Reflections on the 50th Anniversary of the Fall of Sài Gòn
Yến Lê Espiritu reflects on her evacuation as a Vietnamese refugee, U.S. militarized refuge policies, and the need for solidarity amid ongoing global displacements.
Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Yến Lê Espiritu reflects on her evacuation as a Vietnamese refugee, U.S. militarized refuge policies, and the need for solidarity amid ongoing global displacements.
This special edition of CUNY FORUM: Asian American / Asian Studies marks fifty years after the Fall of Saigon in 1975, and the subsequent globalized diaspora of Vietnamese and Southeast Asian peoples.
Join Hostos Community College and AAARI for a special AAPI Heritage Month event featuring readings and discussion from the latest CUNY FORUM, exploring diverse global and AAPI experiences.
Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.
Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.
Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.