Revisiting "The Immigrant Experience (with Min Jin Lee)"

Stay Tuned with Preet

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Politics, Government, Society & Culture, News

4.8 • 32.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Min Jin Lee, the celebrated author and National Book Award finalist, joined Preet in May for a conversation about Asian American identity and the immigrant experience. They spoke about the political value of “Asian American” as a category, the problem with the debate over affirmative action, and her famously rigorous research process. The conversation resonated with many of our listeners, and with the holidays approaching, we're re-airing it in full. (The episode originally aired on May 26th.) For show notes and a transcript of the episode, head to: https://cafe.com/stay-tuned/revisiting-the-immigrant-experience-with-min-jin-lee/ Stay Tuned with Preet is brought to you by CAFE and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Executive Producer: Tamara Sepper; Senior Editorial Producer: Adam Waller; Technical Director: David Tatasciore; Audio Producer: Matthew Billy; Editorial Producers: Noa Azulai, Sam Ozer-Staton. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From Cafe and the Vox Media Podcast Network, welcome to Stay Tuned.
0:06.0	I'm Pete Barara.
0:08.0	All my life I've always leaned into my identity and it's okay.
0:12.0	I mean people usually say I don't want to be an Asian American writer, I want to be a writer.
0:16.0	And I kind of think, well I'm not leaving my identity or my experience at the door
0:21.0	to somehow sound better for people who are the ones who, I guess, check your credits.
0:33.0	That's the author, Minjin Lee.
0:35.0	She's written free food for millionaires and Pacinco, which was a 2017 National Book Award finalist.
0:41.0	She's also a friend of mine and a deeply thoughtful person.
0:45.0	I spoke with Minjin back in May and we ended up talking about Asian American identity
0:49.0	and the immigrant experience.
0:51.0	She also told me why she is, quote, not impressed by people who do whatever it takes.
0:57.0	It's a conversation that I've thought about a lot in the months since.
1:00.0	And as we head into the holidays, I wanted to share it again with all of you.
1:04.0	That's coming up.
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