Help Us End Racial Profiling
On November 1-5, 2021, OCA-Asian Pacific American Advocates and Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC will launch a week of action focused on the racial profiling of Asian Americans and Asian immigrants. We invite you to join us as we conduct legislative visits and push for an end to the government’s profiling of scientists, researchers, and scholars of Asian descent.
In addition to the recent spike in anti-Asian hate this past year, there have also been increased efforts to racially target Asian Americans and Asian immigrants via the U.S. Department of Justice’s “China Initiative.”
Why should you care?
This resurgent xenophobia has created enormous fear among our communities as we see teachers, friends, and family members being stigmatized as “perpetual foreigners” and profiled as spies in a country they call home.
That’s why we’re calling on the Biden administration to take action to address the racial profiling of Asian Americans and Asian immigrants and for Congress to exercise oversight of federal agencies to stop using race, ethnicity, or ancestry as a basis to investigate scientists, researchers, and scholars of Asian and Chinese descent.
We need your help to contact offices of federal lawmakers representing the states filled in red below: Tennessee, Connecticut, New Jersey, Washington, Texas, Nebraska, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming, Michigan, Florida, Arizona, Georgia, and Indiana
Get the facts
Webinar: “Where are we now?”
Learn more about the anti-racial profiling movement and the current state of play.
Take action
Sign up: Join our week of action
Click here to participate in virtual meetings with House and Senate offices and share your concerns about racial profiling. Contact Gisela Kusakawa at gkusakawa@advancingjustice-aajc.org to learn more about Hill advocacy.
Amplify stories: Social media toolkit
Lift up the stories of Asian Americans and Asian immigrants affected by racial profiling by using our digital toolkit. Make sure to follow @OCANational and @AAAJ_AAJC on Twitter for updates throughout the week!
Support Dr. Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao
The trial for Dr. Tao, a Chinese American scientist impacted by racial profiling, is scheduled for December 6 in Kansas City, KS. Asian Americans Advancing Justice - AAJC is looking to get concerned community members to attend.