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SUMMARY:Book Talk: Michael Luo with Qian Julie Wang | Strangers in the Land: Exclusion\, Belonging\, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America (Hybrid)
DESCRIPTION:Author and journalist Michael Luo sits down to discuss his lauded narrative history Strangers in the Land: Exclusion\, Belonging\, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America with best-selling author and civil rights lawyer Qian Julie Wang. \nThis event will take place in person and online at the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library on the 7th Floor. \nIn Strangers in the Land\, award-winning journalist Michael Luo tells the story of a people who\, beginning in the middle of the nineteenth century\, migrated by the tens of thousands to a distant land they called Gum Shan––Gold Mountain. Americans initially welcomed these Chinese arrivals\, but\, as their numbers grew\, horrific episodes of racial terror erupted on the Pacific coast. Federal lawmakers enacted legislation aimed at excluding Chinese laborers from the country\, the first time the United States barred a people based on their race. The Chinese became the country’s earliest undocu­mented immigrants: hounded\, counted\, suspected\, surveilled. \nIn 1889\, while upholding Chinese exclusion\, Supreme Court Justice Stephen J. Field characterized them as “strangers in the land.” Only in 1965 did America’s gates swing open to people like Luo’s parents\, immigrants from Taiwan. Today there are more than twenty-two million people of Asian descent in the United States and yet the “stranger” label\, Luo writes\, remains. Drawing on archives from across the country and written with style and sweep\, Strangers in the Land is a revelatory and unforgettable American story. \nTo join the event in person | Doors will open 30 minutes before the program begins. For free events\, we generally overbook to ensure a full house. Priority will be given to those who have registered in advance\, but registration does not guarantee admission. All registered seats are released shortly before start time\, and seats may become available at that time. A standby line will form 30 minutes before the program. \nTo view the livestream | Whether you’re attending in person or online\, you must register with your email address. You will need a device with audio and/or video and an internet/cellular connection to view the livestream.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/michael-luo-with-qian-julie-wang-strangers-in-the-land-exclusion-belonging-and-the-epic-story-of-the-chinese-in-america/
LOCATION:Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL)\, 455 Fifth Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016
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