Atlanta was a watershed: Lessons for Fighting anti-Asian Racism

Pranav Jani
21 min readAug 30, 2021

First published on August 30, 2021 in Tempest

Pranav Jani examines the rise of activism against anti-Asian racism in the wake of the Atlanta spa shootings, tracing the long history of racism against Asian/AAPI immigrants and Asian Americans in the U.S. — and the lessons this history offers for building solidarity and advancing the broader fight against white supremacy and capitalism today

A new wave of organizing against anti-Asian racism

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Pranav Jani

Assoc Prof, English, Ohio St (postcolonial/ethnic studies). Social justice organizer. Writer, speaker. Desi. Family guy. Singer. Wannabe cook. He/him. @redguju.