Professor Rodriguez discusses Campomanes' work, including his interview in "Positively No Filipinos Allowed" (2006) in analyzing "imperial amnesia," that is, the United States' failure to recognize and narrate its history and trajectory as one of empire.

Imperial Amnesia

This course overviews the contemporary experiences of Filipinos in the United States from a critical perspective. It is especially focused on the question of how it is that Filipinos are in the United States to begin with. To understand Filipino immigration is to understand the legacies of U.S. imperialism in the Philippines as well as how U.S. capital has historically and continues to depend on racialized labor.

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Imperial Amnesia

Imperial Amnesia