Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Identity is often fraught for multiracial Douglas, people of both South Asian and African descent in the Caribbean. In this groundbreaking volume, Sue Ann Barratt and Aleah N. Ranjitsingh explore the particular meanings of a Dougla identity and examine Dougla maneuverability both at home and in the diaspora.
A week of special programming with Lisa Lowe, Hess Scholar-in-Residence, organized by the Ethyle R. Wolfe Institute for the Humanities – Brooklyn College/CUNY.
Films in this year’s CUNY Shorts Showcase, part of the 43rd Asian American International Film Festival, deal with topics/genres including Chinese adoptees, mental health, gentrification, caregiving, sci-fi/horror, World War II, and father-son relationships.