e-book [Download] Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Jeff Yang
Cultural critic Jeff Yang, blogger Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man, and Wong Fu Productions??Philip?Wang team up (with iconic guests!) for a graphic romp through the ups and downs of how, over the past three decades,?Asian Americans went from quiet and invisible to?incredibly relevant and?irresistibly cool The first generation of U.S.-born Asian Americans raised after 1965?s Hart-Cellar Act passed would have found it difficult to imagine that sushi and boba would one day be beloved by all, that a Korean boy band named BTS would be the biggest musical act in the world, that one of the biggest movies of 2018 would be Crazy Rich Asians, or that a Facebook group for Asian American identity memes would be 2 million members strong.?And that?s not mentioning the execs working behind the scenes at major companies;?the activists and representatives fighting for equity;?and the singers, rappers, dance crews, and social media pioneers making their mark on pop culture. And still: Asian America is
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