@shado.mag We are back with another episode of our ‘Re-presenting the problem’ series, and today @kajiifire breaks down the real problem that needs answering – why hate crime legislation can’t – and won’t – save us. Taking the Stop Asian Hate movement as a case study of this, they reveal how hate crime laws fail to tackle root causes of violence and actually bolster state power. At best, this legislation is a distraction – at worst, a tool of division and counterinsurgency. The path to ‘safety’ and ‘justice’ will not come from the state or police – but instead, community-led alternatives and broader radical organising. See resources below for more context on the hate crime industrial complex & abolitionist approaches to harm & violence. Yellow Peril Self-Awareness Manual by Pear Nuallak and Kirstin Wu (PDF) https://pearnuallak.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/yellow-peril-zine-online-reading.pdf Stephens, Kay. “Against ‘hate crime’.” daikon*, 26 May 2020: (blog post/article) daikon.co.uk/blog/against-hate-crime Rodríguez, Dylan. “How the Stop Asian Hate Movement Became Entwined with Zionism, Policing, and Counterinsurgency.” Critical Ethnic Studies, 10 April 2024: (article) Remember & Resist. Abolitionist Approaches to Hate Crime, 2021 (zine) issuu.com/remember.resist/docs/hate_crime_zine_new_m argins_2 Rodríguez, Dylan. “The Asian Exception and the Scramble for Legibility: Toward an Abolitionist Approach to Anti-Asian Violence.” Society & Space, 8 April 2021 (article) 2024 Round Up (Spoilers: Representasians Were Losers) by Pear Nuallak (blog post) https://pearnuallak.com/2024/12/31/2024-round-up-spoilers-representasians-were-losers/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAaZ3a6iDjeiWrDPkj4ULF83AhZRdbS02HQCn9Br2Z97CDA5c-897dyfti7w_aem_AT8M9UuqHWgfwJzU_SjEwg
