3: Resisting White Supremacy - Meaningful Allyship Between Communities of Color

This month, Michelle addresses allyship between communities of color focusing on the history between the Black and Asian communities.

Show Notes

Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses difficult topics with a focus on practicing mindfulness and self-care as well as on claiming a personal space of acceptance, healing, and compassion. This episode, Michelle addresses allyship between communities of color focusing on the history between the Black and Asian communities. 

Thank you to Quincy Stalworth for promoting the podcast!

Below are links to articles about the topics discussed in the episode. This is not an exhaustive list and our listeners are encouraged to research the topics discussed on their own as well:

Christina Lee Alliance website: https://www.thechristinaalliance.org 

Time Magazine article on forced sterilizations from 2019: https://time.com/5737080/native-american-sterilization-history/ 

A Conversation with Native Americans on race by the NY Times: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siMal6QVblE 

Helen Zia, Asian American Dreams: https://helenzia.com/books/asianamericandreams/ 

“Racist Love” essay by Frank Chin and Jeffery Chan: https://www.dartmouth.edu/~hist32/Hist33/chin%20Racist%20Love.pdf 

Jamie A Swift article on Yuri Kochiyama: https://aaww.org/celebrating-100-years-of-yuri-kochiyama/ 

Michelle Myers interview on Quince Questions: https://anchor.fm/quincequestions/episodes/Ep--94-Dr--Michelle-Myers-erqcei/a-a4ribn8 

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Host: Michelle Myers

Producer: Myong McCloud

What is Mind Your Margins?

Feeling world weary? Disheartened by politics? Enraged by racism? In MIND YOUR MARGINS, Michelle Myers draws on her experience as a professor, activist, and poet to foster a space for listeners where it’s humanly possible to make humanity possible. Each episode, Michelle discusses topics with a focus on marginalized identities. She also encourages healthy ways to manage anxiety and anger as well as emphasizes the importance of practicing daily affirmations of personal acceptance, healing, and compassion. As an Asian American woman, Michelle highlights the experiences of people of color, particularly people who identify as AAPI, immigrants/children of immigrants, and/or multiracial/multicultural.