Word: americans
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Again, as a result of the organizing of students and Bureau members, the Asian American seminar is being offered this fall. This year's course also includes discussions on Asian women, the Asian Movement, and Asian American Studies. In addition, a course on Asian American creative writing will be offered in the spring to present the rich traditions of fiction and poetry that Asians have developed through their experience in America and more importantly, to encourage students to write creatively of their own experiences...
...only support for Asian Americans at Harvard has come from the Third World organizations here and other Asian American groups in the Boston area. Harvard did not recognize Asian Americans as a minority group with a history of discrimination until 1976-77. Four years later in his 1980 Commencement Address on minorities at Harvard, President Bok failed once to mention Asian Americans. Asian Americans, however, have been active in the anti-Bakke, divestiture, and Afro-American Studies movements and have played a leading role in working for a Third World Center...
Throughout the fall, the Asian American Seminar organized a series of evening presentations to celebrate our culture and to share our identities and histories. We presented slideshows such as "Images of Asian Women" and "Reparations and Redress"; and films such as "Wataridori, Birds of Passage" about the lives of three Issei--first generation Japanese-Americans, and "Cruisin' J-Town" about the Japanese-American internment. In addition we produced an Asian American cultural night of music, poetry, and film...
Through these activities we have affirmed our pride in the richness and diversity of the Asian American experience. At the same time we have tried to raise the entire community's awareness of Asian American history and culture. The images of Asian that we present are different from those found in Jordan Marsh, Fu Manchu, and the Hasty Pudding Theatricals because they come directly from our people's experience. Being Asian is not chic or exotic; it is an identity integrally tied to a history of contract labor, violence, and exculsion. It is an identity linked to the development...
...sixth and final presentation organized by the Asian American Seminar will be given tonight, from 7 to 9 p.m. in Science Center A. The program will feature a slideshow on the development of Asian communities in America and a discussion about Boston's Asian community. It is an opportunity for everyone--Asians and non-Asian students, faculty and administrators--to learn about Asian American history...