API Tennessee condemns Senator Blackburn’s harmful campaign rhetoric. As an Asian and Pacific Islander-serving nonprofit organization that is fighting for a Tennessee where our community belongs, we demand that Senator Blackburn pull her latest ad as it promotes narratives that are dangerous for Asian and Asian Americans. The claim that China poses a threat to Tennesseans is baseless and rooted in racist “Yellow Peril” tropes. This ad is not an isolated incident; it is part o
API Tennessee believes that every student that calls Tennessee home has a right to public education. This legislative session, there are two bills that directly challenge that right.
