Rad Chinese Podcast
1) What is a diaspora moment? Three definitions to understand Diaspora’s Homeland
Shelly Chan creates the concept of “diaspora moments” in her book Diaspora’s Homeland, but what does it mean exactly? Listen in as we chat about how merging branches with git is like...Show More
What is a diaspora moment? Three definitions to understand Diaspora’s Homeland
07:06 | Jul 8th, 2018
2) Does capitalism melt Arctic ice?
We start with the science of how Arctic ice melts, and how Arctic environments are crucial for the health of the entire planet. Then, we compare how about China and Western countries are responding to...Show More
3) How Chinese Diaspora Impacts the Homeland: Mid-1800’s Coolie Labor in the Americas
We read Diaspora’s Homeland to learn how the folks in the Chinese diaspora have and can impact culture and politics in China, even if we’re in America. We read Chapter 1, which covers how ...Show More
How Chinese Diaspora Impacts the Homeland: Mid-1800’s Coolie Labor in the Americas
29:18 | Jun 10th, 2018
4) What is border imperialism and how does it help maintain racism, settler colonialism, and other oppressions?
Border imperialism is a tool of white supremacy to maintain wealth through capitalism. Given the following formula: Dispossession + Displacement = Capitalism, then Border Imperialism is the set of pra...Show More
5) Love Life of an Asian Guy’s Men’s WOE — Wannabe Oriental Exceptionalism
How can we understand Love Life of an Asian Guy’s facebook feed and work in the context of activism that fights for the liberation of all oppressed people? Listen in as we review his recent work...Show More
6) What do Filipinx and Hawaiian colonial history have in common?
What do Filipinx and Hawaiian colonial history have in common? And what can Chinese on the U.S. mainland learn from them? Listen as we discuss how Filipinx moved to Hawai’i and the meaning of th...Show More
7) What is Asian Settler Colonialism in Hawaii?
What is Asian Settler Colonialism? Listen as we read about indigenous struggle in Hawai‘i and how Japanese, Chinese, Korean, Filipinix, along with white folks began and continue to colonize Hawai‘i. E...Show More
8) How do you create public spaces without toxic masculinity?
Building on our understanding of what romantic relationships look like without toxic masculinity and the current discourse of Asian American sexuality, how do we assert these values in public spaces? ...Show More
9) Can you define masculinity without being sexy? If so, how? If not, why not?
After reviewing the progressive AAPI discourse on Asian American sexuality, 2 men and 1 gender non-conforming person ask whether masculinity is even needed in this world. While it seems like you can&...Show More
Can you define masculinity without being sexy? If so, how? If not, why not?
13:16 | Feb 2nd, 2018
10) What is the progressive discourse on Asian American sexuality 2014-2018?
Listen to 2 men and 1 gender non-conforming person review Asian American sexuality’s major touch-points as it’s discussed in progressive AAPI circles. We read through Reappopriate, one of ...Show More