Written by Asmi Chinauriya For more than half a century, the Asian American community in the United States has been known as the “Model Minority.” It came during the Civil Rights era and was used as a term to look down upon Black activism. However, now this Model Minority has turned into the Movement makers, but this movement is not a shift in perception. It is a reconfiguration of American political power. Starting in 2020, the events that took place during that time dissolved the illusion of safety that the economy was supposed to give. The anti-Asian hate crimes were on the rise, and xenophobic rhetoric surrounding COVID-19 added fuel…