ASIA AM 10 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Heteronormativity, Park51, Yellow Peril
9 Jul 2016
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Solidarity work and racial politics in the 21st century. A deep history, from the plantations to the factories to post-65 immigration to today. Much of anti-islam is tied to anti-blackness. Hayakawa and persians: never went through internment & supported internment. Rep. howard coble and arab americans: rounding up arab americans, cited japanese internment experience. The ground zero mosque: plan to build islamic community center near twin towers. Norm mineta: racial profiling goes against what we stand form. Acknowledging privilege and asian americans" places in the racial order: consistently pitted against african americans. Because mainstream knowledge often distorts or ignores asian american histories. Enduring stereotypes: yellow peril, model minority/academic power house. Laws shape what asian american community looks like: gender: the sexually available heteronormative woman. Women such as yuri ko chiyama provide story of resistance: the racial other. Asian americans one of the fastest growing racial groups in us. Undocumented asian americans continue to fight for rights.
