Watching #AsianAmericans now on public television.
On moving into Levittown in NJ: “ours was the third Levittown. The first two were all white.” - @HelenZiaReal #AsianAmPBS
“We were literally perceived as the enemy.” @HelenZiaReal on how her family was perceived in Levittown during the height of the anti-Communist “Red Scare” of the 1950s.
A father burns his own poetry to avoid the appearance of disloyalty as the “confession program” is advanced. “It was govt terrorism in order to intimidate a community.” -@DavidHenryHwang For generations after, the Chinese-American community steers clear of politics. #AsianAmPBS
Well, Sen. Daniel Inouye was another beloved figure for me as a girl b/c I saw him as a member of the Senate Select Committee on Watergate. And he was the first Asian American politician I remember seeing. #AsianAmPBS
Love learning about #PatsyMink and her bold stand for civil rights at the Democratic convention. #AsianAmPBS
