BY HELEN ZIA - 2000, 356 pages, hardback.
From the front cover flap -
This groundbreaking book is about the transformation of Asian Americans from a few small, disconnected, and largely invisible ethnic groups Into a self-identified racial group that is influencing every aspect of American society. It explores the junctures that shocked Asian Americans into motion and shaped a new consciousness, Including the murder of Vincent Chin, a Chinese American, by two white autoworkers who believed he was Japanese; the apartheid-like working conditions of Filipinos in the Alaska salmon canneries; the boycott of Korean American greengrocers in Brooklyn; the L.A. riots; and the casting of non-Asians in the Broadway musical Miss Saigon. The book also examines the rampant stereotyping of Asian Americans, which has an Impact on key Issues concerning all Americans, from affirmative action and campaign finance to popular culture and national security.
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