Sally Kohn: Sometimes certain ideas or images embed themselves deep within a culture, and then they come out in surprising ways. She says the rise of associating asia amera s with cove 19 is likeas been lurking under the surface, as as something that was that was able to rise again. "It's evoking that longer historyand the power of those words," she says.
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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