{"id":55,"date":"2021-03-17T14:00:11","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.golive.clarku.edu\/president\/2021\/03\/17\/standing-with-our-asian-american-community\/"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:55:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T14:55:39","slug":"standing-with-our-asian-american-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/president\/2021\/03\/17\/standing-with-our-asian-american-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Standing with Our Asian American Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-post-date\"><time datetime=\"2021-03-17T14:00:11-04:00\">March 17, 2021<\/time><\/div>\n\n<p>Dear Members of the Clark Community,<\/p>\n<p>Last night in Atlanta, we witnessed violence committed against Asians and Asian Americans. Acts of hate against Asians in the U.S.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbs.org\/newshour\/show\/asian-american-community-battles-surge-in-hate-crimes-stirred-from-covid-19\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"surged by nearly 150 percent over the past year\">surged by nearly 150 percent over the past year<\/a>, fueled by the anti-Asian rhetoric propagated during our national fight against COVID-19. We say \u201csurged,\u201d because anti-Asian racism is not new. It has always been a part of the racist history and landscape of this country, and it has always been chronically under-reported. Now, the frequency of these attacks are rapidly escalating. And the numbers continue to rise.<\/p>\n<p>We at Clark mourn those who died, hold those injured in our thoughts, and condemn the hate that led to these heinous acts. And we recognize, feel, and hold the grief and pain of our Asian and Asian American students, staff, faculty, and neighbors. Even as we mourn, we must intervene and act by calling out all forms of racism, white supremacy, sexism, misogyny, and xenophobia, and by standing in solidarity with all communities of color, by educating each other about the history, experiences, and accomplishments of Asians and Asian Americans.<\/p>\n<p>We remind members of our community and neighbors\u00a0that racism and oppression are complex, overlapping and intersectional. Do not heed those who offer solutions by fanning the flames of racial divisions among communities of color.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vox.com\/22321234\/black-asian-american-tensions-solidarity-history\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Do not fight anti-Asian racism with anti-Black racism\">Do not fight anti-Asian racism with anti-Black racism<\/a>.\u00a0 Do not fight anti-Black racism with anti-Asian racism.<\/p>\n<p>If you need support please reach out. You may contact the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/counseling\/\" aria-label=\"Center for Counseling and Personal Growth\">Center for Counseling and Personal Growth<\/a> at any time of day.\u00a0 The following individuals are available to you, as well:<\/p>\n<p>Maria Gallant<br \/>\nCo-chair, Staff Assembly<br \/>\nAssistant Director of Alumni &amp; Friends Engagement<br \/>\nShe\/Her\/Hers<\/p>\n<p>Michael F. Vidal<br \/>\nDirector for Diversity and Inclusive Excellence<br \/>\nOffice of Diversity and Inclusion<br \/>\nHe\/Him\/His<\/p>\n<p>Peyton Wu<br \/>\nDirector<br \/>\nOffice of Multicultural and First Generation Student Support<br \/>\nThey\/Them\/Theirs<\/p>\n<p>Importantly, if you witness, experience or have information regarding a bias or hate incident, we urge you to report it through the University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/emergency-management-and-campus-assistance\/bias-incident-reporting\/\" aria-label=\"Bias Incident Reporting portal\">Bias Incident Reporting portal<\/a>. You can learn more about our incident reporting procedures <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/offices\/emergency-management-and-campus-assistance\/bias-incident-reporting\/\" aria-label=\"here - Bias Incident Reporting portal\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Clark faculty, students, and staff will hold space next week for mutual support and for learning how we can all play a powerful role in creating a more just and inclusive future. Further details to come. We hope you will join us.<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<\/p>\n<p>David Fithian<br \/>\nPresident<\/p>\n<p>Davis Baird<br \/>\nProvost<\/p>\n<p>Betsy Huang<br \/>\nAssociate Provost and Dean of the College<br \/>\nKlein Distinguished Professor<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of English<\/p>\n<p>Esther Jones<br \/>\nDean of the Faculty<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of English<br \/>\nE. Franklin Frazier Chair of African American Literature, Theory, and Culture<\/p>\n<p>Francy Magee<br \/>\nAssociate Provost and Dean of Students<\/p>\n<p>Jie Park<br \/>\nAssociate Dean of Faculty-Focused DEI Initiatives<br \/>\nDirector, Center for Gender, Race, and Area Studies<br \/>\nAssociate Professor of Education<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Members of the Clark Community, Last night in Atlanta, we witnessed violence committed against Asians and Asian Americans. Acts of hate against Asians in the U.S.\u00a0surged by nearly 150 percent over the past year, fueled by the anti-Asian rhetoric propagated during our national fight against COVID-19. We say \u201csurged,\u201d because anti-Asian racism is not [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-55","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.2 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Standing with Our Asian American Community | Office of the President | Clark University<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.clarku.edu\/president\/2021\/03\/17\/standing-with-our-asian-american-community\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Standing with Our Asian American Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Dear Members of the Clark Community, Last night in Atlanta, we witnessed violence committed against Asians and Asian Americans. 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