41 10 868 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/15c9c148f9ff87267f929a774de733fd.jpg d32895a5b4900b0016864b175c269b54 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mark Wahlberg Racist Cutout Description An account of the resource Mark Wahlberg, one of the most well-known American movie stars, is a racist. In 1986, he harassed a group of African and Asian American teenagers. In 1988, he attacked two Vietnamese Americans, including Johnny Trinh, an army veteran[1]. Wahlberg was convicted for the latter and only served 45 days in jail. By 1993, Mark Wahlberg was establishing his career in Hollywood as a serious actor and sex symbol. Calvin Klein advertisement had him in his underwear while grabbing his crotch with an animalistic suggestive look into the camera[2]. A giant billboard of him was placed in the middle of Time Square. Mark Wahlberg's media reinvention occurred when a rise in Asian American hate crimes across the United States. As Historian Erika Lee writes about in The Making of Asian America, while the media discourse about Asian American identity is often rooted in changing social and political factors, it is the international context which can shape identities[3]. Popular films such as "Rising Sun" and "Falling Down" normalized images of violence against Asian Americans. Negative portrayals of East Asian Americans have a long history in Western culture[4]. For instance, the Spring 1993 issue of CAAAV writes about the meaning of "Oriental" and "Orientalism" in Western culture. "Oriental" conjures images of mystery, exoticism, inscrutability, inferiority, weirdness, and strangeness. This dehumanization made it acceptable for Western powers to dominate Asian countries during imperialism to build their wealth. The same connection was being made with Hollywood films using violence of Asian Americans for profit. CAAAV made the same connection with Mark Wahlberg's career and his history of hate crimes against African and Asian Americans[5]. Mark Wahlberg, a Hollywood star, should not be allowed to reinvent his career without acknowledging his past. CAAAV stickered the city with "Marky Mark: Convicted Racist" and organized a press conference in Time Square. The event forced a public apology from Mark Wahlberg and helped shine a spotlight on Asian American hate crimes[6]. Today, the Asian American community is experiencing a rise in hate crimes not seen since the early 1990s. The recent rise of hate crimes resulted from the Trump era politics[7], Covid -19 pandemic and its racist association with Asian Americans. Covid-19 became known as "The China Virus" and "Kung Flu Virus." for geopolitical purposes. The association of language to scapegoat the Asian American community is similar to the terms written earlier: mystery, exoticism, inscrutability, inferiority, weirdness, and strangeness. Just as Mark Wahlberg did not want the label of "convicted racist" to go along with his sex symbol status, America doesn't want to be labeled the same as a racist country. The importance of CAAAV archives is bringing awareness to such matters. Notes [1] Voice_Spring_1993_page 2 [2] Ibid. Page 7 [3] Lee, Erika, The Making of Asian America: A History(New York, Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2015), page 381 [4] Ibid. Page 278 [5] Voice_Spring_1993_page 3 [6] Ibid. page 4 [7] Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning (New York, Random House, 2020) page 23, page 78. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1991 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Beau Lancaster This post was completed as coursework for HIST-GA 3901 Community Archives, taught by Maggie Schreiner, in the Archives and Public History MA program at New York University. Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1879 Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration Immigration https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/e700c65d9f3d9f0235c19615631daf86.jpg cdfdc92812d75daae80e16f3a66682a9 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Meeting to discuss community action in summer of 1999 Description An account of the resource Meeting of community activists to discuss community actions in the summer of 1999. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Beau Lancaster Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1117 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/c51b813725718ac1d7160ad3cba92a4c.jpg 370e0dbf2b043abbc883ea077899b61b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photo Collection of CAAAV Co-Founder Mini Liu Description An account of the resource Photos collected by CAAAV co-founder Mini Liu Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mini Liu Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-1996 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photographs Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members of CAAAV and Yong Xin Huang's family at his memorial Description An account of the resource Hyun Lee, Alexandra Suh, and Yong Xin Huang's mother and 3 sisters joined for a memorial in Manhattan Chinatown the day before what would have been his 17th birthday. Yong Xin Huang was a teenager shot and killed by the police in Brooklyn while playing outside with a BB gun. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mini Liu Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 16, 1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Zack Kreines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1995_July_Yong Xin Huang memorial march_0005 Chinatown Demonstration Memorial Police Brutality https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/8fb83d31ade00971485c6ec299a44475.jpg c73aa08accc2767008bc3f3f42335e18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Photo Collection of CAAAV Co-Founder Mini Liu Description An account of the resource Photos collected by CAAAV co-founder Mini Liu Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mini Liu Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986-1996 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photographs Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Members of the Freedom Socialist Party at the Howard Beach Protest Description An account of the resource Protestors holding a banner for the Freedom Socialist Party and Radical Women. They are at a protest at Howard Beach against the police mishandling of the murder of Michael Griffith; CAAAV was also present in solidarity. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource December 27, 1986 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Zack Kreines Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1986_December_Howard Beach protest_0009_a Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Mini Liu Demonstration Police Brutality Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/7ce59ccfb504cd49d5e167e2d2443b61.jpg a79766a3125e9639c6612794e461939a Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial Event for Vincent Chin, Konerak Sinthasomphone, and Thong Hy Huynh. Description An account of the resource A memorial event bringing awareness to the deaths of Vincent Chin, Konerak Sinthasomphone, and Thong Hy Huynh. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June 23, 1992 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Marissa Ajamian Grossman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1525 Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Memorial Vincent Chin https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/8698886a26fb039ed725606af1daa093.jpg f4789d0bac0f37b293568871584c4ff2 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial Event Protesting Police Brutality Description An account of the resource Yong Xin Huang's sister and other protestors host a memorial service and speak out against police brutality. Signs showcase three victims of police brutality: Frank Olson, Justin Smith, and Yong Xin Huang. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Marissa Ajamian Grossman Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource “Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities.” Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1317 Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Police Brutality Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/53fd7c2e73a41e3bf2caff1ef63bf7ec.jpg e57543de4e6283a2bb5be22289747742 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial for Yong Xin Huang Description An account of the resource This photo is of a rally and memorial for Yong Xin Huang in Confucius Plaza in Manhattan's Chinatown. A red banner reading "CAAAV Committee Against Anti-Asian Violence" and a white banner reading "Parents Against Police Brutality" hang on the fence behind demonstrators. The gathered mourners hold cardboard tombstones bearing the names and photos of Asian Americans killed by police and/or gun violence. Some gravestones also show the victim's age and where they were killed. Huang's mother and sisters stand near the front. They hold a sign above Huang's tombstone reading "died of racism." A participant addresses the gathering through a megaphone. Sixteen-year old Yong Xin Huang was shot and killed by NYPD officer Steven Mizrahi on March 24, 1995 while he was playing in a friend’s backyard in Sheepshead Bay. Mizrahi was put on paid leave and returned to work two weeks later. On May 16, 1995, the Brooklyn D.A. failed to convict Mizrahi; he would not stand trial. [1] For Yong Xin’s family and the CAAAV community, this was emblematic of a state and justice system that criminalized youth of color just for existing. [2] On July 16th, 1995, the day before what would have been Yong Xin’s seventeenth birthday, CAAAV organized a day of action and remembrance. The day started with services for Yong Xin at PS 124 and a procession to Columbus Park, followed by a speak out and memorial in Confucius Plaza, Chinatown. Leaders from Asian, African American and Latino communities “denounced police brutality and inaction from District Attorneys.” [3] The memorial centered “remembrance as an act of resistance in the face of the state’s deliberate forgetting.” [4] True to its founding ethos of “panethnic, multiracial and intersectional” action [5], CAAAV would continue to fight against police brutality and for racial justice in the case of Yong Xin as well as across ethnic and racial lines. The Huang family “found their closest allies in other communities of color.” [6] Direct actions that "confronted [Mayor] Giuliani’s revanchist regime and aimed to build the power and unity of those who were criminalized” [7] would continue throughout the 90s and beyond. [8] [1] Vivian Truong, "From State-Sanctioned Removal to the Right to the City: The Policing of Asian Immigrants in Southern Brooklyn, 1987–1995." Journal of Asian American Studies 23, no. 1 (2020): 61-92 [2] Truong, 74. [3] “Voice Fall 1995,” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed October 23, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2131. [4] Truong, 81. [5] Truong, 86. [6] Truong, 75. [7] Truong, 74. [8] “Voice Winter 1996.” CAAAV Digital Archive, accessed October 23, 2024, https://archives.caaav.org/items/show/2132. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 16, 1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Digitized by Van Anh Tran Cataloged by Vivian Lanini Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Photo227 Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Chinatown Demonstration Memorial Police Brutality https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/2c9edd65423ee8b52e79df74d6e89248.jpg 5d254b99ddc6164fb7c5233ee4399349 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial of Yong Xin Huang #1 Description An account of the resource March 24, 1995, Yong Xin Huang was shot and killed by police officer Steven Mizrahi. This incited protests among Asian communities against police brutality and anti-Asian violence. Marches and demonstrations took place for the cause of Yong Xin Huang, demanding justice for him and minority groups under violence. This photo features a group of participants with banners recording the birth and death date of Yong Xin Huang with his photo. A smaller banner reads "Died of Racism". In the back hangs the banner of CAAAV. One speaker is speaking with a amplifier. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Shutong Wu Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Photo421.tif Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration Police Brutality https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/b44bc7bbb806261fc9faa5faf1bb95ec.jpg c68b298a033ed54c0ac7a53a38d1c0b7 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/17217ba96e9e1e5e28b8ae604c1e7d0c.jpg 58a5b4642f50635ba0ae4821a9e1cbec Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Memorial of Yong Xin Huang #2 Description An account of the resource March 24, 1995, Yong Xin Huang was shot and killed by police officer Steven Mizrahi. This incited protests among Asian communities against police brutality and anti-Asian violence. Marches and demonstrations took place for the cause of Yong Xin Huang, demanding justice for him and minority groups under violence. This photo features demonstrators with banners in the shape of tome stone with name and date of death of victims of police brutality. In the back there is a banner that reads "Parents Against Police Brutality". Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1995 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Shutong Wu Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Photo498.tif Photo499.tif Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration Police Brutality https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/9490f435f4cf1e7e3452d662978d88f2.jpg 28174c96391d1d50108f7ad4f4586e95 Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mid 2000's protest against abusive landlords Description An account of the resource Chinatown protesters standing up for tenet rights and against rent hikes. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource undated Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Beau Lancaster Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Copyright is held by CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CAAAV_1241