White Riot: The 1907 Anti-Asian Riots in Vancouver - Tsang, Henry

As New; White Riot is a hybrid art and history book that uses an infamous moment in Vancouver's past to document anti-Asian racism in North America and how it affects contemporary issues faced by the Asian community. White Riot presents this event through a series of panoramic photographs following the path of the mob, with colourized archival photographs embedded into images of the same buildings today. It's a moving and provocative tour through the violence and aftermath that provides a through line from that historical event to present-day examples of racist violence. Though discriminatory laws and open racism are now considered abhorrent, such prejudice can be easily aroused, as in the recent rise of anti-Asian violence when COVID-19 was stigmatized as a "Chinese virus." White Riot includes essays by Tsang and by historians, activists, and urban planners, with a foreword by Patricia E.Roy, a leading authority on anti-Asian policies in British Columbia. Melding the past with the present, White Riot is a riveting book of history and art that underscores the need for collective resistance against white supremacist violence and behaviour, now more than ever.
As New
Soft cover
Arsenal Pulp Press
2023
Vancouver, BC