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2019 CUNY Conference on Citizenship, Belonging, and Identity in the Age of White Nationalism

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Taking into account considerations of immigration, race, gender, and diaspora, AAARI’s 2019 annual conference asks: What does the meteoric rise of Trumpian racist white nationalism say about the nature of systemic racism in our country today? Why is it now primarily and explicitly rooted in anti-Mexican and anti-Muslim nativist racism, and where do Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) — their diverse ethnic groups — fit (or not fit) in these citizenship orders? How has the higher education research community and the activist community collaborated and how can they continue to strategically collaborate together?

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9/11 Memorial Installation in Red White Blue Reception

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Date: Tuesday, September 6, 2011 Time: 5:30PM to 7:30PM Place: Office of the Manhattan Borough President 1 Centre Street, 19th Floor, Manhattan Join AAARI for a special reception for Chee Wang Ng’s 9/11 memorial installation, on display at the Office of the Manhattan Borough President, and two other locations. Malaysian born artist Chee Wang Ng … Read more

September 11th Memorial Installation in Red – White – Blue

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As “Bread is the Staff of Life” to Westerners, rice is essential to the Asian and to the Chinese in particular. It nourishes and underpins the foundation of the culture and the civilization-a symbol of life and living. In the civil Confucian tradition, meal is a rite at a round table where everyone is at … Read more

Is Yellow Black or White: Revisited

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In my 1994 book, Margins and Mainstreams: Asians in American History and Culture, I wrote: “We are a kindred people, African and Asian Americans. We share a history of migration, interaction and cultural sharing, and commerce and trade. We share a history of European colonization, de-colonization, and independence under neo-colonization and dependency. We share a … Read more