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Asian Americans

Generation Rising

Season 1 Episode 4

During a time of war and social tumult, a young generation fights for equality in the fields, on campuses and in the culture, and claim a new identity: Asian Americans. The war’s aftermath brings new immigrants and refugees who expand the population and the definition of Asian America.

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At the turn of the new millennium, the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided.
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Asian Americans fight for equality and expand the definition of Asian American.
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An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands.
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In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive and adapt to life in America
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