The nerd in me is very happy with this NWPR piece, even though it is very, very short. I’m happy because I believe in the importance of historical archives. Knowing that there are other people who want to preserve Chinese American history, who want this document to be both preserved and shared, makes me happy. [...]
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Do You Love Old Stuff?
Posted in articles, history, tagged Chinese American, Oregon on April 30, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The National American History Museum
Posted in history, Washington DC, tagged American History Museum, First Ladies, slavery, Smithsonian, Thomas Jefferson on March 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
How official sounding! Everything here in DC is very official. And preeminent. Today I went to visit the Smithsonian American History Museum, also known as the (National American History Museum). I went with the full intention of looking at the Asian Pacific American Program’s Sweet and Sour Showcase on Chinese American food, but as they [...]
On Passing
Posted in history, mixed-race, tagged Anatole Boyard on March 5, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The inauthentic Negro is not only estranged from whites– he is also estranged from his own group and from himself. Since his companions are a mirror in which he sees himself as ugly, he must reject them; and since his own self is mainly a tension between an accusation and a denial, he can hardly [...]
