RESOURCES
*CDYR does not necessarily endorse all of the viewpoints presented in the external links below. They are included to offer perspectives on current issues and to encourage dialogue.
Curricula
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“Radical South Asian Timeline (Assembled by CDYR fam Payal Kumar!)”
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“Asian Americans: a K-12 curriculum tracing the history of Asian American identity in the US”
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“SAADA: The largest publicly available South Asian American digital archive”
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“South Asians for Black Lives: Resources on Racial Solidarity and Abolition by Equality Labs”
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“South Asian Diaspora Research Resources: Histories, Journals, Films, Books, Organizations and more”
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“Untold Civil Rights Stories: Stories of Asian American Resistance, divided by subject”
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“Asian American History Timeline”
Books + Academic Essays
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“South Asians for Black Power: Anti-Blackness, Islamophobia, and Complicity”
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“The Quiet History of South Asian American Activism - And Why It’s Time to Speak Up Now”
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Rinku Sen, “Why I Marched on Washington - With Zero Reservations”
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NPR Codeswitch, “‘Model Minority’ Myth Again Used as a Racial Wedge Between Asians and Blacks”
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Natasha Sharma, “How the ‘Model Minority Myth’ Hurts Us All: A Brown Girl’s Perspective”
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“Black and Desi: A Shared History”
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“Sisters and Siblings in the Struggle: Black and Asian Feminist Solidarities”
CDYR In the News
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Our Year of Mutual Aid
New York Times
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Some immigrants shut out of stimulus; other mixed-status households will get COVID-19 relief check
Chicago Sun Times
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Chicagoans make TikTok, educate others about South Asian community during coronavirus outbreak
ABC 7 Chicago
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Activists pushing to remove cops from CPS rally at home of school board vice president: ‘Youth do not need to be policed’
Chicago Sun Times
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Chicago Arab and Black Youth Campaign Against Racial Profiling by the FBI
Chicago Monitor
