A Different Diaspora: Cross-Racial Encounters and the Process of Solidarities

This talk examines alternative histories of cross-racial encounters that consider solidarities and diaspora as an ongoing process. Focusing on the early immigration history of diasporic Korean Americans from 1907-1933, this talk explores how certain Korean Americans contemplated their positionality as racialized and colonized exiles alongside other marginalized non-white peoples. Such histories reveal what can exist and have existed beyond diasporic Korean Americans' proximity to power and whiteness that have cemented compliance and subservience as the core component of their immigrant story. They also show how the diaspora can serve as a space where various place based liberatory struggles come together and different forms of worldmaking can be imagined collectively. Dr. Youngoh Jung is an Asian American Studies scholar and an interdisciplinary historian focusing on the politics of race, gender, and US empire, with an emphasis on diasporic Korean American history.

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Ethnic Studies, American Studies, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, Mānoa Campus

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Dr. Heijin Lee, (808) 956-7464, shjlee@hawaii.edu

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