“Asian Americans inhabit a purgatorial status: neither white enough nor black enough, unmentioned in most conversations about racial identity," writes Cathy Park Hong in her award-winning book, Minor Feelings. In this courageous and vulnerable conversation recorded during Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Barrington mothers and community leaders Erin Chan Ding and Crystal Pepper sit down with hosts Zina Jacque and Jessica Green to share their experiences navigating pride in identity, the pain of discrimination, questions of visibility & invisibility, and the power of representation to create a more inclusive and equitable future for their children. 

Resources:

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (Library of Congress)
• Asian Americans (PBS)
• The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee
• Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
• How to Be An Anti-Racist by Dr. Ibram X. Kendi
• COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act (U.S. Congress) 
• TEAACH Act (State of Illinois HB 376)
• Bystander Intervention Guide by hollaback
• Confronting Prejudice by Jenan Mohajir
• Summer Book Club: Minor Feelings with Barrington Area Library

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