us on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/AcademicAuntie (@AcademicAuntie). Related and Mentioned in this Episode https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/04/02/recommendations-stopping-anti-asian-racism-campuses-opinion (Addressing Anti-Asian Racism in the University) by Hae Yeon Choo and Robert Diaz https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/01596306.2013.822620 (‘Too Asian?’ On racism, paradox and ethno-nationalism) by Roland Coloma https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5AhU5Q7vH0 (Racist, Sexist Boy) by The Linda Lindas Transcript A transcript of the episode will be posted approximately one week after the episode drops at https://www.academicaunties.com (academicaunties.com).

PodParley-generated summary based on available episode metadata and transcript content.