Heritage Months as Multiracial Literacy Projects: Asian American Elementary Teachers’ Approaches to AANHPI Heritage Month

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Abstract

Renewed attention on anti-Asian violence has sparked a growing campaign to integrate Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) studies in K-12 schools. Meanwhile, AANHPI Heritage Month is already observed in many school settings. However, little is known about these practices. This qualitative study explored the ways that the racial identity of Asian American elementary teachers motivated their engagement with the month and frames AANHPI Heritage Month as a multiracial literacy project. Implications regarding the heritage month as remedy and repair are discussed.

Authors

• Xinghua Toby Wu, New York University

• Lydia Manchery, New York University