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Podcast: On The Issues With Michele Goodwin
Episode: Being Asian in America (with Dr. Claire Kim, Nobuko Miyamoto and Yang Huang)
Description: The recent rise in documented anti-Asian violence—which saw grandmothers being punched on the streets, and a major shooting in Atlanta—has raised questions about the current status of Asian American identity and safety in the U.S. How does “Asian” fit into the American racial taxonomy, which has for so long relied on a dichotomy of Black and white? Helping us to sort out these questions and set the record straight are very special guests:· Nobuko Miyamoto, actor, activist, singer and third-generation Japanese American whose work has blended art and activism since the 1...