 Christine Chang Hanway Below is a Q&A I did with the New York State Writers Institute for Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month. I’ve tried to keep my blogs about history and the facts. This is probably the most personal statement I’ve produced to date. It’s not about the project so much as why I did it. I can’t say it speaks for all Asian Americans, but perhaps my struggle to understand my place in American society faced with issues like race, place, war, peace, justice and injustice might resonate with others. NYS Writers Institute Graduate Assistant Kaori Otera Chen speaks with Setsuko Winchester, the creator of the "Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project," who has also worked as a journalist, editor and producer at NPR’s Morning Edition and Talk of the Nation. Kaori: "I would like us to listen to the stories of the Americans who were excluded from the Four Freedoms, as documented by Setsuko Winchester's 'Freedom from Fear/Yellow Bowl Project.' The phone conversation I had with Setsuko was illuminating and made me think deeper about race in America." Visit The Conversation to read Kaori's Q&A with Setsuko.
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Donald E. COLLINS
6/5/2021 05:39:55 pm
Hi Setsuko. I read and enjoyed the conversation. You covered a wide range of topics, all interesting. I really don't understand the curent anti - Asian activity. I have never viewed Asians in any way other than I view myself. You mention location. That is interesting. I grew up in the segregated South. But segregation in my youth applied solely to African Americans. Asians were not included or segregated. I realize the importance of place when I began my research on the concentration camp. There I learned that California and the West Coast was more prejudiced than the south in that Mexicans, Asians, and other non=whites received the segregation and racism that in the South was reserved for African Americans. And oddly, as I remember it, blacks from Africa were more welcome than US-born blacks. Thanks for the memories. Leave a Reply. |
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