Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
A Rally in Reaction
Continuing on with the information that has been circulating throughout the week about the Tufts bias incident, there is an updated article on the Tufts Daily that is informative and has comments taken on from many different angles and perspectives.
READ HERE
In addition, I would like to send out a reminder that the rally will be taking place this afternoon (Thursday) at Tufts' Tisch Library Patio from 12:30 - 1:30. Boston City Councilman Sam Yoon will be speaking at the rally. Speakers from on and off campus will also be in attendance. Even if you cannot be in attendance, please wear RED to show your support for victims of all incidents of bias, racism, and racial discrimination.
With support,
NU KSA
READ HERE
In addition, I would like to send out a reminder that the rally will be taking place this afternoon (Thursday) at Tufts' Tisch Library Patio from 12:30 - 1:30. Boston City Councilman Sam Yoon will be speaking at the rally. Speakers from on and off campus will also be in attendance. Even if you cannot be in attendance, please wear RED to show your support for victims of all incidents of bias, racism, and racial discrimination.
With support,
NU KSA
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
GET INVOLVED NORTHEASTERN!
As you know there was an incident at Tufts on 04.09.09, now they are hoping to rally against this hate crime on their campus and they need YOUR help!
THIS THURSDAY @ 12:30- 1:30 PM the Tufts' KSA will be demonstrating against the bias report and Tufts administration
Please visit this Facebook group or Facebook event to get more information!
This public demonstration will promote awareness on not just this bias incident, but also the history of discrimination against Asian Americans on college campuses that has been rendered invisible. The rally will shed light on measures that the Tufts administration can take to prevent such and other related incidents from happening on campus. On Thursday, please wear RED to show your support for victims of all incidents of bias, racism, and racial discrimination.
Groundbreaking Memorial on Bainbridge Island
Read the article here: Bainbridge Island breaks ground for Japanese-American internment memorial
[Photo above] Fumiko Hayashida waits to board a ferry from Bainbridge Island on March 30, 1942 with her daughter asleep in her arms."This war was so long ago," she said. "I'm proud of my life. I had a good life, not a perfect one. But nobody's life is perfect. I have good family and good friends, and I feel so lucky." [from Seattlepi.com]
There was a progressive ceremony on Monday, March 30 for the Bainbridge Island Japanese American Memorial. The name of the memorial site is Nidoto Nai Yoni, which means Let it not happen again in Japanese. Just as important as not letting it happen again, it is especially important to remember historical events such as the Executive Order 9066 and the anguish and hardships that were experienced along with it. "It reminds the public what happened, so that it will never happen again...We don't want it to happen again, never again, to any group," said Hayashida. Spoken by the oldest living survivor of the interment camps created during World War II, let her words sink in and remind us that racism and xenophobia happened in our country and that an entire community of innocent people were victimized simply because of their ethnicity and culture. What happened is something to learn from and something that should never happen again.
[photo above] Japanese Americans from Bainbridge Island head to a ferry on March 30, 1942, the beginning of their journey to internment camps, where they would spend up to the next four years. Some 227 men, women and children were forced to leave the island with just days' notice [from The Seattle Times]
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For more information, visit BIJAC (Bainbridge Island Japanese American Community
-Allison Rhee
Saturday, April 11, 2009
TUFTS UNIVERSITY BIAS INCIDENT
Hey NU KASA,
So I'm writing you guys all again to inform you of the Tufts University Bias Incident. It seems that in the past few days, I keep giving you guys all bad news and it saddens me to have to do it, but I think that it's necessary that you all know about this. If you don't want to read the article, this is the breakdown:
A white freshmen male, who claimed he had been drinking, approached 5 male Tufts KSA members who were practicing a dance for their KSA Culture show. He repeatedly asked the dancers to teach him the dance, and then mockingly tried to imitate it, saying "This is the gayest sh*t I've ever done." When the KSA dancers asked him to leave, he responded saying "F*ck you. F*ck you, I could take all of you. I'll kill you all," and claimed that he was going to get his fraternity brothers to help. This resulted in a physical altercation, and the freshmen was pinned to the ground. He claimed he couldn't breathe, and was quickly released. As he got up off the ground, he again started cursing and saying “F*ck you all, you f*cking chinks, go back to China! Go back to your f*cking country, you don’t belong in this country.” The KSA members then reported this incident to an RA, who reported this as a bias incident.
As President of Northeastern University's Korean American Student Association, it upsets me that something of this nature happened at a neighboring University and targeted a group which so closely resembles ours. Being such a small and fairly tight knit Korean community here in Boston, I'm sure that many of you know members of Tufts' KSA, and it's important that they are aware that NU KASA does not tolerate bigotry. It frustrates me that we work so hard to promote cultural diversity and to share our love and pride that we have for our culture with those around us, and yet at a time when celebration should be found, racism and bigotry is not far around the corner. Unfortunately it truly is one step forward, two steps back.
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/?ref=mb#/group.php?gid=70037281395&ref=share
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/alleged-bias-incident-against-korean-students-prompts-widespread-reaction-1.1652715
Please show your support for Tufts KSA and spread the word that bigotry and social injustice will NOT be tolerated, not just on the NU campus, but anywhere.
~Hannah Yuh
NU KASA President
So I'm writing you guys all again to inform you of the Tufts University Bias Incident. It seems that in the past few days, I keep giving you guys all bad news and it saddens me to have to do it, but I think that it's necessary that you all know about this. If you don't want to read the article, this is the breakdown:
A white freshmen male, who claimed he had been drinking, approached 5 male Tufts KSA members who were practicing a dance for their KSA Culture show. He repeatedly asked the dancers to teach him the dance, and then mockingly tried to imitate it, saying "This is the gayest sh*t I've ever done." When the KSA dancers asked him to leave, he responded saying "F*ck you. F*ck you, I could take all of you. I'll kill you all," and claimed that he was going to get his fraternity brothers to help. This resulted in a physical altercation, and the freshmen was pinned to the ground. He claimed he couldn't breathe, and was quickly released. As he got up off the ground, he again started cursing and saying “F*ck you all, you f*cking chinks, go back to China! Go back to your f*cking country, you don’t belong in this country.” The KSA members then reported this incident to an RA, who reported this as a bias incident.
As President of Northeastern University's Korean American Student Association, it upsets me that something of this nature happened at a neighboring University and targeted a group which so closely resembles ours. Being such a small and fairly tight knit Korean community here in Boston, I'm sure that many of you know members of Tufts' KSA, and it's important that they are aware that NU KASA does not tolerate bigotry. It frustrates me that we work so hard to promote cultural diversity and to share our love and pride that we have for our culture with those around us, and yet at a time when celebration should be found, racism and bigotry is not far around the corner. Unfortunately it truly is one step forward, two steps back.
http://www.facebook.com/inbox/
http://www.tuftsdaily.com/
Please show your support for Tufts KSA and spread the word that bigotry and social injustice will NOT be tolerated, not just on the NU campus, but anywhere.
~Hannah Yuh
NU KASA President
Friday, April 10, 2009
L.A. Catholic Retreat Shooting
I was checking my news feed today and I saw a headline pop-up which I thought was completely crazy, "Shooting at Korean Retreat leaves 1 dead, 3 injured" from the L.A. Times.
I urge you all to read the article here: http://www.latimes.com/news/la-me-korean-retreat-shooting9-2009apr09,0,928020.story
Let's keep the friends and family of those affected in our thoughts this Easter Sunday yea?
~Hannah
NU KASA President
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
Hey KASA--If you're going to be around this summer, come out to BKIC's Annual Charity Gala!
[All proceeds will go to the Eugene Bell Foundation]
more information HERE.
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