A review by misosoupcup
Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now by Philip Wang, Jeff Yang, Phil Yu

medium-paced

3.0

Overall i really liked the book. but how is this book gonna passively critique anti-blackness and cross cultural ties between asian communities and other poc and then do an entire spread on awkafina and simu liu lmao? some good stuff in here that i was around for, but not old enough to participate in such as the party culture of the 2000's and the car culture. some interviews really stood out to me, and i loved the asian american syllabus sections.

I still think this book is really good, but i wish there could have been more academics involved in the making of this book, like film historians and sociologists to provide a better historical view as well as analyze the systems that brought us here in the first place.