for Asian women as if we are a fetishized prize to be won. It is the refusal to acknowledge those who fall outside the framework of the model minority and the erasure of our sisters across class lines. It is in all of the little things that daily rob us of our personhood. ., our team is continuing to report through this global health crisis—doing what we can to keep you informed and up-to-date on some of the most underreported issues of this pandemic. —we can’t do it without you.
The shooting in Atlanta made it clear that we need systemic change to address the history of racism and sexual violence against AAPI women.Just two weeks before the Atlanta shootings, the organization I lead, National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum completed a of AAPI women and their views on the issues impacting their lives.
The worst part of it all is that despite the long, well-documented history of the unique traumas facing Asian women in the United States, policy too has long overlooked us. Why? Because even to those not looking to actively harm us, we are still erased, the perception of docility shutting us out of the rooms where policy solutions are created.
The experiences and voices of AAPI survivors of sexual violence and harassment, for instance, are not often examined in discussions about