ABSTRACT

Referring to the Vietnam antiwar movement has become a way to dodge the complexity and confusion of the post-1975 Asian American experience. To build Afro-Asian solidarity in the era of Black Lives Matter, there must be an honest and direct engagement with the various Southeast Asian American communities for whom the generational impacts of displacement, exile, trauma, and loss are far from fully recognized or processed. This essay reflects on the Asian American activism in the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder, tying together Minnesota’s racialized history with contemporary Buddhist-led social justice work in the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul.

摘要

提及越南反战运动已成为一种逃避 1975 年后亚裔美国人经历的复杂性和混乱的方式。为了在黑人的命也是命的时代建立亚非团结，必须与各种东南亚裔美国人社区进行诚实和直接的接触，对他们而言，流离失所、流亡、创伤和失去的代际影响远未得到充分认识或处理. 这篇文章反映了乔治·弗洛伊德 (George Floyd) 被谋杀后的亚裔美国人激进主义，将明尼苏达州的种族化历史与当代佛教徒主导的明尼阿波利斯和圣保罗双城的社会正义工作联系在一起。