Letters and Politics

A Preview of the January 6 Hearings & “80 Years Later” A Film on Japanese American Racial Inheritance

I. A Preview of the January 6 Attack House Hearings

Guest: Adele Stan is  an award-winning independent journalist who has covered the U.S. political right for nearly 40 years. Her work has appeared in several publications including, Mother Jones, The New Republic, The Nation, and other major newspapers. Her upcoming longform essay on the QAnon-ing of Congress will appear at “The Forum,” a new web publication of the African American Policy Forum.

II. Film 80 Years Later: On Japanese American Racial Inheritance

Guest: Celine Parreñas Shimizu is a filmmaker and scholar and Dean of the Division of the Arts at U.C. Santa Cruz.  Her new documentary film is called 80 Years Later: On Japanese American Racial Inheritance in the Aftermath of WW2 Family Incarceration.  Find more at www.80yearslater.com

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