Reviews tagging 'Racism'

The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee

8 reviews

lauren625's review against another edition

informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism

Moderate: War

Minor: Racial slurs and Genocide

lilacs_book_bower's review

challenging dark emotional medium-paced

4.0

This is a very thorough look at the various ways that Asian immigrants came to America and the challenges they faced.  A common theme is that capitalist white America wanted cheap labor after slavery ended, so they would import and recruit people from a country, use and abuse them, and then feel like there were too many people who had come from the Asian country, and then pass laws against the immigrants.  There were many riots and acts of violence against Asian communities.  The latter part of the book discusses modern challenges to Asian immigrants and Asian Americans, such as quotas, prejudice and violence, and myths like the "model minority."

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Abandonment, Slavery, Hate crime, Racial slurs, Death, Deportation, Genocide, Racism, Trafficking, Classism, Colonisation, Forced institutionalization, War, and Xenophobia

ecn's review against another edition

challenging informative reflective sad slow-paced

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Genocide, War, Slavery, Islamophobia, Hate crime, Colonisation, Xenophobia, Violence, Racial slurs, Murder, Racism, Sexual violence, and Deportation

mmehra606's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective tense slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Colonisation, Racial slurs, Hate crime, Xenophobia, Racism, and Deportation

Moderate: Gaslighting, Sexism, and Confinement

rorikae's review against another edition

emotional informative reflective medium-paced

4.0

'The Making of Asian America: A History' by Erika Lee is a great introduction to the history of Asian immigration to what is now called the Americas and the subsequent history of how Asian Americans have been treated. This book does a great job of covering a large span of time and the changing experiences of Asian Americans. Despite covering so much history, I think Lee does a good job of including nuance and specifics. There is a lot of information in this book and it reads as a pretty straightforward, chronological history. It can be a bit dry at times since it strikes me as a pretty standard history book though Lee does do a good job of moving the story forward to be able to cover so much. I also felt that she did a good job of delving into different issues and ways that racism has affected populations from different Asian countries. 
I think one of the best ways to use this book would be as a springboard for further research. If a particular section drew your attention, seek out more books on that point in history to gain more knowledge about it. I would recommend this as a good starting point for people interested in learning about Asian American history. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia

Moderate: Hate crime and Violence

Minor: Suicide

skitch41's review against another edition

informative medium-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Racial slurs and Racism

gm_vak's review against another edition

challenging emotional informative slow-paced

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Hate crime, Police brutality, Slavery, Trafficking, and War

fallandfox's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death, Murder, Racism, and Racial slurs