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In The Thick
Futuro Media
4.9 • 1.9K Ratings
🗓️ 26 May 2020
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Summary
Maria and Julio are joined by James Boo, showrunner at Self-Evident, a podcast telling Asian America’s stories and Erika Lee, award-winning author and professor of history and Asian American studies at the University of Minnesota. They focus on the spike in anti-Asian sentiment that people are experiencing across the country. They also talk about the economic impact for historic neighborhoods across the country, including New York City’s Chinatown. This episode was reported and produced by In the Thick's New York Women’s Foundation IGNITE! Fellow, Harsha Nahata. ITT Staff Picks: - Cathy Erway, host of the podcast Self-Evident, writes about the efforts to save businesses in New York City's Chinatown via GrubStreet, New York Magazine's Food and Restaurant blog. - Li Zhou writes about how the coronavirus is bringing deep-seated anti-Asian sentiment to the surface for Vox. - Tracey Jan reports for the Washington Post about the racism Asian American doctors and nurses have experienced in the fight against the coronavirus. Â
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| 0:00.0 | Hey Dear listener, a quick favor. We're conducting an audience survey and we'd be really |
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| 0:25.0 | When you do look at the long historical record and I'm talking going back to the |
| 0:30.2 | colonial era we see how endemic it is and how xenophobia is a part of |
| 0:37.1 | American racism. |
| 0:38.3 | Hey what's up people, welcome to In The Thick, this is a podcast about politics race and culture from a POC perspective I'm Maria no Rosa and I'm |
| 0:48.8 | Guelly or Nicaragua you guys this is going to be such an important conversation joining us remotely from their homes because we ain't going anywhere |
| 0:56.1 | Our two incredible guests a return guest calling us this time from his Brooklyn apartment is James Boo. |
| 1:02.6 | He's the show runner at Self-evident, |
| 1:04.9 | a podcast that tells Asian American stories. |
| 1:07.6 | Welcome back to the show, James. |
| 1:09.2 | Hey, it's really great to be here. |
| 1:10.3 | Thanks so much for inviting me. |
| 1:11.8 | And joining us from Minneapolis, Minnesota, |
| 1:14.1 | one of my favorite cities is Erica Lee. She's a professor of history and |
| 1:18.4 | Asian American Studies at the University of Minnesota. She's an award-winning |
| 1:22.0 | author of a Lot of Books, |
| 1:24.0 | including America for Americans. A history of xenophobia in the United States. Hey, Erica. |
| 1:29.6 | Hey, thanks for having me. |
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