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Asian Americans
‘We Farmworkers Should Have an Organization of Our Own’
By 1965, the Filipino farmworkers in Delano, California’s grape fields had enough with low pay, no health benefits, and toxic working conditions.
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At the turn of the new millennium, the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided.

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During a time of war, a young generation fights for equality and claim a new identity.

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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