55 min
#13 - Helen Zia Shoes Off Inside with MKT (fka The May Lee Show)
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- Society & Culture
As the seriousness of the Coronavirus pandemic continues to rise, so, too, does racism against Asians and Asian Americans. This isn’t the first time Asian Americans have been targeted and used as a scapegoat. In 1982, Chinese American Vincent Chin was brutally murdered by autoworkers who blamed Japan for factory closures in Detroit. Helen Zia was a young journalist at that time and this crime further ignited her motivation to fight racism and other injustices. In this episode of “The May Lee Show”, May talks with legendary activist Helen Zia about her life’s work fighting for Asian Americans, women and LGBTQs. Helen also talks about her latest book, “Last Boat Out of Shanghai”, which tells the epic story of numbers mainland Chinese who fled Moa Zedong’s communist revolution.
As the seriousness of the Coronavirus pandemic continues to rise, so, too, does racism against Asians and Asian Americans. This isn’t the first time Asian Americans have been targeted and used as a scapegoat. In 1982, Chinese American Vincent Chin was brutally murdered by autoworkers who blamed Japan for factory closures in Detroit. Helen Zia was a young journalist at that time and this crime further ignited her motivation to fight racism and other injustices. In this episode of “The May Lee Show”, May talks with legendary activist Helen Zia about her life’s work fighting for Asian Americans, women and LGBTQs. Helen also talks about her latest book, “Last Boat Out of Shanghai”, which tells the epic story of numbers mainland Chinese who fled Moa Zedong’s communist revolution.
55 min