Let's start by understanding that the term Asian American Pacific Islander encompasses a broad diversity of ethnic, linguistic and religious backgrounds, not to mention the intersectional experiences of gender and sexual expression, immigration status...(1/3)
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Intergenerational trauma from war, displacement and refugee status. But many times the AAPI experience is essentialized by constructs like the Model Minority Myth. Teachers often see Asian American children as obedient and hardworking (2/3)

This is often translated into anti-Blackness. (i.e. The model minority Asian kid is smart and hardworking, and other students of color are not!). Let's work actively together to be anti-racist educators AF.(3/3)