Writing Homework Help

With this pandemic and the probability that the origins of the Covid-19 was China, members of the Asian community have been brought into the lime light.

Read the following article: 

• https:// (Links to an external site.)www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/asian-american-pandemic-violence/2020/07/17/58e50f30-c6bb-11ea-a99f-3bbdffb1af38_story.html (Links to an external site.)
• Your post should be no more than 500 words and answer these questions:
  1. What would you ask her?  Are you comfortable for her reasons to become involved?
  2. Should the Asian American community stay invisible?  Why risk activism? At what cost of benefit?
  3. Do we need solidarity among movements to bring change? When thinking about this question read:  https://www.brookings.edu/blog/how-we-rise/2021/03/11/why-the-trope-of-black-asian-conflict-in-the-face-of-anti-asian-violence-dismisses-solidarity/ 
• Post your first post by Thursday, respond to your classmates

 This is the first student u need to reply on:

What would you ask her? Are you comfortable for her reasons to become involved?

I would ask her if she thinks social media, news articles/broadcasts, and assumptions Covid-19 came from a lab are the main reasons hate against the Asian community spread so quickly. I would also ask her what the best way to handle this situation would be, besides protesting, or doing something drastic to draw the attention of many people like the Black Lives Matter movement. I am comfortable for her reasons to become involved, if she feels scared to even go to the grocery store something needs to be done to improve the situation.

Should the Asian American community stay invisible? Why risk activism? At what cost of benefit?

No, I do not think the Asian American community should stay invisible, if the community as a whole thinks there is a problem then there should be a solution to make them feel more comfortable. In the Unites States we preach about freedom and being able to express our 1st amendment rights as an American citizen there should be no limit to feel accepted. If I were in their shoes it would be a risk id be willing to take if it overall benefited more people than just myself, its a risk that could reward multiple generations.

Do we need solidarity among movements to bring change?

I think solidarity would be beneficial in the Asian American and Black communities, considering these two races were the most negatively impacted during the pandemic, and even before Covid-19. The main goal is to end discrimination, and racism in both communities, by standing together with more people on board, it might be easier to achieve set goals.

this is the second;

• What would you ask her? Are you comfortable for her reasons to become involved?
  • If I had to ask a question I might ask her is she nervous and prepared for the possible backlash from her own community and/or family who believes she needs to stay out of racial conflicts that they believe don’t involve them. I am comfortable with her reasons to be involved because she’s showing solidarity in something that affects all minorities even if it affects us in different ways. Racism isn’t just a black people problem or Asian people problem it’s a problem period.
• Should the Asian American community stay invisible? Why risk activism? At what cost of benefit?
  • I personally know many Asian Americans and they are very vocal when it comes to issues of racism. Not just against Asians there also very supportive of BLM. A big problem in this country is that too people are quiet on issues if they feel like it doesn’t involve them and that’s not how change happens. It would be like someone saying they don’t care about cancer because they don’t have it. She spoke excellently in that the acts of violence against Asian Americans and the anxiety it has caused gave her a glimpse into what black people have dealt with and she understands that all minorities deal with some kind of racism. The country has always been divided and she chooses to take a stand to try and unite the country. There is risk in everything but sometimes the risk is worth it.
• Do we need solidarity among movements to bring change?
  • Absolutely. In anything, I always say you can accomplish so much more together than divided. There have been incidents between the Asian and African American communities but there have been incidents between all races. It’s not a representation of everyone and I actually believe most people want solidarity. It’s just that so many are nervous or afraid to speak up or put themselves in the fight.