History Minute (077): The Klan called all these people "threats to white American society"

"From originally being a brotherhood determined to reinstate slavery, the Klan identified myriad alleged threats to white American society after the end of the First World War in 1918. Catholics, Asians, the labour movement, Communists and to some extent Jews were all accused of threatening white American civilization."

Excerpt from:

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/21567689.2020.1809384

An Asian American Apostate Tells All (Bradley Onishi; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Brad interviews writer Scott Okamoto, author of Asian American Apostate, his wry and ironic story of leaving religion while teaching at an evangelical university. Okamoto’s often-chilling accounts reveal that such schools, where prayer and trite theological debate erupt in any lecture, demonstrate anything but higher education. 

Stories range from a classroom declaration against interracial marriage because it causes painful pregnancies, to grading a paper entitled, “Why Obama Is a Nazi,” and to the times Okamoto, a popular teacher, was disciplined by school officials for keeping standards for writing. 

Okamoto’s personal reporting gives you the inside story of how America’s evangelical schools encourage not a life of the mind but White cultural power. More than that, you’ll see how Okamoto found clarity about who he was not, and who he was coming to be.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/an-asian-american-apostate-tells-all/

A new FBI report shows hate crimes have risen to their highest level in 12 years - Axios

… with attacks on Black and Asian people driving much of the increase...
https://www.axios.com/hate-crimes-rise-to-highest-level-in-12-years-752920a0-30e8-48a9-b2c3-18ee0f4aa763.html

Opinion | Fake News Is Affecting Immigrant Communities, Too - The New York Times

Right-wing conspiracy theories are reaching Asian and Latino voters through platforms like WeChat, KakaoTalk and WhatsApp. Democrats must take notice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/20/opinion/fake-news-disinformation-immigrants.html

Man Hurls Racist Abuse at Asian Family in Video: 'Trump's Gonna F*** You!'

A video of a man hurling racist abuse at an Asian family dining at a restaurant in California has gone viral. Jordan Chan shared the video on her Instagram page on Monday, saying the man had "relentlessly harassed" her family while they were celebrating her aunt's birthday on the Fourth of July.

https://www.newsweek.com/man-hurls-racist-abuse-asian-family-1515898

When Asian Parents Make You Learn a Musical Instrument...

https://youtu.be/buudI2WJ3aA