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Emil Guillermo: Two Asian American friends zoom each other

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You’ve zoomed, right? It’s the latest way to reach out and not touch someone in these times of social distancing. If you want an Asian American perspective on the news, here’s my conversation with longtime civil rights activist Phil Tajitsu Nash. A professor in Asian American Studies at University of Maryland, Nash is a former colleague of mine at Asian Week in San Francisco (and a board member of AALDEF).

In this podcast, we talk about hunkering down and how it’s affected our lives. We get into the violent scapegoating and harassment of Asian Americans, wearing masks, the great Covid-19 Divide on race, and we even share some health tips.

See the video here.

You can also listen to audio from our podcast link here.

It’s a new Emil Amok’s Takeout!

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Emil Guillermo is an independent journalist/commentator. Updates at www.amok.com. Follow Emil on Twitter, and like his Facebook page.

The views expressed in his blog do not necessarily represent AALDEF’s views or policies.

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