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Starting #AsianAmPBS Day 2 about 5 min late, but we're here!
Mini watching and the doc and it's talking about woman being depicted as compliant, quiet, there for a man.
Mini: That's why Mulan was great. She was her own woman!
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Mini: That's why Mulan was great. She was her own woman!
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Kid: Why aren't there any Filipino doctors.
His Mom: They are waiting on you to become a doctor.
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His Mom: They are waiting on you to become a doctor.
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Toy Len Goon was the first American Mother of the Year (1952).
She was carefully selected. Husband was WWI vet, children were doctors, lawyers. She went on a national tour. Beginning of the model minority myth making.
"If you're the model minority, you keep quiet."
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She was carefully selected. Husband was WWI vet, children were doctors, lawyers. She went on a national tour. Beginning of the model minority myth making.
"If you're the model minority, you keep quiet."
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Filipinos integrated Levittown! As expected, they were called hateful names. #AsianAmPBS
Cc: @SchleiderJustin
Cc: @SchleiderJustin
"When Asians overcome adversity they are celebrated. When African Americans demand equality they are vilified. A bad Asian is one who aligns themselves with Black people, laborers, protests."
This #AsianAmPBS is not playing!
This #AsianAmPBS is not playing!
Hundreds of Chinese owned cleaners.
"Washing and ironing are not a threat to White male labor."
When the laundry owners started organizing, of course they were labeled Communists.
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"Washing and ironing are not a threat to White male labor."
When the laundry owners started organizing, of course they were labeled Communists.
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Actually, per the usual tomfoolery, basically everyone who was Chinese or Chinese American were labeled a Communist.
And the govt used it to divide the community. Created something called The Confession Program. Forced choice to look like "all American families."
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And the govt used it to divide the community. Created something called The Confession Program. Forced choice to look like "all American families."
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"Fear of the govt kept Chinese Americans out of politics..."
And that's the point, y'all.
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And that's the point, y'all.
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But Asians had the numbers in Hawaii and after labor organizing were able to get political control in 1954. It's the first time Asians have a decisive voice in govt.
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#AsianAmPBS
In a drive for Hawaiian statehood, Asian Americans ignored Native sovereignty.
Y'all, #AsianAmPBS is speaking the truth!
Y'all, #AsianAmPBS is speaking the truth!
Who is in charge of this documentary?!?!?! They are not playing!!!
When Patsy Mink ran for the House "without support from the Democratic party she built she was stabbed in the back." They said that!
She was later elected and the first WOC in the House. #AsianAmPBS
When Patsy Mink ran for the House "without support from the Democratic party she built she was stabbed in the back." They said that!
She was later elected and the first WOC in the House. #AsianAmPBS
Now we're learning about Bruce Lee. And I think there is a @30for30 about him soon. Can't wait!
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#AsianAmPBS
Bruce Lee just jumped 6 ft into the air and kicked a "No Chinese" sign off the wall and I feel that in my soul.
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#AsianAmPBS
This older Filipino gentleman is reflecting on the fact that as a 6yo, the white neighbors who didn't want him in the neighborhood sent their German Shepard after him and that's just hateful. He went to work with his grandfather as a migrant worker after HS.
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#AsianAmPBS
By the mid 1960s, Manongs have had enough. It was time to unionize and now we're meeting Larry Itliong. 
The grape strike was started by Filipinos.
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The grape strike was started by Filipinos.
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Farmers brought in Mexicans to break the strike. Larry Itliong was like, let me holla at Chavez and Delores.
And the Mexicans joined them. It's only because they were able to join forces that they were able to win.
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And the Mexicans joined them. It's only because they were able to join forces that they were able to win.
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Loosely related - Y'all the only way they listen is when we start messing with their money.
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We've moved on to Vietnam and the man who told the story about being chased a dog said he's had too many nightmares about Vietnam that he doesn't want to talk about. Imagine White people sending a dog after you as a child not being the worst memory...
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#AsianAmPBS
Now we're learning about Asian American student activists in the late 60s and how they joined forces with Black student activists and I'm just in love with this solidarity.
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#AsianAmPBS
Look up the Third World Liberation Front. They were turnt!
They wanted Ethnic Studies and some people threw typewriters through windows to get it. #AsianAmPBS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World_Liberation_Front
They wanted Ethnic Studies and some people threw typewriters through windows to get it. #AsianAmPBS
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World_Liberation_Front
They just showed Reagan and I want to throw up and they hired an Asian American to shut the s down. They weren't having it. Called him an Uncle Tom.
He would yell at them, "Do it for your Big momma. Do it for your Pop Pop." (Ok, I made that up.
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He would yell at them, "Do it for your Big momma. Do it for your Pop Pop." (Ok, I made that up.
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This solidarity also led to the birth of the term Asian American. #AsianAmPBS
"The art gives flesh and blood to the politics."
And I just got goosebumps listening to music by Yellow Pearl. #AsianAmPBS https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-spring-2011-grain-sand-struggle-asians-america/protest-folk/music/article/smithsonian
And I just got goosebumps listening to music by Yellow Pearl. #AsianAmPBS https://folkways.si.edu/magazine-spring-2011-grain-sand-struggle-asians-america/protest-folk/music/article/smithsonian
Oooo! Now we're learning about this Asian American education program in San Quinton Prison. The program's motto is know your roots, know yourself.
That whole segment is what's up. Watch it!
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That whole segment is what's up. Watch it!
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They are done with episode 4, but I definitely want more. So much to learn. Is that it?!?!
Sending the kids to bed. If anything else comes on they will watch tomorrow.
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Is that it?!?!Sending the kids to bed. If anything else comes on they will watch tomorrow.
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