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Everybody Was Kung Fu Fighting: Afro-Asian Connections and the Myth of Cultural Purity
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #738606 in Books
- Published on: 2001-12
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Hardcover
- 216 pages
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Synopsis
In 1992 the media was treated to conflict between Blacks and Asians during the Los Angeles riots. The event crystallized white-supremacist stereotypes of Blacks as the problem minority and Asians as the successful model minority. In this work, historian Vijay Prashad refuses to engage this typical racial discussion. Prashad argues that these moments of exchange and co-operation between peoples of Asian and African descent demonstrate a need to re-examine the way we approach history. Multiculturalism is not enough, because it assumes a certain cultural purity that doesn't exist. Prashad offers instead the theory of polyculturalism, which allows for solidarity rather than lip service to cultural diversity.
