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Films

A Village Called Versailles (2010):

http://www.pbs.org/frontlineworld/rough/2008/08/a_village_calle.html. (15 mins short

version; 1 hr full length version)

youth organizing, Vietnamese refugees, environmental justice, anti-racism, community building,

intergenerational trauma and challenges

o http://www.nytimes.com/2015/08/16/opinion/sunday/post-katrina-vietnamese-

success.html?_r=0 (article complicates the culture as success argument for the return

of this community)

o http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9163113 (includes a Q&A

podcast)

o Race and environmental injustice: http://www.thenation.com/article/race-best-

predicts-whether-you-live-near-pollution/

Pass or Fail Cambodiatown (2014). http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/america-by-the-

numbers/episodes/episode-106/ (26 mins)

model minority myth, Cambodia Americans, Long Beach, CA, education inequality, youth

violence

American Revolutionary: The Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (2014).

http://www.pbs.org/pov/americanrevolutionary/ (90 mins)

Race relations, community organizing, Asian-Black relations, Detroit, social justice and social

movements, activist biography

Unnatural Causes: How Inequality is Making Us Sick (2008), Episode “Place Matters” is 30

minutes and highlights a Southeast Asian family that experiences stress from the environment

and trauma. There is a South Seattle connection.

http://www.unnaturalcauses.org/about_the_series.php

New Year Baby: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/newyearbaby/1 Second generation

Khmer identity, return journey, intergenerational trauma and the Khmer Rouge persecution

1 This film would be paired well with excerpts of the book The Silence: How Tragedy Shapes Talk by Ruth

Wajnryb.

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Master of None, Available 2015 on Netflix. Stars Aziz Anzari, comedian, and Alan Yang.

Addresses comedy, racial identity, Asian American issues, romance, parent conflicts,

immigration, and miscellaneous. Episode 2 of Season 1 is very critically acclaimed.

o http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/television/2015/11/aziz_ansari_s_master_of_none_

on_netflix_reviewed_a_truly_great_sitcom.html

Maya Lin: A Clear Strong Vision (1994). A film about the work of the artist most famous

for her monuments such as the Vietnam Memorial Wall and the Civil Rights Fountain

Memorial.

Saving Face (2004) about a Chinese American daughter and her love for her mother, LGBT

issues, intergenerational conflict, NYC backdrop.

Journey from the Fall (2006), about a Vietnamese family’s refugee departure and arrival in the

US.

Last Days in Vietnam (2015).

o Christoph Giebel, UW history prof, wrote an op/ed about the film:

http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/in-vietnam-former-enemies-must-accept-

responsibility-for-war/.

To Be Takei (2015), a documentary about George Takei, who was the actor Sulu in the original

Star Trek series and has since been an outspoken LGBTQ rights advocate.

Linsanity (2013), a documentary about Jeremy Lin, Taiwanese American who grew up in

California, went to Harvard and played college basketball, and later who rose to fame during the

2012 NBA while playing for the NY Nicks.

Among B-Boys (2011), https://vimeo.com/ondemand/amongbboys. Explores a movement of

Hmong youth with a starting point in the California Central Valley, going back to the early 1990′s

in Fresno, CA. Many of these b boys/b-girls are on a quest for respect and even fame through

their skills. In this search for success in the breakdancing world, these youth must also navigate

their way and strike a balance between their identities as Hmong and B-Boys. The documentary,

directed by Christopher Woon aka Paper Son, features Bboys Villn and Mpact of Underground

Flow, Sukie and Velocity/Soul Rivals, Charles of Soul Control, Vang of Among B-Boys, Airsteps,

Wizardz and more!

Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story (1993). Fictionalized biographical account with action themes,

about Bruce Lee, the actor/martial artist who has a connection to Seattle. Here’s the actual

biography: http://www.brucelee.com/bruceleecom/file/biography.pdf.

The Debut (2001) a Filipino American coming of age story.

Seattle’s Community Stories: One Generation`s Time: The Legacy of Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes: http://www.seattlechannel.org/CommunityStories?videoid=x21162; 12/31/2013: A documentary on the lives and legacy of Seattle Filipino American fishing cannery union activists Silme Domingo and Gene Viernes, who were murdered in 1981 for their union reform work.

Don’t Stop Believin’ (Everyman’s Journey) (2012) about the search for a vocalist replacement in

the band Journey. Arnel Pineda came from the Philippines and was recruited into the band.

Documented (2013) http://documentedthefilm.com/, about the journey of Jose Antonio Vargas,

an undocumented Filipino student living in the US.

Jake Shimabukuro: Life on Four Strings, http://www.lifeonfourstrings.com/ Now streaming on

Netflix.

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The Kite Runner (2007), After spending years in California, Amir returns to his homeland in

Afghanistan to help his old friend Hassan, whose son is in trouble.

Geographies of Kinship-The Korean Adoption Story (in production, May 2016), is a feature-length

documentary that follows Korean adoptees from the U.S. and Europe, each on a unique journey

related to their adoptions

In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee (PBS, 2010)

Vincent Who? (2010) A film about the 1982 beating death of Vincent Chin by a father and son in

Detroit. Mini-interview clips are available here:

http://www.vincentwhofilm.com/interviews/index.php

o Pair this film with a discussion of this Huffington Blogpost by Dr. Scott Kurashige:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scott-kurashige/vincent-chin-

murder_b_1621433.html.

BY SUBJECT AREA:

Census Statistics and Maps on Asian American Populations

Asian Americans and Pew Social Trends (2013), http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/topics/asian-

americans/ (see additional links on the data analysis)

Maps with Asian American Populations: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/asianamericans-

maps/

Pew Report: The Rise of the Asian Americans:

http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/06/19/the-rise-of-asian-americans/

AAPI Data: Making Data on AAPIs Accessible: http://aapidata.com

Culinary

http://www.amazon.com/Sweet-Spot-Asian-Inspired-

Desserts/dp/0060857676/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1449856201&sr=8-

3&keywords=asian+baking

KimChi Chronicles: http://www.kimchichronicles.tv/

Chef’s Table, available on Netflix (episode about Chef Niki Nakayama, Season 1, Episode 4 (aired

April 26, 20150

Why are there so many Teriyaki Restaurants in Seattle, http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-

08-15/food/how-teriyaki-became-seattle-s-own-fast-food-phenomenon/

How I Made It: Panda Express' billionaire CEO dishes up a stir-fry empire

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0111-himi-panda-express-20150111-story.html

(Company that owns Panda Express reached $2.2 billion in revenue last year, nearly doubling in

just four years)

Economics

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Asian Americans and Small Business, http://www.asian-nation.org/small-business.shtml

(answers why do so many AAs have small businesses, includes demographic charts)

Gandhi, Lakshmi, “Report Shows Longterm of Effects of Great Recession Still Linger,” 29 Aug

2014, NBC News, http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/report-shows-longterm-

effects-great-recession-still-linger-n192266

Gazzar, Brenda, “Asian-Americans Were One Of The Hardest-Hit Ethnic Groups In LA During

Recession, According To Report, 26 Sept 2013,

”http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/26/asian-americans-la-recession_n_3995638.html

“Vietnamese American Nail Industry Hangs in the Balance” published with Voice of America,

2011: http://www.voanews.com/content/vietnamese-american-nail-business-faces-change-

134069688/163281.html

Why are there so many Teriyaki Restaurants in Seattle, http://www.seattleweekly.com/2007-

08-15/food/how-teriyaki-became-seattle-s-own-fast-food-phenomenon/

How I Made It: Panda Express' billionaire CEO dishes up a stir-fry empire

http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-0111-himi-panda-express-20150111-story.html

(Company that owns Panda Express reached $2.2 billion in revenue last year, nearly doubling in

just four years)

ESL/ Basic Studies Reading

Listen, Slowly (2015) by Thanha Lai: http://www.amazon.com/Listen-Slowly-Thanhha-

Lai/dp/0062229184/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1445962883&sr=1-

1&keywords=listen+slowly+by+thanhha+lai

Inside Out and Back Again (2013) by Thanh Ha Lai: http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Out-Back-

Again-Thanhha/dp/0061962791/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1445962387&sr=1-

1&keywords=inside+out+and+back+again

The Gangster We are All Looking For (2004) by Thi Diem Thuy Le

http://www.amazon.com/The-Gangster-Are-All-Looking/dp/0375700021

Ho, Minfong, The Clay Marble, 1993, http://www.amazon.com/The-Clay-Marble-Minfong-

Ho/dp/0374412294 (about a girl whose family experiences the Cambodian genocide and flee to

Thailand)

Japanese American Internment and World War II

Shimabukuro, Mira, Relocating Authority: Japanese Americans Writing to Redress Mass Incarceration

(Nikkei in the Americas 1st Edition), 2016.

Shimabukuro, Robert, Born in Seattle: The Campaign for Japanese American Redress, Scott and Laurie

Oki Series in Asian American Studies, University of Washington Press, 2001.

Historical press coverage in the Puget Sound region of the Japanese internment:

http://depts.washington.edu/civilr/news_colasurdo.htm

Japanese American National Museum:

http://www.smithsonianeducation.org/educators/lesson_plans/japanese_internment/index.ht

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o Includes a link to letters from the internment camps:

http://www.janm.org/exhibits/breed/title.htm

o Internment camp Maps

o http://www.janm.org/projects/clasc/map.htm

o http://www.densho.org/sitesofshame/map.html

o Internment Camp Pics

http://www.calisphere.universityofcalifornia.edu/jarda/browse/places.html

Video clips:

George Takei, https://youtu.be/cHJVJ2WCxCA

o CAIR: https://youtu.be/q5j_hTLOjRA

o Racial profiling and Islamic phobia

http://www.cairseattle.org/request-a-speaker

Adams, Ansel, photography of Manzanar:

http://www.loc.gov/photos/?q=ansel+adams+manzanar&st=gallery

Interim, an organization in Seattle, http://interimicda.org/project/hirabayashiplace/

Densho, a digital archive on Japanese Americans, with a focus on documenting the internment during

WWII: http://www.densho.org/ - see this clip, “A Community Grows Despite Racism”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FePu1yBk9E&feature=youtu.be

The Myth of Asian American Advantage (Challenges to the Model Minority Stereotype):

Southeast Asian Men video: https://vimeo.com/132942590

Kang, Kristopher, “The Asian Advantage is a Myth, Plain and Simple.”

https://medium.com/@NCAPA/the-asian-advantage-is-a-myth-plain-and-simple-

6864fd5ea225#.r6n2al3yq

Wong, Janelle S, Op/Ed: “Source of Asian American Advantage Isn’t Values,”

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/editorial-source-asian-advantage-isnt-asian-

values-n443526

Nguyen, Sahra Vang, “The Educational Success of Some Masks Struggles for Many,” NBC News

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/educational-success-some-masks-struggles-

many-n252801

Hsu, Madeline Y, The Good Immigrants: How the Yellow Peril Became the Model Minority

(Politics and Society in Twentieth Century America), 2015. (Hardcover Book)

Conventionally, US immigration history has been understood through the lens of restriction and

those who have been barred from getting in. In contrast, The Good Immigrants considers

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immigration from the perspective of Chinese elites--intellectuals, businessmen, and students--

who gained entrance because of immigration exemptions. Exploring a century of Chinese

migrations, Madeline Hsu looks at how the model minority characteristics of many Asian

Americans resulted from US policies that screened for those with the highest credentials in the

most employable fields, enhancing American economic competitiveness.

Spoken Word Poetry Clips

Bao Phi, http://www.baophi.com/in/poetry/. A Vietnamese American poet, two-time

Minnesota Grand Slam champion and a National Poetry Slam finalist, Bao Phi has appeared

onHBO Presents Russell Simmons Def Poetry, featured in the live performances and taping of

the blockbuster diasporic Vietnamese variety show Paris By Night 114: Tôi Là Người Việt Nam,

and a poem of his appeared in the 2006 Best American Poetry anthology.

Tou Saiko Lee, a Hmong American hip hop spoken word poet in the Twin Cities, Minnesota. He

often performs with his grandmother. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIrN9hV62D8

Mental Health Resources

“A Hidden Tragedy – Asian American Mental Illness and Suicide,” http://newamericamedia.org/2014/05/a-hidden-tragedy----mental-illness-and-suicide-among-asian-americans.php#

Asian American Women and Suicide, 1 minute video,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dYjxFete5OQ

NAMI, 6-minutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s4iSGlAjneA

http://calstate.fullerton.edu/spotlight/2010/Eliza-noh-studies-suicide.asp

Asian Counseling and Referral Services (ACRS), https://www.acrs.org 3639 Martin Luther King Jr. Way S Seattle, WA 98144 /Phone: 206-695-7600

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) www.nami.org Phone: 800-950-NAMI

http://www.apa.org/pi/oema/resources/ethnicity-health/asian-american/article-mental-

health.aspx

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/pressure-rebellion-revealed-daughters-plot-kill-

parents-n399651

Full story of Jennifer Pan: http://torontolife.com/city/jennifer-pan-revenge/

http://www.chaaweb.org/news/20110165/tongan-american-aims-eliminate-stereotypes-

promote-wellness-within-pacific-islander-co2

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T3-qMAk2PE

2 Three articles on mental health and AAPIs suggested by Jena Yang in Dec 2015 over email.

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Gorman, A. (April 23, 2015). When Depression and Cultural Expectations Collide: One Teenager’s Story. KQED. Retrieved from http://ww2.kqed.org/stateofhealth/2015/04/23/when-depression-and-cultural-expectations-collide/

Feng, J. (April 9, 2015). These Mental Health Myths Harm the Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. Everyday Feminism. Retrieved from http://everydayfeminism.com/2015/04/mental-health-myths-aapi/.

Tewari, N. (2008). Seeking, Receiving, and Providing Culturally Competent Mental Health Services. In N. Tewari & A. N. Alvarez (Eds.), Asian American Psychology (pp. 575-606). Psychology Press.

Blogs and Online Magazines

Angry Asian Man Blog, created by Korean American former techie Phil Yu,

http://blog.angryasianman.com/.

Hyphen Magazine, http://hyphenmagazine.com/. This is one of the few existing Asian American

critical media. Based in SF, many of its editors are UC Berkeley ethnic studies graduates.

Wine Studies

http://www.gbhealthwatch.com/Trait-Asian-Flush.php

Images Library

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ASIAN AMERICANS and PACIFIC ISLANDERS A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY

South Seattle College Faculty3 Books Bacho, P. (1999). Dark Blue Suit. Chao, P. (1997). Seattle, WA: University of Washington. Chao, P. (1997). Monkey King. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers. Chiu, C. (2002). Troublemaker and Other Saints. Berkeley, CA: Berkeley. Divakaruni, C. B. (1994). Arranged Marriages. Harpswell, ME: Anchor Publishing Group. Figiel, S. (1999). Where We Once Belonged. New York, NY: Kaya. Ford, J. (2009). Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Waterville, ME: Thorndike Press. Gruenwald, M. M. (2010). Looking Like the Enemy. My Story of Imprisonment in Japanese-American Internment Camps. Troutdale, OR: NewSage Press. (Young Readers’ Edition also available) Ho, M. (1991). The Clay Marble. New York, NY: Square Fish. Holthe, T.U. (2002). When the Elephants Dance. New York, NY: Crown. Hosseini, K. (2003). The Kite Runner. New York, NY: Riverhead Books. Houston, J. W. & Houston, J. D. (1973). Farewell to Manzanar. New York, NY: Random House Children’s Books. Jen, G. (1991, 2008). Typical American. New York, NY: Vintage Contemporaries. Kaopio, M. Jr. (2011). Up Among the Stars. Honolulu, HI: Mutual Publishing. Kaopio, M. Jr. (2005). Written in the Sky. Honolulu, HI: Mutual Publishing. Keller, N. O. (1997). Comfort Woman. New York, NY: Viking. Kingston, M. H. (2005). The Woman Warrior. New York, NY: Everyman’s Library. Lahiri, J. (2007). Interpreter of Maladies. (2007). Minneapolis, MN: HighBridge Co. Lahiri, J. (2008). Unaccustomed Earth. New York, NY: Knopf. Lahiri, J. (2003). The Namesake. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.

3 Sent to Mytoan Nguyen-Akbar from Dorrienne Chin, Faculty at South Seattle College in Basic and Transitional English on 1 Feb 2016. Thank you to Dorrienne for sharing this great list!

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McCabe, N. (2003). Meeting Sophie. Columbia, MI: University of Missouri. Mochizuki, K. (2002). Beacon Hill Boys. New York, NY: Scholastic Press. Murayama, M. (1975). All I Asking for Is My Body. University of Hawai’i.

Nguyen, D. (2010). Truyen Kieu (Tale of Kieu). Arlington, VA: To hop xuat ban Mien Dong Hoa Ky.

Okada, J. (1981). No No Boy. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press. Ostuka, J. (2011). Buddha in the Attic. New York, NY: Random House, Inc.

ASIAN AMERICANS and PACIFIC ISLANDERS A BRIEF BIBLIOGRAPHY South Seattle College

BOOKS Otsuka, J. (2002). When the Emperor Was Divine. New York, NY: Random House, Inc. Phan, A. (2005). We Should Never Meet. New York, NY: Macmillan. Ping, W. (2007). Last Communist Virgin. Minneapolis, MN: Coffee House Press. Pradhan, M. (2007). The Hindi-Bindi Club. New York, NY: Bantam Books. Rizzuto, R. R. (1999). Why She Left Us. New York, NY: HarperFlamingo. Soltani, A. & Khalil. (2011). Zahara’s Paradise. New York, NY: First Second. Tan, A. (1989). The Joy Luck Club. New York, NY: Penguin Books. Tan, A. (2003). The Opposite of Fate. New York, NY: Putnam. Wendt, A. (1989). Flying Fox in a Freedom Tree. Honolulu, HI: University of Hawai’i Press. Woo, S. J. (2009). Everything Asian. New York, NY: Thomas Dunne. Yang, G. L. (2006). American Born Chinese. New York: First Second. Yep, L & Yep, K. (2008). The Dragon’s Child. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers.

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CHINA Farewell My Concubine (1993)

The Blue Kite (1993)

To Live (1994)

CHINESE-AMERICAN

Community Stories: Uncle Jimmy (2006)

http://www.seattlechannel.org/CommunityStories/episodes?videoid=x26648

HAWAI’I Hawaiian: The Legend of Eddie Aikau (2013) The Land Has Eyes (2004) The New Oceania (YouTube) http://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=the+new+oceania&FORM=VIRE1#view=detail&mid=EA2E72CBEB4E8AC23CF9EA2E72CBEB4E8AC23CF9 The Untold Story: Internment of Japanese-Americans in Hawai’I (2012) Then There Were None (2008) HONG KONG

Hero (2002)

House of the Flying Daggers (2003)

INDIA

Pather Panchali (1955)

Salaam Bombay 1998)

Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

IRAN

Baran (2001)

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Children of Heaven (1999)

The Color of Paradise (1997)

JAPAN

Dreams (1990)

Grave of the Fireflies (1988)

Princess Mononoke (1997)

Rashomon (1950)

Spirited Away (2002) Tokyo Story (1953) Ugetsu (1953)

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JAPANESE-AMERICAN

Conscience and the Constitution (2000)

Farewell to Manzanar 1976)

Community Stories:

Dr. Ruby (2011) http://www.seattlechannel.org/CommunityStories/episodes?videoid=x24248

Enfu (2015)

http://www.seattlechannel.org/CommunityStories/episodes?pageNum=1&itemsPer=25&displayType=Til

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KOREA Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (2004)

KOREAN-AMERICAN Community Stories: From Yoomee to Deborah (2006) http://www.seattlechannel.org/CommunityStories/episodes?pageNum=4&itemsPer=25&displayType=Tiled_Thumbnail

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VIETNAMESE Cyclo (1995)

Scent of Green Papaya (1993)

Vertical Ray of the Sun (2001) TAIWAN Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon (2003) Eat Drink Man Woman (1992)

Pushing Hands (1992) The Wedding Banquet 1993 YouTube A Community Grows Despite Racism http://densho.org/learning/default.asp?path=times/Times.asp Looking Like the Enemy https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUEXSNBVdGY&index=2&list=PL_txUBUpMcH7c55JVOMMd-G0EIQ-mpjQ_ American Concentration Camps https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyDLr8Svoio&index=3&list=PL_txUBUpMcH7c55JVOMMd-G0EIQ-mpjQ_ Japanese America Responses to Incarceration https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=55F5VfNXk9g&index=4&list=PL_txUBUpMcH7c55JVOMMd-G0EIQ-mpjQ_ Righting a Wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoF8L_bFYxw&list=PL_txUBUpMcH7c55JVOMMd-G0EIQ-mpjQ_&index=5