Asserting Asian America
Exclusion, discrimination, internment, racist violence \u2013 Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have gone through a lot in the U.S. Karen Ishizuka has written about the people and groups that pushed the concerns and struggles of Asian Americans to the fore. Among other things, she talks about the shift from \u201cOriental\u201d to \u201cAsian American\u201d; efforts to build coalitions between APIs and other people of color; and the iconic struggle to save the I-Hotel.\nKaren Ishizuka, Serve the People: Making Asian America in the Long Sixties Verso, 2016\nThe post Asserting Asian America appeared first on KPFA.