The Asian American / Asian Research Institute (AAARI) was established on November 19, 2001, by The City University of New York (CUNY) Board of Trustees, in a resolution introduced by Chancellor Matthew Goldstein. The Institute is a university-wide scholarly research and resource center that focuses on policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans. It covers four areas: Asian American Studies; East Asian Studies; South Asian Studies; and Trade & Technology Studies.
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Centering Nativist Racism: How Doing So Helps Us Grasp New Forms of Citizenship & Wouldve Predicted Trump
This talk will address how US racism pivots as much on nativist injustices suffered mostly by Latinx, Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI), and Middle Eastern ethnics as it does on injustices specific to Black Americans. Prof. Nadia Kim evidences the point by way of research on Latinx and AAPI immigrant activism, as well as an analysis of the rise of Donald Trump.