After Student Activism, Duke Launches Asian American & Diaspora Studies Minor

In his March 29 talk, “Moving Beyond Fighting Anti-Asian Racism,” Dhingra argued for approaching the problem as an opportunity to create broader change that everyone will benefit from.

Keohane Distinguished Visiting Professor Pawan Dhingra made a case for broadening the reach of Asian American studies to involve popular discourse and revise long-held public perceptions.

In her new book, "Made-Up Asians: Yellowface During the Exclusion Era," Esther Kim Lee traces the history of yellowface from 1862 to 1940 — a time when Asians faced legal and cultural exclusion from immigration and citizenship in the United States.