Asian American is not a color : conversations on race, affirmative action, and family / Cover Image

Asian American is not a color : conversations on race, affirmative action, and family / OiYan A. Poon.

Conversations on race, affirmative action, and family (portion title)

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780807013625
ISBN: 0807013625
Physical Description: 221 pages ; 24 cm
Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Beacon Press, [2024]
Copyright: ©2024

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

"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.