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podcast episode 6: breaking the rules of race w/ dr. anthony ocampo

in this episode we sit down with dr. anthony ocampo to discuss his book "the latinos of asia: how filipino americans break the rules of race". anthony is a filipino-american sociologist, author and educator whose work focuses on race, immigration and lgbtq issues. we discuss a wide range of relevant topics pertaining to the politics of race in the united states through the filipino-american experience.

podcastDaniel ChenApril 14, 2020race, filipinx, lgbtq, filipino, sociologist, sociology, immigration, immigrant experience, fictive kin, panethnicity, colonialism, author, academic, educator, mixed-race, knowledge, asian, asian-american, latino, culture, religion

lone wolf pt.1

"i refused to go down the same tragic path. i was proud of who i was and didn’t need a larger group to validate me. i chose to be a “lone-wolf” over trying to pass for anything other than what i knew i was– mixed. i refused to sacrifice my family’s historical narrative, and my own personal experiences, to serve the greater good of a ‘group’ identity that would never fully accept me as i am..."

but i flow, editorialDaniel ChenJanuary 22, 2018mixed, exclusion, race, group identity, story