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Asian American Studies Celebrates Black History Month with a film screening/discussion and a talk by Prof. Eric Tang.

Asian American Studies Celebrates Black History Month with a film screening/discussion and a talk by Prof. Eric Tang.  Co-sponsored by the Center on Law, Equality and Race (CLEAR); the Center for Research on International Migration, the Department of Sociology, and the School of Social Sciences. For more information, contact Prof. J. Wu (j.wu@uci.edu)

Bio:  Eric Tang is an Associate Professor in the African and African Diaspora Studies Department and faculty member in the Center for Asian American Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. A former community organizer, Tang has published numerous essays on race and urban social movements, including award-winning writing on post-Katrina New Orleans. Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the NYC Hyperghetto is his first book.

1. Film screening and discussion of Eating Welfare (2001) 9-10:20 in HICF 100K
Description:  Eating Welfare (2001) explores the lives of Southeast Asian refugee families of the Bronx who are struggling to survive the welfare "reform" years under the Rudolph Giuliani Administration. It's told through youth in the community who eventually organize a take-over of the welfare center.

2. Talk:  “Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the NYC Hyperghetto” Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2-3:20 in HH 143
Description:  Scholar-activist Eric Tang will explore themes from his new book, Unsettled: Cambodian Refugees in the NYC Hyperghetto, including the relationship between immigrant communities and African Americans as they experience common and distinct forms of state violence taking shape in America’s inner cities. Tang’s research sits at the intersection of two issues that define the current moment: the international refugee crisis and the resurgent movement against police violence in the urban United States.