This month marks 10 years since the fatal shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri. It turns out that the way Black Lives Matter protesters were treated in the days that followed has led to some unexpected ripple effects.
Beatrice Chen, executive director of Immigrant Social Services, walks by the garden of the Senior Living Chung Pak complex, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in New York. Beatrice Chen, executive director of Immigrant Social Services, poses for a photo at the social meeting room of the Senior Living Chung Pak complex, Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, in New York.
Asian American staffers responded with regret, renewed their alignment with their Black colleagues and vowed to “lead out.” “It did feel like a moment where, collectively, the Asian American Pacific community was kind of examining and interrogating our position on what it meant to be in solidarity,” said Orton, who was working for Democratic U.S. Rep. Al Green, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
“It made me realize that people wanted to talk about it and to hear what others have to say, not necessarily coming in with a confrontational mindset,” Chen said. “For a lot of them, it was like the first time they’d been able to talk about it in an open space with people they don’t know.” Orton said the conversations were almost like a precursor to 2020. He noticed far stronger, more pronounced efforts to get people within the community involved.
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