Popular culture is an important realm for the erasure of asin americans andamrican experience. In many cases, they're based on vaudeville comedies or minstrel show characters. They can stick around and exert their influence on you in ways that are hard to consciously be aware of but still affect ideas to day.
Asian Americans are an essential part of the history of this country, but the true story is all too little told, especially in a time of rising anti-Asian sentiment and violence. Historian and author of “Asian American Histories of the United States” Catherine Choy joins Adam to discuss the origin of racist ideas such as the “model minority myth,” and dive into the history. You can purchase Catherine’s book at http://factuallypod.com/books
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