I ended today's post ("Getting rid of race"--12/14) with the thought that an anti-racist praxis should be about cross-racial coalitions--about people advocating on behalf of one another despite of, or because of, our differences.
And then I found this item on the Angry Asian Man blog about Hassan Askari, a Bangladeshi college student who aided a group of Jewish people being attacked on the Q Train because they responded to another group's "Merry Christmas" with "Happy Hannukah":
"Hassan Askari, a Bangladeshi college student who stepped up and came to the aid of the two attacked couples, receiving two black eyes in the process: JEWS' SUBWAY HERO A MUSLIM. Unfortunately, Hassan didn't get a chance to bust out his martial arts skillz: Q train hero has brown belt in karate. Still, he gets big points for being a good samaritan. Props, Hassan."
For more on this story click here for The Daily News piece and here for The New York Post article.
I think we all need to remember that it IS possible to live an anti-racist praxis--that people like Hassan Askari exist and that what he did was both remarkable and simple: he helped someone who needed help.
Happy Hanukkah everyone!
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Jennifer, thanks for this blog!
I wanted to email you but there doesn't seem to be a contact link.
I wanted to tell you about ORIENT (huggingasians.com), my new project considering Asian-Black tensions in & around the San Francisco Bay area & LA. I hope you can help me spread the word. http://kck.st/aaglSv
I'd really like your input.
k~
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