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Red Tribal Frog is another mini collage project with acrylics, Posca pens, resin and silk leaves.
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Fortune Cookie, Made in USA. It’s fascinating that this delicious snack was created in SF by Hagiwara (designer of the Japanese Tea Garden), inspired by the Shinto temple treats overseas. With the invention of the fortune cookie folding machine in Oakland by Asian-American and Berkeley grad, Shuck Yee, in 1973, this yummy treat was mass-marketed and now celebrated globally. Though it has been associated with Asian cultures, it’s purely an Asian-American invention, just like the interesting lamp decor of SF Chinatown.
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This Chinese Takeout container graphic was created to raise awareness about the increased overt racism faced by Asians during these Covid times. Anti-Asian rhetoric from ignorant leadership has created pandemic scapegoating, igniting additional violence, and xenophobia. In Chinatowns within the US, small business owners’ loss of income has sometimes amounted to 90% due to the racism with joblessness at 80% (according to NBC), displacing community members with no where to go, especially with economic and language barriers. For Asian-Americans, the fear and anxiety is three-fold — from obtaining the virus, being targeted and losing their livelihood.
The Model Minority myth created by politicians and media (since the 60s) have hurt the Asian community as social and economic services have passed over community members in poverty, voices are silenced/dismissed, while pitting races against each other. As in the 60s with the civil rights movement, history has taught us that speaking out for our rights is a fundamental need. Promoting multiracial solidarity while building strong dialog/relationships between all communities is important to combat the hate. It is an ongoing work-in-progress, but one which we need to constantly nurture.
While times are tough, please support local businesses and consider the people behind the counter, especially when craving that delicious noodle dish or boba 🙂
Additional resources:
@hateisavirus_ : https://hateisavirus.org/
@advancingjustice_aajc : https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/
@stopaapihate : https://stopaapihate.org/
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These “Unity” and “No Room for Racism” signs were created to support the ongoing fight against racism in all forms.
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Revisiting Bayon, Angkor Wat piece with an uplifting atmosphere, as a tribute to my grandfather, Lawrence, who recently passed at the ripe age of 100. He was a 2nd-generation Chinese born in Cambodia to a family of shipbuilders. In the 1970s, he escaped the Khmer Rouge genocide with nearly 20 other family members. After years in multiple refugee camps across Asia, a US military plane from Thailand brought them to the US. Lawrence then worked humbly as a janitor for the local Hotel Claremont. Following his retirement, Lawrence practiced and taught martial arts for 30 years, freely to anyone who had a desire to learn at the public parks by Lake Merritt Bart / Oakland Chinatown, eventually amassing 100 followers of different nationalities and was recognized by the city for his community service with a Citizen of the Year Award. Years later, when I told him that I was going to visit Cambodia, his eye glimmered with pride and excitement and I knew that his heart always remained there.
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