Chinese-Americans: The history you were never told
March 26, 2021 @ 8:00 AM (PDT)
Brian Wong - Founder of RADII
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Prof Gordon H. Chang, Vice Provost, Olive H. Palmer Professor in the Humanities and a professor of American history, Stanford University (https://history.stanford.edu/people/gordon-h-chang)
Prof Gabriel "Jack" Chin, Edward L. Barrett Jr. Chair of Law, Martin Luther King, Jr. Professor of Law, and Director of Clinical Legal Education (https://law.ucdavis.edu/faculty/chin/)
Henry S. Tang, Co-Founder of The Commitee of 100, veteran Wall St Banker (https://www.committee100.org/member/henry-s-tang/)
There are a number of key moments in American history that have played a role in shaping how the country views Asians in America. But how many of these are we really aware of today? What can we learn from them and how can we use these lesson to shape a more positive future this country's race relations?
Join Prof Gordon H. Chang, the foremost expert on Chinese and Asian American history, the Committee of 100 Co-founder, Henry Tang and respected legal scholar, Prof Gabriel J. Chin in a conversation with Brian A. Wong, Founder of RADII Media, to explore aspects of Chinese-American history that have been rarely discussed. Learn how many of the early US policies against Chinese American's integration were not only ultimately harmful to Asians and other minorities, but also America's own development and competitiveness as a country. Or how the "war against" Chinese restaurants in the 1900's revealed deep-seeded prejudice which resulted in anti-Chinese zoning and laws restricting white women from working in Chinese restaurants all because of the belief that Chinese restaurants represented a "menace to society". How do we confront this past and recognize the realities of that era and what lessons can we take from these historic accounts so that they are not repeated again?