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P.D.: For my children, a part of Asian America I continually learn from.

R.R.: For my son, Amado. It is because of you that books like these are important.

Second Edition

Pawan Dhingra Robyn Magalit Rodriguez

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Names: Dhingra, Pawan, author. | Rodriguez, Robyn Magalit, author.

Title: Asian America / Pawan Dhingra, Robyn Magalit Rodriguez.

Description: 2nd edition. | Cambridge ; Medford, MA : Polity, 2021. | Includes bibliographical references and index. | Summary: “Unique critical introduction to the fastest-growing minority group in the US”--Provided by publisher.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020029872 (print) | LCCN 2020029873 (ebook) | ISBN 9781509534289 (hardback) | ISBN 9781509534296 (paperback) | ISBN 9781509534302 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Asian Americans--Social conditions. | Asian Americans--Ethnic identity. | United States--Ethnic relations. | United States--Race relations.

Classification: LCC E184.A75 D45 2021 (print) | LCC E184.A75 (ebook) | DDC 305.895/073--dc23

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We write this foreword and acknowledgments during what may perhaps be one of the most unprecedented historical moments in United States history; it’s certainly an unprecedented moment in our lives. The COVID-19 pandemic continues to dominate the headlines and impact communities in unequal and devastating ways. Alongside the spread of the coronavirus has been the virulent growth of anti-Asian racism. At the same time, the United States has been racked with uprisings, led primarily by the black community but with significant support from other communities of color and many whites to express their outrage over yet another case of flagrant anti-black police violence, specifically the brutal death of George Floyd, but indeed to protest generations of systemic racism that not only plagues our criminal justice system but many other institutions that organize American life. The second edition of this book, therefore, comes at an especially critical time as it uses insights from inside and outside of the academy to shed light on systemic racism, community formations, and modes of resistance.

In some sense, this book has been nearly a lifetime project for us. Each of us has been trained within sociology PhD programs and has been employed in sociology departments, even training future sociologists. Yet we also have studied within and been employed within American or Asian American Studies programs/departments in the West Coast, Midwest, and East Coast. This dual upbringing has made us acutely aware of the benefits but also the gaps within any one particular school of thought. We see Asian Americans as not simply a fundamental population of the United States but as a necessary site, alongside other minority and immigrant groups, for elucidating social science questions on the nation, globalization, intersectional approaches to race and class, media, interpersonal solidarity and conflict, identity, and much more. As the neoliberal academy moves towards greater collaboration across departments/programs and demands a more measurable “output” from scholars and teachers, we believe that recognizing the history and contributions of the study of Asian Americans across a variety of fields is all the more urgent.