{"id":2411,"date":"2022-03-18T14:04:02","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T14:04:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/la-times-nalika-gajaweera-on-how-buddhists-are-responding-to-anti-asian-violence\/"},"modified":"2024-11-12T22:08:39","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T22:08:39","slug":"la-times-nalika-gajaweera-on-how-buddhists-are-responding-to-anti-asian-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/crcc\/la-times-nalika-gajaweera-on-how-buddhists-are-responding-to-anti-asian-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"LA Times: Nalika Gajaweera on How Buddhists Are Responding to Anti-Asian Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--article-hero \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--article-hero\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n<div class=\"inner-wrapper\">\n          \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img\n    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Nalika Gajaweera on How Buddhists Are Responding to Anti-Asian Violence<\/h1>\n\n\n<\/div>\n    \n    \n          <strong class=\"author-field\"><span >By<\/span>CRCC Staff<\/strong>\n    \n          <span class=\"post-date-field\">March 18, 2022<\/span>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--social-share \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--social-share\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"content-wrapper\">\n    <span class=\"a2a_kit a2a_kit_size_32 addtoany_list\" style=\"line-height: 32px;\">\n      <span class=\"title\">\n        Share\n      <\/span>\n                        <a class=\"a2a_button_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/#copy_link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Link\">\n            <span class=\"a2a_svg a2a_s__default a2a_s_copy_link\">\n              <svg height=\"19\" viewBox=\"0 0 19 19\" width=\"19\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path 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A year later, the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-03-18\/the-buddhist-response-to-anti-asian-violence-ritual-perseverance-understanding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LA Times<\/a><\/em> followed up with organizers of those efforts. The story quotes CRCC&#8217;s <a href=\"\/people\/nalika-gajaweera\/\">Nalika Gajweera<\/a>, who in addition to <a href=\"\/transforming-the-american-sangha-race-racism-and-diversity-in-north-american-insight-meditation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">studying race and Buddhism<\/a>, is one of the co-directors of the Asian American Buddhist Working Group:\n<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&ldquo;So much of what has happened after the event is the acknowledgment that there is this shared experience, and that we have all, in different ways, confronted racism and white supremacy in America,&rdquo; said&nbsp;<a class=\"link\" href=\"\/people\/nalika-gajaweera\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nalika Gajaweera<\/a>, a research anthropologist at the Center for Religion and Civic Culture at USC. &ldquo;We may not respond in a coherent voice, but we&rsquo;re having a conversation.&rdquo;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Buddhist congregations have always supported Asian Americans against the hate they have encountered in society, she also told the <em>LA Times<\/em>. &ldquo;It might not seem like activism, but it is the day-to-day activism of keeping your doors open and supporting your community.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2022-03-18\/the-buddhist-response-to-anti-asian-violence-ritual-perseverance-understanding\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to read the story<\/a><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Photo of Higashi Honganji in Los Angeles by <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:20140622-0005_Higashi_Honganji_LA.JPG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nandaro (Creative Commons)<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n  <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The March 16, 2021 killing of six women of Asian descent and two others brought Asian Buddhists together across lineages and communities to confront anti-Asian hate. 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