DEI Conference
Asian American Inclusion in DEI Work
Session Description:
This presentation will share Asian American biases within society, professional environments, education, and even within DEI work. It will draw attention to the deficiencies in which we discuss racial equity regarding Asian American advocacy and disrupt white-centered expectations of Asian Americans. As DEI work is inherently polarized (Black or White), this training will educate the audience with the harm in continuing DEI work that continues to ignore Asian American experiences with discrimination and racism in America.
The specific topics discussed will be as follows (but not limited to): double eyelid bias, lack of educational support and differentiation for AA students due to the Model Minority Myth, the lack of socioemotional support for AA students when anxiety and intergenerational trauma due to possible immigrant trauma is high, the onus of communication (as discussed by Malcolm Gladwell) within Asian American communities, the impossibility of Asian American stereotypes given their conflicting natures, etc.
Objectives and Key Takeaways:
How to understand the history of discrimination that impacts Asian Americans today, how to make DEI work more inclusive of AA voices, how to address implicit biases, and how to be culturally competent when working with AAs.
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Additional Materials
Guest Speakers
Dr. Joan Sung King
Director of the AANAPISI program at Shoreline Community College / Staff Writer for Mochi Magazine / Professor of Contemporary Asian America English Language Arts
Dr. Joan Sung King (she/her) is the Director of the AANAPISI program at Shoreline Community College. She is a staff writer for Mochi Magazine and a college professor of Contemporary Asian American English Language Arts. She is a member of the Pacific Northwest Writers Association, the National Association of Memoir Writers, the Willamette Writers Organization, and the National Women of Color Network. She has a BA in English with an emphasis in Creative Writing, an MA in English, and a Doctorate in Education. Her articles regarding AAPI voices in literature appeared on the teacher blogs BuildingBookLove and TeachNouvelle and have also been published in TinyBeans.com, the United States Air Force Arctic Warrior and the Seattle Times. She spends her spare time speaking at equity conventions about Asian American advocacy.
