Chinese American Educational Research and Development Association
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Educational Research & Development Journal
2021 Special Issue, Volume 24, Number 2
Terminating the Intersectional Harm of Triple Pandemics for Asians: An Educational Imperative |
| Guofang Li |
Abstract |
| The COVID-19 crisis has exposed three additional pandemics that Asians have been battling against historically: Anti-Asian racism, Sinophobia, and the model minority myth. These multiple pandemics are bringing intersectional harm to Asians in mental health, academic achievement, and alliance with other racialized groups. Being casted as the model minority, the 'kung flu' and the 'red scare' at the same time had prevented many educators from seeing Asian students' academic needs and strengths in non-academic areas, resulted in mental health crises and precluded Asians and other racial groups from forming interracial solidarity. It is imperative that we stop the hate and terminate the intersectional harm through addressing the knowledge gaps in Asian American/Canadian history and stereotypes in K–12 educational curriculum, supporting teacher education, and building racial alliances and solidarity among students of diverse racial backgrounds. |
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ISSN: 1526-8659