id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_qhbml6boonclbkf3ovtl627pw4 Rachel Kuo Visible Solidarities: #Asians4BlackLives and Affective Racial Counterpublics 2018 15 .pdf application/pdf 8753 596 52 Key words: race, activism, affect, Asian American, digital media. 'Asian American' as political formation (and as an academic field of study) emerged out of racial justice movements in the 1960s and 70s This article examines how the visual uses of Asian 'racial presence' produces affective frames that Kang's New York Times article, "How Should Asian Americans Feel about the Peter Liang Protests", Asian American political formations in this case can be defined as affective racial counterpublics, Liang's sentencing has mobilized Asian Americans either to work with Black Lives Matter and prioritize ending anti-Black racism, or has mobilized Asian Americans to seek 'justice' for Liang the visibility of Asian Americans supporting Black Lives Matter and justice for Akai Gurley (see Across Asian American groups, racial justice includes a desire to be seen as a visible political Asian Americans discursively position themselves politically within their own communities and in ./cache/work_qhbml6boonclbkf3ovtl627pw4.pdf ./txt/work_qhbml6boonclbkf3ovtl627pw4.txt