Why has there been an increase in Asian hate over recent years?

Sissy and Isaac are joined by Sam Won 원영삼, Director of Ministry Formation at Dallas Theological Seminary to talk Asian American and Pacific Islander Month and the church. What should people know about the AAPI community? What is a distinctive of the Asian American church? How can the church speak to the pains and frustrations of the AAPI community? Sam also shares personal stories from his time as a pastor and from his time as a missionary in Russia.

The crew wraps up the episode by discussing tips for attending weddings over the summer. 

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Resources

https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/

https://www.amazon.com/Making-Asian-America-History/dp/1476739412/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1684980261&sr=8-3

https://sola.network/article/familiar-foreigners-asian-white/

https://www.amazon.com/Americans-Spirit-Capitalism-REFLECTION-RELIGION/dp/0197617913/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=asian+americans+and+the+spirit+of+racial+capitalism&qid=1684980622&sprefix=asian+americans+and+the+%2Caps%2C404&sr=8-1

Last Boat Out of Shanghai, Helen Zia (2019)

Opening the Gates to Asia: A Transpacific History of How America Repealed Asian Exclusion, Jane H. Hong, (2019)

Reel Inequality: Hollywood Actors and Racism, Nancy Wang Yuen (2016)

The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America, Beth Lew-Williams (2021)

The Making of Asian America: A History, Erika Lee (2016)

The Minority Experience: Navigating Emotional and Organizational Realities, Adrian Pei (2018)