Author: not.fade.away-aapi
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George Woo: Rocking the House, Giving Voice to the Voiceless
Rocking the House, Giving Voice to the Voiceless George Woo, Status Quo Disruptor, AAS Advocate October 5, 2022 | by Steve Yip | (c) Copyright 2025 Steve Yip Introduction In 1965, the calm and complacent facade of the Chinatown community was forever blown open through brash, no-nonsense, jaw-dropping remarks about the Chinatown community made to…
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Transforming Oakland Public Schools Through Bilingual Education – An Educator’s Reflections
An Interview With Shannon Yip, retired Oakland CA educator, and Chinese Folk Dance Advocate — Part 1. Part One: Making Bilingual Education a Reality in Oakland, California, Public Schools Introduction. Shannon is a multi-generational Chinese American. Born in San Francisco, she attended Oakland Senior High School and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley. Brought up…
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NO! THERE WERE CONCENTRATION CAMPS IN AMERICA, THAT IS THE TRUTH!
I was in the first or maybe second grade; 6 or 7 years old. A group of us in theschoolyard. My parents and other relatives moved from Poston, Arizona to the inner city of Denver. So, this group in the playground was lower working class made-up with Blacks, Mexicans, whites and me, the Japanese American……
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Book Review: Richard Aston’s Views From Gold Mountain: History, Memory and Voices
Views From Gold Mountain: History, Memory, Voices Richard Aston | 2019 / Sixth Avenue Books Review by Steve Yip | Originally published April 20, 2022 | MainlyPiano.com Views From Gold Mountain by Richard Aston is self-published and it’s clearly a labor of love. The book is both a brief, though incomplete memoir of someone who is threading…