An intergenerational love letter to new East Asian transnational migrants: toward a system of racial love

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to outline major historical events for new East Asian transnational im/migrants and challenge them to engage in critical (un)learning and racial love. Design/methodology/approach This conceptual paper is written in the form of a love letter and draws excerpts from a study with a China–US transnational family in a three-year critical ethnographic study. Findings This paper does not present “findings” in the traditional sense but poses actions and questions to think with readers about the future of intercultural solidarity. Originality/value Through this love letter, the authors illuminate their conceptualization of the system of racial love, which consists of love for ancestors, allies, the Asian community and a collective liberatory racial future.