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A review by rcxanne
The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race by Anthony Christian Ocampo
5.0
i finally finally finally finished this work and wow. i have tons and tons of thoughts on this work, and i’ll surely forget them while writing this.
i suppose my one gripe with this work is that ocampo draws from two specific communities in california — los angeles specifically — and attempts to describe the racial experience of a diaspora that exists well beyond those two communities. this is not so much a complaint as it is just an observation, as this work in itself is a huge undertaking already. as a filipino-american that was born in the south and lives on the east coast (and whose fil-am friends are mostly from the tri-state area or the midwest), i could and couldn’t relate to an equal amount of experiences mentioned in the work. so i guess this is to say that i hope this kind of research doesn’t stop here but also examines the experiences of the filipino diaspora in the whole united states.
one thing that this book does really well is that it makes you consider race and racialization on both personal and systemic levels. so i really believe that this is a book not only for filipino-americans to read, but for everyone. in terms of writing it is also very accessible for an academic text, and is really only dense in terms of ideas!! so read if you can!
uhhhhh there’s more thoughts in my head but i haven’t had my matcha yet so maybe i’ll come back later when i’m more caffeinated but these r my main thoughts lol
i suppose my one gripe with this work is that ocampo draws from two specific communities in california — los angeles specifically — and attempts to describe the racial experience of a diaspora that exists well beyond those two communities. this is not so much a complaint as it is just an observation, as this work in itself is a huge undertaking already. as a filipino-american that was born in the south and lives on the east coast (and whose fil-am friends are mostly from the tri-state area or the midwest), i could and couldn’t relate to an equal amount of experiences mentioned in the work. so i guess this is to say that i hope this kind of research doesn’t stop here but also examines the experiences of the filipino diaspora in the whole united states.
one thing that this book does really well is that it makes you consider race and racialization on both personal and systemic levels. so i really believe that this is a book not only for filipino-americans to read, but for everyone. in terms of writing it is also very accessible for an academic text, and is really only dense in terms of ideas!! so read if you can!
uhhhhh there’s more thoughts in my head but i haven’t had my matcha yet so maybe i’ll come back later when i’m more caffeinated but these r my main thoughts lol