Statement of Solidarity
In these days of pandemic crisis, the Afro-American Studies Department stands in solidarity and community with Asian and Asian American, people both on and off campus. We abhor the xenophobia that has inaccurately and unfairly blamed these communities for the spread of the current COVID-19 virus. As scholars of race and African American experience, we understand the harm that is inflicted when communities of color are unjustly scapegoated, harassed and attacked. We applaud …