Asian American Accountability: Confronting Ourselves and Unpacking Our Stories for an Educational Reckoning Around Anti-Racism.

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

As Asian American educators, this presidential session confronts our own accountability within anti-racist movements, and explores where we fit within the Black/white binary conversations of race that plague K-12 schools and higher education. The panel is a critical examination of ourselves, our work, and the stories that exist beyond the “model minority” framework that we have been forced into. We question: What are we doing to confront anti-black racism and white supremacy? What opportunities do Asian American educators have to develop criticality? What complicity do we have in upholding white supremacy by problematizing other minoritized racial groups, creating hierarchies of Asian ethnic identity, and failing to move away from our socio-political spaces?

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chairs

• Daniel Soodjinda, California State University Stanislaus

• Betina Hsieh, California State University - Long Beach

Participants

• Grace MyHyun Kim, The University of Texas at Austin

• JIA Grace LIANG, Kansas State University

• Diana Liu, Teachers College, Columbia University

• Rossina Zamora Liu, University of Maryland

• Noreen Naseem Rodriguez, University of Colorado - Boulder

Discussant

• Betina Hsieh, California State University - Long Beach