Being viewed as a perpetual foreigner is a status that Asian Americans are fighting to shed but in this interview with Dr. Russell Jeung, co-founder of Stop AAPI Hate and Asian American Studies Professor at San Francisco State University, and Fred Mok, lead pastor at Quicksilver Church, we discuss how being the perpetual foreigner is a gift of empathy, compassion, healing, and justice for Asian American Christians.
Interview topics in order: 

Why the end of quarantine might result in an increase of incidents of racism
How to explain the 2:1 ratio of women to men reporting hate incidents
Russell's coping practices after being inundated by Asian hate
The meaning of following Jesus, being a perpetual foreigner/sojourner, and its connection with Israel's history
Healing as the end point of the pilgrimage and what healing looks like
The false dichotomy of the inward and outward journey of the pilgrim
Response to evangelical backlash against Critical Race Theory and the social justice movement
Navigating the tension between the Asian value of self-effacement and American culture's value on self-advocacy and raising one's voice
Why it's important for churches and other orgs to make public statements about anti-Asian hate and the temptation of performative messaging
How our culture's emphasis on firsthand experience misses out on God's perspective of racism, justice, and peace

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