Julia Lee's Memoir/Manifesto of Being Asian in Black & White America

The Brian Lehrer Show | Apr 25, 2023
Julia Lee, Korean American writer, scholar, and teacher and the author of Biting the Hand: Growing Up Asian in Black and White America (Henry Holt and Co., 2023), shares her story of racial identity, ally-ship and finding her way while growing up in L.A. as a daughter of Korean American storekeepers at the time of the 1992 riots.

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