The Brown Asian American Power Movement

TOPIC:

  • South Asian and Brown Asian American activism, and tensions within the AANHPI community.

OBJECTIVES:

  • At the end of this lesson, students should be familiar with all of the countries included under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and with general details surrounding the Brown Asian American Power Movement.
  • Students should also be able to identify the reasons for its initial failure through the complex racial factors concerning East Asian and Western peoples.
  • Students should be able to analyze secondary and primary source documents to understand historical implications.
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INTRODUCTION:

At the end of this lesson, students should be familiar with all of the countries included under the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), and with general details surrounding the Brown Asian American Power Movement. Students should also be able to identify the reasons for its initial failure through the complex racial factors concerning East Asian and Western peoples. Students should be able to analyze secondary and primary source documents to understand historical implications.

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS:

  1. For the cross-cultural relationship between East Asians and South Asians:
    What are some examples of solidarity between these two groups?
    What are some examples of tension that exists between these groups?
  2. What are some political, social, economic, or historical reasons for this?
  3. What cultural similarities are there between these two groups? Differences?
  4. How have non-South Asian, American perceptions of South Asians changed over time?
  5. What historical events have impacted these perceptions?
  6. How are South Asians depicted in media historically and today?
  7. What are the impacts of these perceptions on the South Asian community?

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Lesson plan created in partnership with Diversify Our Narrative

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