Audience: Adult
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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…
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The Windows and Mirrors of Your Child’s Bookshelf
An introduction highlighting the significance of multicultural literature on personal identity and development, motivation, and the potential implications of a multicultural education on students’ academic achievement and success in school.
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The Oxford Handbook of Asian American History
After emerging from the tumult of social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the field of Asian American studies has enjoyed rapid and extraordinary growth. Nonetheless, many aspects of Asian American history still remain open to debate. The Oxford Handbook of Asian American History offers the first comprehensive commentary on the state of the field,…
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Strangers From a Distant Shore
A powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of A Different Mirror.
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Inside the Diverse and Growing Asian Population in the U.S.
The number of people who identify as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation’s four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to recently released census numbers. But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide…
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I’m Helping My Korean-American Daughter Embrace Her Identity to Counter Racism
Identity and Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: “I’m not sure Asian-American families can avoid ‘the talk’ any longer,” one expert said.
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Minor Feelings
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • A ruthlessly honest, emotionally charged, and utterly original exploration of Asian American consciousness
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Pachinko
A saga about four generations of a poor Korean immigrant family fight to control their destiny in 20th-century Japan, exiled from their home.