Scott Kurashige on Racial Capitalism, Violence, and Asian America

About this episode

Scott Kurashige discusses his work on racial capitalism and the history of anti-Asian violence in America.

00:08 Scott Kurashige, interdisciplinary scholar who was a longtime collaborator of the late philosopher Grace Lee Boggs; he’s just out with the book American Peril: the violent history of anti-asian racism The post Scott Kurashige on Racial Capitalism, Violence, and Asian America appeared first on KPFA.

People in this episode

Guest: Scott Kurashige

Topics covered

• racial capitalism
• violence
• Asian America
• anti-Asian racism
• interdisciplinary scholarship

Keywords

• racial capitalism
• Scott Kurashige
• anti-Asian racism
• violence
• Asian America

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: American Peril: the violent history of anti-asian racism

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