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Asian American is not a color : conversations on race, affirmative action, and family / OiYan A. Poon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Poon, OiYan, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asian Americans--Race identity.
- Asian Americans.
- Asian Americans--Social conditions.
- Racism--United States.
- Racism.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Affirmative action programs--United States.
- Affirmative action programs.
- Poon, OiYan--Family.
- Poon, OiYan.
- Families.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- 221 pages ; 24 cm
- Other Title:
- Conversations on race, affirmative action, and family
- Place of Publication:
- Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- "But Asian American Isn't a Color"
- The Ancestors and Their Contrasting Dreams
- Commonalities Across the Affirmative Action Divide : Do We Even Know What We Are Arguing About?
- Community Divides : Theories of Change, Social Media, and Identities
- "If Not Me Then Who?" : Chinese Americans Reacting to Racial Erasure
- "K(no)w History, K(no)w Self" : Asian Americans in Solidarity for Justice
- Asian American Identity Is a Solidarity Ethic and Practice.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9780807013625
- 0807013625
- OCLC:
- 1392163935
- Publisher Number:
- 99996385744
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