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Really heartened to see my Asian American friends learning more about our history of struggle in this country and histories of global solidarity with non-Asian POC. And, it’s also frustrating that we collectively know so little of these narratives.
Read AAPI scholars' work. Ask AAPI grad students questions. Ask our elders questions. Don't be complacent in our learning! Dumping the handles of some fabulous AAPI scholars in a thread under this post. I also have a list of AAPI folks I regularly add to. https://twitter.com/i/lists/1139938300922220544?s=20
okay, this is by no means an exhaustive list. BUT, here are a handful of the AAPI scholars who have shaped my learning thus far...(1/x): @nancywyuen and her work on race in hollywood. also teaches me how to do public sociology & mentor younger grad students
. @Karen_Ishizuka's work on Asian America in the '60s is foundational to my MA and dissertation. It was her book that confirmed to me the importance of my case study of NYC's Basement Workshop. (2/x)
. @prof_erikalee's Making of Asian America proved to me that knowing our history is powerful and solidified my confidence in doing historical sociological work; also America for Americans is a doozy. Pick that one up too. (3/x)
i will never forget @anthonyocampo's kindness in sending me--a grad student he didn't even know, a copy of his fellowship app to help guide my own; also learning about Filipinx racial construction is like...WOW READ THIS NOW. (4/x)
i am CONSTANTLY telling people to pick up @FujiWisteria and @ShireenRoshanr3's Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics. So many great scholars contributed to it! (5/x)
i can't even begin to explain how important Evelyn Nakano Glenn's work on Asian American labor and race and colonialism has been. i am still just cracking the surface of understanding how settler colonialism functions, but her articles are a great start for me. (6/x)
OF COURSE @dinaoca's work on redefining race for Asian Americans is my guiding light. She also is very kind and went out of her way to speak with me about how i'm framing my dissertation and for me to ask her questions about one of her article. (7/x)
Okay y'all. I HAVE SO MANY MORE TO ADD, but i have virtual office hours for my students in 15 minutes and i need to put on eyebrows to make it seem like i have my life put together. Will continue this later today!!
ok let me be honest, only 4 students showed up so far and two of them came by mistake, so....i'm going to continue this list now!
um so how could i possibly leave out Michael Omi's work on race w/ Howard Winant? Though i find gaps in their framing, it's still a foundational contemporary sociological text on racial formation; also Michael kindly spoke w/ me abt ideas for my MA when i cold-emailed him (8/x)
i feel like i'm gonna wake in the middle of the night screaming because i'll forget to add someone to this list. ANYWAY. Also boosting Hae Yeon Choo's work on traveling intersectionality & translating Black Feminist Thought into Korean. (9/x)
if you haven't read Chandra Mohanty's works on transnational feminisms, neoliberalism, and western gaze, then WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE??? (10/x)
. @darylmaeda has great intro books about AAPI activism in the '60s and '70s. We spoke about my research a while back and he's a model for me about how to synthesize complex histories so folks can understand things easier. (11/x)
Claire Jean Kim's article on racial triangulation was what sparked my lifelong journey to learning abt & advocating against racism. She taught 2 of my undergrad classes and the way she explained how structures of speciesism & white supremacy are linked still blows my mind. (12/x)
Want to note, this list of scholars focuses on topics of race, the Asian American movement, identity, & imperialism because that's the focus of my own research. There are A TON MORE people who i admire who do work in other fields who should also be known and recognized. (13/x)
This thread is already too long for my liking, so i might start another thread focusing on AAPI grad students who have helped me, who learn alongside with me, and/or who have mentored me. Could be particularly helpful for potential grad students or those still in programs! (14/x)
LAST THING. If ANYONE want more specific recommendations for reading and cannot access academic articles in particular, let me know. Can't guarantee anything, but i'll do my best to tell you & send which pieces by the aforementioned scholars helped me the most. (15/x)
