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Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans

 

Today on Focus, we're joined by University of California—Berkeley professor Ronald Takaki to discuss his new book Strangers from a Different Shore. Takaki explores the history of Asian Americans from the Midwest to Hawaii and how they were—and, in many ways, still are—oppressed by other Americans.

Guest: Ronald Takaki (Professor of Asian American Studies, University of California-Berkeley; author of Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans)