Tonight APEX Express has a very special presentation of next installment of Crossing East, the Peabody-awarded radio documentary series about Asian immigration to the United States. In this 10th anniversary since the original air date, Executive Producer Dmae Roberts, with the support of APEXer Robynn Takayama and Alan Monticello, created Crossing East: Relations.
Relations unravels the turbulent racial divisions in America. This isn’t a story about Black and White tensions, but about how marginalized groups have historically been pitted against each other. The documentary features a number of Bay Area voices including Malkia Cyril, executive director of Center for Media Justice; Anirvan Chatterjee, curator of the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour; and Ellen Choy with Movement Strategy Center.
Together, they unpack systemic racism and describe a rich history of solidarity between Asian and Asian Americans and African Americans, including the Indian Independence Movement, Civil Rights Movement, and Black Lives Matter.
