Interconnected Part 1: Confronting Racial Prejudices between Asian American & Black Communities

The time of Covid-19 has forced a long-standing inter-minority conflict between Asian American and African American communities to resurface within the public eye. Tracing its history from the 1800s through the present, these two racial groups have held racial biases and prejudices against the other, which has led to violent and traumatic events. “Interconnected: Confronting Racial Prejudices between Asian American and African American Communities,” is an AAPI Heritage Month Panel Series which maps out the history of inter-minority conflict between Asian Americans and African Americans; it addresses the problem of racial biases from a biblical perspective; and, finally, it considers paths of healing and solidarity moving forward. Our aim is to educate, equip, and empower African American and Asian American Christians to think historically, biblically and humbly about their relationships with each other, and for these truths to open up new pathways for conversations, bridge building, and discipleship. A reflection guide will also accompany the series to be used for personal and group study.

This conversation with Ray Chang, Jane Hong, Christina Edmondson, and Dominique Gilliard will be recorded as part 1/3 in our series “Interconnected: Confronting Racial Prejudices between Asian American and Black Communities.”

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Jane Hong is an associate professor of history at Occidental College and the author of Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion (UNC Press, 2019). She is currently writing a history of how Asian Americans and post-1965 Asian immigration have changed U.S. evangelicalism and evangelical politics since the 1970s. Jane holds a B.A. from Yale University and a Ph.D. from Harvard. A Brooklyn native raised in northern New Jersey, she now lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughter.

Dominique DuBois Gilliard is the Director of Racial Righteousness and Reconciliation for the Love Mercy Do Justice mission priority of the Evangelical Covenant Church. He is the author of Rethinking Incarceration: Advocating for Justice that Restores, which won a 2018 Book of the Year Award for InterVarsity Press and was named Outreach Magazine’s Social Issues Resource of the Year. Gilliard also serves on the board of directors for the Christian Community Development Association and Evangelicals for Justice. In 2015, the Huffington Post named him one of the “Black Christian Leaders Changing the World.

Dr. Christina Edmondson is motivated by her faith in Jesus Christ to proclaim truth, extend grace and listen well. Blessed by an array of academic, professional and lived experiences, Christina is committed to bringing diverse people together to promote personal and team flourishing. Christina holds a PhD in Counseling Psychology from Tennessee State University, a MS degree from the University of Rochester in Family Therapy, and a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from Hampton University. Currently, Christina serves as the Dean for Intercultural Student Development at Calvin College. The Intercultural Student Development Center (ISDC) is committed to inspiring, challenging, and equipping Domestic and International students to engage in meaningful and intentional intercultural interactions within a global society. Additionally, a Certified Cultural Intelligence facilitator, public speaker, and mental health therapist, Christina is often contacted by churches to consult about both diversity and mental health issues. Her writing has been seen and referenced in a variety of outlets including Essence.com, YourBlackWorld.com, and Gospel Today magazine. She is a co-host of one of New York Times viewer recommended best podcasts, Truth's Table. Christina is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. She is married to Dr. Mika Edmondson and they are the grateful parents of two wonderful daughters.

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