Green Card Voices, The Podcast

#LoveYourAsianNeighbors Ep 4: Fred and Na-Rae are Reality PhD Stars!


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Fred Lee and Na-Rae Kim, professors of Asian American Studies from the University of Connecticut-Storrs, check-in with each other and our series host Tri Vo. They discuss historical moments—including the H3N2 pandemic of the 1960s, the Vietnam War, and the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII—that have shaped the sinophobia of the COVID-19 crisis. Looking even further into the past, they share the stories—and acknowledge the missing stories—of their grandparents and great-grandparents in Korea, Taiwan, and Southeast China. Finally, they share their hopes for the memory of our current moment and the future of Asian America.

Join the Green Card Voices podcast community and hear more from Na-Rae and Fred by becoming a Patron at https://bit.ly/ForOurGCVNeighbors

Share Fred and Na-Rae’s conversation online—using the #LoveYourAsianNeighbors hashtag—and tell us your story of raising the voices, whether it’s your own or another’s voice, of Asian Americans.

Learn more about Fred and Na-rae’s scholarship at UConn’s Asian American Studies institute at https://asianamerican.uconn.edu.

UConn’s Asian and Asian American Studies Institute, or AAASI, is proud to launch an arts initiative to respond to the challenges and concerns faced by all of our college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out the courageous work from AAASI students at the following webpage: https://asianamerican.uconn.edu/illustrated-profiles/

Discussed this week:

  • Virus X and Ending the Forever War,” Jason Oliver Chang
  • Coronavirus and America’s Vietnam Syndrome,” Long Bui
  • Dangerous Crossings, Claire Jean Kim
  • Parable of the Talents, Octavia Butler
  • ABOUT THIS SPECIAL SERIES:

    As we continue to live in the middle of the COVID 19 pandemic, cases of xenophobia and race-based hate crimes targeting Asian American communities have escalated in an alarming yet not unprecedented manner. To combat the harmful rhetoric being spread and inflicted on our neighbors, Green Card Voices has launched #LoveYourAsianNeighbors campaign. In this special podcast series, we highlight the lived narratives of Asian Americans overcoming difficulties, finding abundance in the face of scarcity, and taking action towards a better future.

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