Join Scott Kurashige for the "American Peril" Book Tour
"American Peril will become a mainstay in classrooms and libraries, and on the shelves and nightstands of any who want to understand the pernicious role that white supremacy has played in shaping what it means to be American: carving off, cutting out, excluding and sometimes executing those who it judges do not belong in this nation."—Jeff Yang, author of The Golden Screen and coauthor of New York Times bestseller Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
American Peril is a probing account shines a new light on the problem of anti-Asian violence and inspires us to build lasting solidarity.
Award-winning scholar Scott Kurashige presents an expansive dive into anti-Asian violence and connects domestic and global events that have been erased from the official record. Going beyond victimhood, the book also traces the rise of Asian American community protest and activism and argues that hope lies in grassroots activism for multiracial solidarity.
Scott Kurashige is is author of The Shifting Grounds of Race: Black and Japanese Americans in the Making of Multiethnic Los Angeles and coauthor, with Grace Lee Boggs, of The Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century.
Join Scott on tour in a city near you and find our more about this explosive and important new book. Click on the links below for more information and to register.
Upcoming events include:
April 13-14: Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education Conference | Anaheim, CA
Book Signing and Table
April 16: Modesto Junior College | Modesto, CA, 12pm PDT
"Exclusion and Belonging" lecture
April 18: Village Well Books & Coffee | Culver City, CA, 6:30pm PDT
In conversation with Mia Yamamoto
April 20: Stanford University | Palo Alto, CA, 12pm PDT
With Thaomi Michelle Dinh and David Paumbo-Liu
April 21: Commonwealth Club | San Francisco, CA, 5:30pm PDT
April 22: UC Davis | Davis, CA, 4pm PDT
“(Asian) American Studies and the Crisis of U.S. Empire”
April 23: City Lights Bookstore | San Francisco, CA, 7pm PDT
In conversation with Jeff Chang
April 24: UC Berkeley – Asian American Research Center / Labor Center | Berkeley, CA, 12pm PDT
In conversation with Charmaine Chua
April 25: J-Sei and Eastwind Books | Emeryville, CA, 1pm PDT
“Japanese Americans and Anti-Asian Violence” with special guests
April 28: Vroman’s Bookstore | Pasadena, CA, 7pm PDT
In conversation with Margo Okazawa-Rey
May 3: Location TBA | Philadelphia, PA
Event with Asian Americans United
May 4: Maplewood Memorial Library | New Jersey, NJ, 6:30pm EST
In conversation with Mia Charlene White
May 5: Westport Library | Westport, CT, 7pm EST
In conversation with Jason Chang
May 8: Third Place Books | Seattle, WA, 7pm PDT
In conversation with Karam Dana and Linh Thủy Nguyễn
May 17: Minnesota Historical Society and the East Side Freedom Library | Minneapolis, MN, 1pm CDT
With special guests
May 18: UCLA | Los Angeles, CA, 5pm PDT
Virtual Panel on Anti-Asian Violence
Registration details forthcoming
May 19: Northwestern University | Evanston, IL, 12pm CDT
May 19: Chicago Public Library | Chicago, IL, 6pm CDT
With special guests
May 30: Seattle Public Library—Central Library | Seattle, WA, 2pm PDT
With Troy Osaki and special guests
June 10 : Elliott Bay Books | Seattle, WA, 7pm PDT