In/Exclusion: The Chinese American Story
About this Event
Chinese Americans have occupied a contested place in the American story, having been simultaneously targets of exclusion and agents of resilience. This community discussion brings together a diverse set of Chinese American voices– a legal scholar specializing in immigration and exclusion; a filmmaker and academic who studies how Chinese American women have been marginalized; a descendant of a Chinese Railroad worker and a renowned gold-era herbal doctor; and a trailblazing civic leader– to discuss how Chinese Americans have been excluded from and how we have successfully fought to gain access to American society.
This event is free. If you would like to support this event and similar programs with a PayPal donation, the suggested amount is $5: https://1882foundation.org/donate.
Questions? Please reach out to 1882 Foundation's Sacramento Office Manager James: [email protected].
Event Schedule:
- 5:30 PM — Check-in
- 6:00 PM — Community Discussion with panelists moderated by James Xiao
Professor Jack Chin
Professor Chin is a nationally recognized scholar of Immigration Law, Criminal Procedure, and Race and Law at the University of California, Davis. His research spans the full arc of legal discrimination against Chinese Americans, including exclusionary immigration policies, denial of naturalization, land ownership restrictions, and targeted regulation of Chinese-owned businesses.
Crystal Kwok
Ms. Kwok is an award winning filmmaker and radio/TV talk show host with a PhD in Performance Studies and an Advanced Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies from the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa. Her award-winning documentary, Blurring the Color Line explores how her family navigated life as Chinese grocery store owners in the Black community of Augusta, Georgia during the Jim Crow era.
Mayor Jean Quan
Mayor Quan made history in 2011 as the first Chinese American woman elected mayor of a major U.S. city. Her family's roots in Oakland stretch back over a century to the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Before serving as mayor, she helped co-found the Asian American Studies and Ethnic Studies department at UC Berkeley and served on the Oakland School Board and City Council.
Dr. David Yee
Dr. Yee is a Sacramento-area urologic oncologist. His family includes Ming Young Lee who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad and was subsequently killed in anti-Chinese violence, Dr. Yee Fung Cheung who founded the Chew Kee, an herbal medicine store in Fiddletown, and Jeanie Jew who advocated for the creation of AAPI Heritage Month.
Attending Remotely
We are experimenting with making this available for online viewing. Please register for the online ticket here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/mMFgCizNSj-THE0phK9Zfg
There will be limited tickets for viewers over zoom. Unfortunately, we may not be able to field questions from our online audience.
About Us
The 1882 Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to ensuring the history, experiences, and contributions of Chinese Americans are recognized, preserved, and included in the American story.
Learn more here: https://1882foundation.org
Questions? Please reach out to 1882 Foundation's Sacramento Office Manager James: [email protected].
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