Author ORCID Identifier
Degree Year
2021
Document Type
Thesis - Open Access
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
East Asian Studies
Advisor(s)
Emer Sinéad O'Dwyer
Ann Sherif
Committee Member(s)
Sheila Miyoshi Jager, Chair
Hsiu-Chuang Deppman
Andrew Macomber
Bonnie Cheng
Keywords
Afro-Asian solidarity, Japan, Japan studies, Asian studies, Social media activism, Black radical movements, Asian American Radicalism, Black internationalism, Black internationalist feminists, Allyship, BlackLivesMatter, StopAsianHate
Abstract
The summer of 2020 marked a dramatic shift in race consciousness around the globe. The murder of George Floyd on May 25, 2020, coupled with the rise of Anti-Asian hate crimes, sparked a global outcry of support for the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement and renewed interest in solidarity between Black and Asian communities as a means to organize against systemic racism and white supremacy. This paper sets out to investigate the intersectional histories of oppression faced by these communities, offers a timely analysis of the history of Afro-Asian Solidarity domestically and on the international stage, and explores the relevance of Afro-Asian allyship to contemporary social movements, #BlackLivesMatter and #StopAsianHate. Based on the analysis of scholarly and journalistic sources, I argue that the transnational progress made through Afro-Asian solidarity in the global freedom struggle provides a compelling example and invaluable blueprint of the radical potential for Afro-Asian Solidarity in the age of Black Lives Matter.
Repository Citation
Mitchell, Jasmine N., "The History of Afro-Asian Solidarity and the New Era of Political Activism" (2021). Honors Papers. 836.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/honors/836
