Post-1965 Asian Americans
The granddaughter of Chinese immigrants who came to the U.S. via Ellis and Angel Islands, Erika Lee looks at the recent history of immigrants from Asia.
Lee teaches history at the University of Minnesota and is the director of its Immigration History Research Center as well as the author of The Making of Asian America: A History (Simon & Schuster, 2015).
NOW on @BrianLehrer: @prof_erikalee discusses her new book, which looks at the recent history of US immigrants from Asia.
— WNYC (@WNYC) September 16, 2015
No group has benefited more from the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 than Asian Americans, explains @prof_erikalee now on @WNYC.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) September 16, 2015
#TIL: Asian Americans as a % of US population: 1960: < 1% Today: > 6% ^ @prof_erikalee, to @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) September 16, 2015
#TIL: Chinese have now supplanted Mexicans as the most-common newcomers to the US. ^ @prof_erikalee, to @BrianLehrer
— Josh Weinberger (@kitson) September 16, 2015
Listening to @BrianLehrer with example of why immigration isnt the absurd red herring the rightists want us to think. It makes US stronger!
— Nathan (@ntableman) September 16, 2015
