Coronavirus-Linked Racism and the Legacy of Yellow Peril

Join Facing History and Ourselves for a conversation with Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, Russell Jeung, and Professor of Asian American Studies and in the Educational Leadership Program at San Francisco State University, Allyson Tintiangco-Cubales about the surge in anti-Asian racism amid coronavirus. Along with Facing History and Ourselves’ Ken Garcia-Gonzales, a former school administrator with over 14 years of classroom teaching experience, we’ll discuss the legacy of yellow peril and Asian xenophobia in the United States and share stories of resistance and action.

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Dr. Russell Jeung is Professor and Chair of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University. A scholar of race and religion, he's written At Home in Exile: Finding Jesus Among Ancestors and Family Sacrifices: The Worldviews and Ethics of Chinese Americans. With Chinese for Affirmative Action and the Asian Pacific Policy and Planning Council, he helped to establish the Stop AAPI Hate center.

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