[Peace] Fwd: Panel on Racial Profiling

[Laura Haber]

--- Kal Alston <k-alston at UIUC.EDU> wrote:
> Date:         Fri, 1 Jan 1904 00:29:56 -0500
> Reply-to: Kal Alston <k-alston at UIUC.EDU>
> From: Kal Alston <k-alston at UIUC.EDU>
> Subject:      Panel on Racial Profiling
> To: WSP-L at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU
> 
> >
> >Please announce to interested parties and classes.
> >
> >Fall 2001 Asian American Studies Program Council Meeting
> >
> >The Outsiders:
> >  Racial Profiling and Asian Americans
> >
> >In the wake of the World Trade Center/ Pentagon terrorist attacks, a
> >national backlash in the form of physical and verbal assaults has
> >occurred against Americans of Muslim/ Arab/ and South Asian descent.
> >Despite generations of citizenship in the U.S., Asian Americans have
> >faced this kind of backlash during times of US- Asia tensions; they
> >are stereotyped as ìforeignersî and the targets of blame for these
> >tensions. All Asian ethnic groups have encountered this brand of
> >stereotyping: Japanese Americans were interned during WWII, Wen Ho
> >Lee and other Chinese Americans endured racial profiling under
> >strained US-China relations, and Vincent Chin was brutally beaten
> >during an economic recession that fueled anti-Japan sentiments in
> >the auto industry.
> >
> >What can history tell us of these incidents? Why are Asian Americans
> >targeted in this way, when other racial minorities are not? The
> >Asian American Studies Program sponsors its Fall 2001 Council
> >meeting, an all campus open forum, to discuss these issues.
> >
> >Speakers include:
> >
> >Moderators:
> >George Yu, Asian American Studies
> >James Anderson, Educational Policy Studies
> >
> >Panelists:
> >Pallassana Balgopal, Social Work, to address South Asian American
> experiences
> >Yuki Llewellyn, Assistant Dean of Students, to address the
> >Internment of Japanese Americans
> >Min Song, Asian American Studies Program, to address the Vincent Chin case
> >
> >Thursday October 4, 2001
> >4-6pm
> >Latzer Hall, YMCA, 1001 S. Wright Street
> >Refreshments will be served.
> >
> >For more information, contact the AASP at 244-9530, aasc at uiuc.edu
> >
> >
> >Mary Ellerbe
> >Asian American Studies Program
> >(217) 244-9530 (phone)
> >Temporary Address and new fax:
> >84 Bevier Hall, M/C 142
> >905 S. Goodwin
> >Urbana, IL 61801
> >(217) 265-6235
> 
> --
> 
> *********************************
> Kal Alston
> Director, Women's Studies
> Associate Professor, Educational Policy Studies
> UIUC
> 911 South Sixth Street
> Champaign, IL 61820
> ph: 217-333-2990
> fax: 217-333-0151
> *********************************


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