Dismantling racism & oppression: Anti-Asian Racism

Anti-immigrant sentiment and discriminatory enforcement continue to lead to unequal, harmful outcomes for communities of colour. With project 1907, we aim to break cycles of racism and discrimination and create space for healing by recognizing, reclaiming and reframing our histories. project 1907 is a grassroots group made up of Asian women. We aim to elevate Asian voices that are underrepresented and undervalued in mainstream political, social and cultural discourse, including amplifying the voices of women.

360 Riot Walk is an interactive walking tour of the 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver, the ancestral territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tseil-Waututh people. It utilizes 360 video technology to trace the history and route of the mob that attacked the Chinese Canadian and Japanese Canadian communities following the demonstration and parade organized by the Asiatic Exclusion League in Vancouver. Participants are brought into the social and political environment of the time where racialized communities were targeted through legislated as well as physical acts of exclusion and violence. The soundtrack is available in four languages of the local residents of the period: English, Cantonese, Japanese and Punjabi.

By John Price and the National Association of Japanese Canadians (NAJC), June 25, 2020. This co-publication with the NAJC is an effort to raise awareness about the history of anti-Asian racism and dispossession in British Columbia and the impacts that history still has today.