A 5th generation New Yorker traces her family history – and the roots of Asian resistance & survival
Channel: The Conversation
Date: 2023-05-30

On the latest episode of Don’t Call Me Resilient, we discuss the exclusion and resistance of Asians in America, through a personal, intergenerational lens. 

Host Vinita Srivastava speaks with Ava Chin, associate professor at The City University of New York (@cuny) and author of #MottStreet: A Chinese American Family’s Story of Exclusion and Homecoming.

As Asian Heritage Month comes to an end, the book traces how immigration policies - such as the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 - set America on a course to viewing all Asians as foreign and suspicious.

Listen to the episode here: https://theconversation.com/listen-a-5th-generation-new-yorker-traces-her-family-history-and-the-roots-of-asian-resistance-and-survival-204721 or wherever you get podcasts.