{"id":31944,"date":"2021-03-22T14:34:34","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sheffieldwire.co.uk\/?p=31944"},"modified":"2021-03-22T14:34:34","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T14:34:34","slug":"five-books-which-detail-the-east-asian-and-southeast-asian-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sheffieldwire.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/22\/five-books-which-detail-the-east-asian-and-southeast-asian-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Five books which detail the East Asian and Southeast Asian experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

As Asian hate crimes soar, understanding the community has never been more important.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s events in Atlanta sent a wave of terror through the ESEA community, both in the US and around the world. A man\u2019s shooting spree across massage parlours in Georgia killed eight people, six of whom were women of Asian descent. <\/span>USA Today<\/span><\/a> unveiled the personal stories behind each of the tragic victims, who were hard workers, dedicated mothers and business owners.\u00a0 This racist hatred is not new, nor is it only prevalent in the US.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the advocacy group End the Virus of Racism, there has been a <\/span>300 per cent increase<\/span><\/a> in hate crimes towards people of East and Southeast Asian heritage since the start of the pandemic. In February 2020, international Singaporean student Jonathan Mok was assaulted so badly he needed surgery. In broad daylight. This escalation of attacks led to the trending hashtag #StopAsianHate \u2013 both a collective gesture to show solidarity within the ESEA community, and a plea to the world to lend support in the anti-racism movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

These hate crimes, spurred on by racist rhetoric from politicians like Donald Trump, project Asians as monolithic. Stories by people of Asian heritage, from East and Southeast Asia to the Pacific Islands, provide a much-needed window into their lives, emotions and experiences. This piece brings to the fore books which illuminate what it is to be East and Southeast Asian, dispel the clich\u00e9s and change the cultural narrative \u2013 currently so saturated with outdated stereotypes \u2013 one story at a time. To read them is to begin a journey of allyship, which is needed now more than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

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