They Call Us American Peril

Jeff and Phil welcome their old friend, writer and educator Scott Kurashige , author of American Peril: The Violent History of Anti-Asian Racism . He talks about his personal journey into Asian American activism and movement scholarship; the erasure of anti-Asian racism and colonial violence, and why we are constantly learning and re-learning this history; and why legislating and prosecuting hate crimes isn't necessarily the answer for multiracial solidarity. Also: The Good, The Bad, and The WTF of writing American Peril.

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They Call Us American Peril is an episode from They Call Us Bruce by Jeff Yang & Phil Yu.

This episode is 01:04:19 long.

This episode was published on May 7, 2026.

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