Adam Schrager: Honorary Japanese American
Erin and I attended a talk and book signing with 9News Political reporter Adam Schrager last night, and introduced him to her folks. It was the second time we’ve seen Adam speak since the publication...
View ArticleAsian American artists’ hidden history (and my claim to almost-fame)
Asian Americans are finally showing up in American pop culture at large, but Asian American fine artists are still mostly invisible. Only a few have had notable — or rather, noted — careers in the art...
View ArticleRonald Takaki, pioneering Asian American historian, 1939-2009
There are very few non-fiction books that I would insist that anyone interested in Asian American history and culture must read. There are other important books, but these are the ones that have helped...
View ArticleNext on visualizAsian.com: Dale Minami, rock star of AAPI attorneys who took...
The next interview scheduled for Erin and my visualizAsian.com project is one close to our hearts. The free, live interview on Tuesday, August 25 at 6 PM PT (9 PM ET) will be with with Japanese...
View ArticleMuseums — even tiny ones — are where our collective culture is stored
I visited the Oregon Nikkei Legacy Center in Portland, Oregon last week while on a business trip to the northwest, and I was struck at how important organizations like it, and the museum it operates...
View ArticleThe students protesting for their high school history curriculum are fighting...
I grew up as part of a generation that found our collective voice in protest, for African American civil rights, against the war in Vietnam, and to advocate for women’s and LGBT rights and Asian...
View ArticleBook reviews: End-of-summer reads about JAs and Japan
When the Japanese Canadian newspaper Nikkei Voice asked me to write about my favorite recent books related to Japan, I realized that I’ve read some books in the past year that I never got around to...
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