Tag Archives: history
notes on History and Memory (for Akiko and Takashige) (1991)
cw: mentions of drug use, abuse, trauma + domestic violence narrator contemplates her sister’s photos and memorabilia of white people bombing of pearl harbor -> film recreations of historical events; rewriting narratives “she bought the house in my name” is … Continue reading
“field trip” to tacoma: on visiting home
this tuesday, our program visited tacoma’s downtown to go check out the exhibits that were up in the washington state history museum, the tacoma art museum (TAM) and visit the chinese reconciliation park that sits along the waterfront in between downtown … Continue reading
seminar notes on “Asian American History: A Very Short Introduction”
competitions/economics mistreating asian immigrants mirrors immigrant issues today -> latinx and middle eastern (mainly muslim) immigration ->xenophobia + the dangers of profiling scapegoating of vulnerable marginalized groups what is an asian-american? (hard to draw a clear line bc of how many asian ethnic … Continue reading