A Desi Woman with Soniya Gokhale

Helen Raleigh was born & raised in communist China. She came to the United States as a college student, knowing nobody in this country and with less than $100 in her pocket, like millions of immigrants with a craving for freedom, Helen came to the United States in search of the proverbial American dream. Through a combination of hard work and scholarships, Helen earned her master's degree in business economics from the State University of New York, and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Wyoming. Helen is the author of several books and a senior contributor at The Federalist, her writings have also appeared in the Wall Street Journal, City Journal, Fox News, National Review, Newsweek and other national media outlets. Helen is also a highly sought after public speaker and political commentator. Her media appearances include Fox News, Newsmax, One America News Network, C-SPAN, PBS and numerous radio talk shows and podcasts. Helen is also a leader in her community. She serves as a board member of a Colorado municipal bond supervision advisory board. Previously, Helen has also served on the Colorado State Advisory Committee to the US Commission on Civil Rights. In this episode we discuss Helen's recent article in Newsweek Magazine about Critical Race Theory and why she and many Asian Americans in the U.S. find it to be an example of why they left Communist China, or other repressive, Socialist countries for America. Helen also discusses how the categorization of 'Asian Americans' into one, monolithic group is impossible as it is representative of many countries, cultures and ideologies.