In his latest book, Scott Kurashige tells the story of anti-Asian violence in the United States, highlighting how this violence has come to shape Asian America. Part one highlights the history of anti-Asian violence from the 1850s through the U.S. spillover from the war in Vietnam. Part two examines the murder of Vincent Chin in Detroit in the early 1980s and makes connections to the more recents rounds of anti-Asian violence and modern formations of Asian American politics.
Kurashige has always been committed to inter-and-cross racial analyses, and American Peril is no different as he consistently places anti-Asian violence in the broader context of white supremacy in the United States. All educators interested in deepening their racial justice knowledge, as well as anyone who works with Asian American students and communities, would benefit from reading this book. [Description from Rethinking Schools]
ISBN: 9780520424777 | University of California Press
Reviews
Written in the radical spirit of Howard Zinn, American Peril represents the culmination of thirty-five years of study and activism by award-winning scholar Scott Kurashige. . . While many have worked to legislate and prosecute hate crimes, Kurashige argues that hope lies in grassroots activism for multiracial solidarity. — Asian Review of Books
A profound and important work tracing the long history of violence and marginalization of Asian Americans, as well as the important ways that Asian Americans pushed back. . . . Kurashige’s ability to bring together high-level theoretical concepts around race, economics, gender, class, and structure alongside historical narratives on a human scale is impressive and makes American Peril an essential read for those learning about this dark history. — Nichi Bei News
Every element of our work should be linked to calls for action, for what we all can do to help remember and resist our worst, commemorate and fight for our best, and push this nation a bit closer to our ideals . . . American Peril is a pitch-perfect example of such public scholarship, and I ended it deeply inspired for my own continued part in the fight. — Black and White and Read All Over
Shocks readers into remembrance of one of the most horrific incidents of racism against Asians in recent history. . . . Scott Kurashige’s American Peril . . . is a book that cries out to us, not only to be read, but to be studied in every college class where racism is dissected and solutions to it are sought. — Hmong Daily News
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