In May, I spoke about Asian Americans and race at City Church San Francisco. The audio recording has been posted here.
My friend Jeff made this helpful outline, if you want a sense of what I discussed:
Intros, Group Convo, and Caveats – 0:00
THEOLOGICAL REFLECTION
Interpretation and Application of Galatians 3:28 – 14:30
Interpretation of Luke 4 – 19:26
HISTORY OF RACE IN THE US
Slavery in the US – 22:14
Post-Emancipation – 29:45
Post-Depression – 34:20
ASIAN AMERICAN HISTORY: 42:12
Immigration, Anti-Asian legislation, Internment – 43:24
Model Minority Myth – 51:00
APAs AND RACE (DESCRIPTION):
Cultural Value of Harmony – 54:50
Anti-Black Racism in Asia and Asian America – 58:09
Diversity in Asian America – 60:56
How We Are Privileged – 65:00
How We Are Not Privileged – 76:15
APAs AND RACE (PRESCRIPTION)
Middle Minority Ethics (inc. Peter Liang) – 78:42
What we can do differently – 86:05
A Hopeful Note for APA efforts… – 93:00
Further Reading/Learning – 95:05
Q&A – 98:15
Just wanted to say that I’ve been reading your articles for a while now and I’m thankful for your insight! Hope to meet you one day!
You’re so kind, Eric – thank you! That means a lot to me. I would love to meet you too!