52 10 868 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/8829beffe4e1625d577db1b637d13531.jpg 13747bfc4e1bc7109fbd66105e9aae2c 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 Protest Against Anti-Asian Sentiments Description An account of the resource Protestors protest anti-Asian violence and racist behaviors. Protestors include a man about to speak into a microphone and a man playing a red drum. 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 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_1537 Anti-Asian Violence and Representations https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/ee3042f6849802aacd96d0acd9a5a0bc.jpg f4cf9dd1eb938319f46d1a03963944ff 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. 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Title A name given to the resource Protest against Asian American media stereotypes Description An account of the resource Protesters raise awareness of mass media stereotypes against Asian Americans in Times Square 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_1555 "Rising Sun" Demonstration Racial Justice Committee Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/baef11b29514fa59d72b8578ef6f8bfb.jpg 07f9e99445a68b584a0c7f285b3f411c https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/27d3aa792c08326fed7cb6eab37e85ec.jpg 9f25d50476f274b08693ec256d1e2dc6 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/fbaa1813d00de3846556e9eebb4558db.jpg 6144555a0c527ffdab61661530ebb6a4 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/2fe33cf3f3d28e0eb37fd2473d1c09f0.jpg 0dfab8f7ca060333cb0662eabd04aeac https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/62629149c8c4bc3aae912a77e7e4b31c.jpg 0395473a290eb80955716eb69357aa60 https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/110f201c8b57c89ee444a9bf055559ce.jpg 51c49135d164cbf572ec4fe4abedc4c6 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 Protest Against Baseball Stadium Construction in Philadelphia's Chinatown Description An account of the resource In the heart of Philadelphia, where the city’s historic legacy converges with its diverse, vibrant communities, there have been moments that stirred the very soul of its community, sparking intense debates and fueling the fight for preservation of vulnerable neighborhoods. The battlegrounds of urban development have often found a prominent stage in Chinatown, threatening the existence of an ethnic enclave that has stood as a steadfast guardian of not only its geography but its memories and relationships. In the early 2000s, the roar of discontent echoed through Chinatown's narrow alleys as residents fought off the construction of a $685 million baseball stadium for the Phillies near Chinatown at 12th and Vine streets, recognizing the gentrification threats it posed to their tight-knit community. In these photos, members of CAAAV participated in the protest alongside other Philadelphia residents. People wearing “No Stadium in Chinatown” shirts emblazoned with red English letters and Chinese characters are marching and holding banners that say “Chinatown Coalition Committee to Oppose the Stadium.” The protesters marched from the Holy Redeemer Church in Chinatown to City Hall. Nearly all of Chinatown's businesses closed for part of the day to express their opposition to building the stadium in their neighborhood. Reference: https://www.thedp.com/article/2000/06/chinatown_businesses_close_doors_to_protest_new_stadium_site Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource June, 2000 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cynthia Zhang 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_814.jpg CAAAV_813.jpg CAAAV_820.jpg CAAAV_818.jpg CAAAV_817.jpg CAAAV_816.jpg Chinatown Demonstration https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/f43a686355409cfde313b6ce7d9c5ec6.jpg e6de32e0686169e56e62abe9df22bf96 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 Protest against economic inequality Description An account of the resource A woman stands in a truck bed and speaks into a microphone as other protestors look on and hold up an effigy of an unnamed United States Founding Father. Signs in front of the speaker read, "THE PEOPLES TRIBUNAL" and "Creating Unequal Economic Policies." 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 Helen Stec 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_1208 Demonstration Racial Justice Committee Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/6c713405e7ad3d4ff89891b5a00652ee.jpg 69167f49bdeb3c77d0849816b17c5f01 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 Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square Description An account of the resource Members of the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, carrying a banner bearing their name and logo, join fellow New Yorkers to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun near West 45th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. One Black protestor holds a sign that reads, “20th Century Movie, 19th Century Mentality.” Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 30, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Allegra Favila 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_1545 "Rising Sun" Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/e72da6bc7e4ca3eed3a25e4c68b74c6d.jpg f40bf956492a329e7670991cfcaff491 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 Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square Description An account of the resource Asian New Yorkers march past the Roundabout Theatre near Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. Protestors hold signs written in Chinese and English decrying racism. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 30, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Allegra Favila 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_1553 "Rising Sun" Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/63f4b811a72d76abe7752fdd6409d74d.jpg fdf15fa6b98e9c4c3d13d9dcd5770f26 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 Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square Description An account of the resource Asian New Yorkers and members of the press gather in front of the Roundabout Theatre near Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. One demonstrator’s sign reads “Ebony and Ivory Live Together in Bipolarity, Genocide of All Asians is the Stark Reality!” Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 30, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Allegra Favila 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_1559 "Rising Sun" Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/e3486f7512f91ab7231f8ae2f3b7601a.jpg 7a2ddd913fa9e19eb241e4d9533b072b 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 Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square Description An account of the resource Asian and Black New Yorkers gather in front of the United Artists Theatre in Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. Many protestors hold signs as they march. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 30, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Allegra Favila 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_1560 "Rising Sun" Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/0eae257c8da7cef36b5a26f7c55eca1a.jpg 9128b50e5c97b4030ff9871f91b1bf8f 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 Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square Description An account of the resource Asian and Black New Yorkers gather in Manhattan's Times Square to protest racism against Asians at the premiere of the film Rising Sun. A sign in the shape of a tombstone bears the writing “Robert Buchanan, August 10, 1992, Olympia, WA,” in memory of a 17-year-old Asian boy who was killed in a racist attack. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource July 30, 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Allegra Favila 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_1570 "Rising Sun" Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration Solidarity Work https://archives.caaav.org/files/original/9583941b2bad78be5befdbb4161157f9.jpg 81144edcb51b502757e49ab7da88f5d6 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 Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square (New York City) Description An account of the resource July 30, 1993: CAAAV summer interns Jonathon Sung Bidol, Ginny Moon, and Julia Wang gather over one-hundred demonstrators outside Times Square’s Criterion Theater to protest Philip Kaufman’s racist film, Rising Sun, on its opening day. “Rising Sun! Raising hate!” the crowd chants.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1">[1]</a> “JAPANESE MEN SLEEPING WITH WHITE WOMEN! GET THE LYNCH MOB,” reads one protestor’s sign.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2">[2]</a> Staged in conjunction with dozens of other demonstrations across the United States, this protest aimed to “educate moviegoers about [Rising Sun’s] insidious stereotyping and the potential for anti-Asian violence its xenophobic message promotes.”<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3">[3]</a> The film, which follows two detectives as they investigate the murder of an escort at a Japanese company in Los Angeles, characterizes Japanese men as amoral, sexually-deviant foreigners determined to take over American institutions.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn4" name="_ftnref4">[4]</a> Such insidious anti-Asian depictions redirect attention from internal causes of American economic problems and project blame onto “conniving” outsiders who look and act differently from white Americans.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn5" name="_ftnref5">[5]</a> CAAAV’s protest against this stereotyping reflects an enduring commitment to fighting systemic and institutional racism, the root cause of anti-Asian violence in the U.S., and the organization’s awareness that hate crimes are often fueled by anti-Asian representations in American culture.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn6" name="_ftnref6">[6]</a> Founded in 1986, CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities (formerly the Coalition Against Anti-Asian Violence) was created in response to rising anti-Asian violence across the U.S., particularly following the 1982 murder of Vincent Chin. A large part of CAAAV’s early activism centered on developing “a deeper analysis of the root causes of [anti-Asian] violence,” including the fact that such violence is neither random nor uncommon. Rather, it’s the result of centuries-long anti-Asian racism, which has become codified in the American legal system and in American culture.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn7" name="_ftnref7">[7]</a> This entrenched racism is often expressed in anti-Asian representations; although Asian people have lived in the U.S. for centuries, they remain marginalized and othered, “seen as exotic, barbaric, and the perpetual foreigner,” even if they are naturalized or were born in the U.S.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn8" name="_ftnref8">[8]</a> As the organizers of CAAAV’s anti-Rising Sun protest recognized, these racist caricatures directly fuel anti-Asian violence. In October 1987, for example, flyers portraying Asian business owners and homeowners as homicidal mobsters and conniving religious cult leaders were plastered across Bensonhurst and Gravesend, Brooklyn. This directly resulted in a spate of anti-Asian violence, including street harassment, vandalism of Asian-owned property, and beatings of Asian American youth. As the organization would do upon Rising Sun’s release, CAAAV explicitly challenged these anti-Asian representations. CAAAV founders Mini Liu and Monona Yin publicly condemned city officials’ refusal to take anti-Asian racism seriously, collecting over one-thousand signatures on a petition that protested the NYPD’s response and collaborating with a multiracial coalition of community leaders to address racial violence in South Brooklyn.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn9" name="_ftnref9">[9]</a> Such activism illustrates CAAAV’s critical analysis of the root causes of anti-Asian violence and the strategic actions it takes to address systemic and institutional racism. Today, CAAAV continues to combat anti-Asian representations and hate crimes as the COVID-19 pandemic inflames anti-Asian racism. In advocating for poor and working-class Asian immigrant and refugee communities and protesting against anti-Asian representations, CAAAV supports and empowers some of New York City’s most vulnerable residents and provides them with essential services and resources during a particularly dangerous time for Asians and Asian Americans.<a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftn10" name="_ftnref10">[10]</a> Notes <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1">[1]</a> “Rising Sun! Raising Hate!,” The CAAAV Voice 5, no. 2 (1993): 3, accessed March 14, 2021, http://caaav.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Voice_Fall_1993.pdf. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2">[2]</a> “Rising Sun! Raising Hate!,” 3; “Protest against film Rising Sun in Times Square (New York City),” CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities Digital Archive, accessed March 16, 2021, http://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/admin/items/show/1091. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3">[3]</a> “Rising Sun! Raising Hate!,” 3. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref4" name="_ftn4">[4]</a> “Rising Sun (1993),” IMDb, accessed March 14, 2021, http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107969/; “Rising Sun! Raising Hate!,” 3. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref5" name="_ftn5">[5]</a> “Rising Sun! Raising Hate!,” 3. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref6" name="_ftn6">[6]</a> “History of CAAAV,” CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, accessed March 14, 2021, http://caaav.org/about-us/history-of-caaav. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref7" name="_ftn7">[7]</a> “History of CAAAV.” <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref8" name="_ftn8">[8]</a> Vivian Wong et al, “Archives (Re)Imagined Elsewhere: Asian American Community-based Archival Organizations,” in Through the Archival Looking Glass: A Reader on Diversity and Inclusion, ed. Mary A Caldera and Kathryn M. Neal (Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2014): 114. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref9" name="_ftn9">[9]</a> 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): 66-68. <a href="https://maggie.hosting.nyu.edu/caaav/rising-sun-raising-hate#_ftnref10" name="_ftn10">[10]</a> “Our Work,” CAAAV Organizing Asian Communities, accessed March 14, 2021, http://caaav.org/our-work. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource circa 1993 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Helen Stec 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_1567 "Rising Sun" Anti-Asian Violence and Representations Demonstration Solidarity Work