SOUTH ASIANS FOR BLACK LIVES
In 2019, there were only 3 days where the police did not kill someone. In the glow of fires set to an old system in Minneapolis, the Movement 4 Black Lives (M4BL) has been leading the call to action. From their national week of action to mass political education, Black feminist leaders are forging a path to a world without prisons and police. Through their vision, we are already seeing major wins across the country. While politicians do political theatre and “take a knee,” people are out here getting work done, levelling a massive call to #DefundPolice, raising millions of dollars for mutual aid funds, and moving towards abolition and caring economies.
Equality Labs is committed to the solidarity work of supporting partners like M4BL and 8 to Abolition, calling in South Asian communities to #DefundPolice, while recognizing our complicity in Hindu Nationalism and carceral politics - that aids and abets these ecosystems of hate. South Asians, with our complicated regional and immigrant legacies of anti-Blackness, displacement, and casteism, must simultaneously look inward, while reflecting outward. Solidarity is a verb, and hope is a discipline (as organizer Mariame Kaba says).
South Asians For Black Lives Resources
Art by @radicalroadmaps on IG!
Anti-Blackness & Solidarity Practice
Letters for Black Lives: letters for family members in Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Urdu and more!
Curriculum: It Starts At Home, Confronting Anti-Blackness in South Asian Communities
20+ Allyship Actions for Asians to Show Up for the Black Community Right Now
Resource List: South Asian Queer & Trans Collective
Resource List: Guide to Allyship
VICE: ‘Defund the Police’ Actually Means Defunding the Police
On Abolition
Platform: 8 to Abolition
Toolkit: Interrupting Criminalization
Critical Resistance: Abolish Policing
Documentaries: Understanding Policing in the United States