OiYan A. Poon

Asian American Is Not a Color

Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family

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Produktbeschreibung

"A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter's many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Beacon Press
• Seitenzahl: 232
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 458g
• ISBN-13: 9780807013625
• ISBN-10: 0807013625
• Artikelnr.: 68583488

Autorenporträt

OiYan Poon

Inhaltsangabe

INTRODUCTION
“But Asian American Isn’t a Color”
CHAPTER 1
The Ancestors and Their Contrasting Dreams
CHAPTER 2
Commonalities Across the Affirmative Action Divide:
Do We Even Know What We Are Arguing About?
CHAPTER 3
Community Divides:
Theories of Change, Social Media, and Identities
CHAPTER 4
“If Not Me Then Who?”:
Chinese Americans Reacting to Racial Erasure
CHAPTER 5
“K(No)w History, K(No)w Self”:
Asian Americans in Solidarity for Justice
CONCLUSION
Asian American Identity Is a Solidarity Ethic and Practice
Acknowledgments
Interview Participants
Notes
Index