Audience: Adult
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American History Unbound: Asian and Pacific Islanders
A survey of U.S. history from its beginnings to the present, American History Unbound reveals our past through the lens of Asian American and Pacific Islander history. In so doing, it is a work of both history and anti-history, a narrative that fundamentally transforms and deepens our understanding of the United States. This text is accessible and…
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Tales of the Tikongs
In this lively satire of contemporary South Pacific life, we meet a familiar cast of characters: multinational experts, religious fanatics, con men, “simple” villagers, corrupt politicians. In writing about this tiny world of flawed personalities, Hau‘ofa displays his wit and range of comic resource, amply exercising what one reviewer called his “gift of seeing absurdity…
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Where We Once Belonged
A bestseller in New Zealand and winner of the prestigious Commonwealth Prize, Sia Figiel’s debut marks the first time a novel by a Samoan woman has been published in the United States. Figiel uses the traditional Samoan storytelling form of su’ifefiloi to talk back to Western anthropological studies on Samoan women and culture. Told in…
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Leaves of the Banyan Tree
An epic spanning three generations, Leaves of the Banyan Tree tells the story of a family and community in Western Samoa, exploring on a grand scale such universal themes as greed, corruption, colonialism, exploitation, and revenge. Winner of the 1980 New Zealand Wattie Book of the Year Award, it is considered a classic work of…
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Hawaii’s Story by Queen Lili’uokalani
Hawaii’s Story by Hawaii’s Queen is a book written by Queen Liliʻuokalani, the last monarch of the Kingdom of Hawaiʻi. It was first published in 1898, five years after the overthrow of the Kingdom. In it, Liliʻuokalani gives her account of her upbringing, her accession to the throne, the overthrow of her government by pro-American forces, her appeals to…
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Light in the Crevice Never Seen
In an expanded edition of the first book of poetry by an indigenous Hawaiian to be published in North America, Haunani-Kay Trask describes the wounded beauty and the fiery origins of her native land. Through Trask’s eyes we see a Hawai’I of living contradictions. Strange unscented trees from Asia, ill-clothed people, and miles of wire…
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Talking With Children About Racism, Police Brutality And Protests
Article to help parents speak with their children about racism and current events
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Children And Racism
Facts for Families: Tips for parents on how to talk to children about racism
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The Sikh Coalition Website
Community, classroom and anti-racism resources to support and promote Sikh inclusion
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Interpreter of Maladies
This short story collection by Jhumpa Lahiri is great for high school students and adults. Her stories talk about emotional journeys of characters seeking love beyond the barriers of nations and generations. In stories that travel from India to America and back again, Lahiri speaks with universal eloquence to everyone who has ever felt like…
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Addressing Anti-Asian Racism with Students
In April 2020, we interviewed Liz Kleinrock, an anti-bias educator and consultant based in Los Angeles, California. We interviewed Liz to learn more about how addressing or ignoring anti-Asian racism in our classrooms and communities can impact student learning
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Asian American History: A Short Introduction
Madeline Y. Hsu weaves a fascinating historical narrative of this “American Dream.” She shows how Asian American success, often attributed to innate cultural values, is more a result of the immigration laws, which have largely pre-selected immigrants of high economic and social potential. Asian Americans have, in turn, been used by politicians to bludgeon newer…