In this episode, Eugene gets an overdue lesson in Asian American studies in a conversation with Franklin Odo, an activist, historian, and professor at Amherst College. Professor Odo provides an overview of legal landmarks in United States immigration history as well as insights to his personal position as a Japanese American in academia during the civil rights movement. Together, they explore whether or not the United States government upholds family values and consider parallels between the ideological shifts of the 1960s and our present reckoning with race in light of the Black Lives Matter movement.

As mentioned in this episode, the documentary series Asian Americans is available on the PBS website with varying access depending on your location: https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/

This episode was edited by Maggie Deagon.

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