This Thanksgiving, EchoX staff, Board members, & DIGITIZE youth members have curated media, music, and resources discussing both contemporary and historical issues Indigenous Americans have faced in the past and continue to face today.
Seattle welcomes musician Julian Saporiti of No-No Boy at Town Hall on November 12
From International Examiner (By Ben Henry) – Singer-songwriter Julian Saporiti explores the stories of Asian Americans – and the oppression they’ve faced – through folk Americana music.
Land acknowledgements meant to honor Indigenous people too often do the opposite – erasing American Indians and sanitizing history instead
From The Conversation (By Elisa J. Sobo, Michael Lambert, & Valerie Lambert) – Three anthropologists explain the rationale of the Association of Indigenous Anthropologists’ recent request to officially pause land acknowledgements.
Centuries and Still: A short film about the history of anti-AAPI racism
From Northwest Asian Weekly (By Kai Curry) – “Centuries and Still” is a short film from Vietnamese director Sally Tran recounting the history of anti-Asian discrimination in the United States.
A White Woman Slapped My Mom On a Seattle Bus. She Picked On The Wrong Woman
From KUOW RadioActive Youth Media – In this piece from 2018, high school student Kenny Ou shares this story of how his mother inspired him to stand up to the racism he encounters on his own life.
