AAS 250 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Palmistry, Lela Lee, Glass Ceiling

• School: Stony Brook University
• Department: Asian & Asian American Studies
• Course: AAS 250
• Professor: Kamal Sridhar

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Gary locke minorities. chip away from the glass ceiling. His grandfather came he would have a son who was famous, and a big politician. Intro out of the 1000 most recent governors elected, fewer than 10 of them have been. The first asian american governor elected in mainland america was gary locke. He made it possible for others to follow. Whenever a minority or women does something that is not expected, they. He went to get his palm read, though he didn"t believe in it at first, and was told. He worked as a house-boy (servant) in olympia in exchange for english lessons. Joke that they took 100 years to move 1 mile, since he works a mile from the. This was during the vietnam war era. Gary locke began to believe that the way to improve society was through the. He would lock himself in a room with pepsi & chips and come out the next.