'One of the ways we combat racism and hate ... is by teaching and learning about each other's stories and histories,' Schools Chancellor David Banks said.
“This curriculum will cover stories from numerous AAPI figures and a multitude of communities who have left their mark on this country,” Banks said, with lessons structured around historical figures like Dr. Anandibai Joshee, the first woman of Indian ancestry to be a doctor of Western medicine in the United States; Representative Patsy Mink, who was the first Asian American woman elected to Congress; and Helen Zia, the Chinese-American journalist.
Banks noted the pilot program was also aimed at combating anti-Asian sentiment, which has led to a surge in violence – in 2021, hate crimes against Asian New Yorkers“One of the ways we combat racism and hate – and the mayor talks about this all the time – is by teaching and learning about each other's stories and histories. We are not the other,” Banks said. “We are all New Yorkers. We are all Americans.
“This anti-Asian hate that we've seen so much of, it didn't just happen the last couple of years. It's been happening ever since the beginning of this country, ever since the first Asian Americans arrived at our shores,” Liu said.
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