Michael Luo
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And it's hard work to... To not be suspicious, to reach out, to think about them as human beings with families, aspirations, stories. The book is called Strangers in the Land, and I drew that from... a Supreme Court decision that upheld one of the Chinese exclusion laws where the Supreme Court Justice, Justice Field, who wrote this opinion, referred to the Chinese as strangers in the land.
And it's hard work to... To not be suspicious, to reach out, to think about them as human beings with families, aspirations, stories. The book is called Strangers in the Land, and I drew that from... a Supreme Court decision that upheld one of the Chinese exclusion laws where the Supreme Court Justice, Justice Field, who wrote this opinion, referred to the Chinese as strangers in the land.
And he kind of talked about how they, by his perception, refused to assimilate, couldn't assimilate with the American people. So in that opinion, it's a derogatory expression. Sure. The Chinese themselves actually, interestingly, early on referred to themselves as strangers. Yeah.
And he kind of talked about how they, by his perception, refused to assimilate, couldn't assimilate with the American people. So in that opinion, it's a derogatory expression. Sure. The Chinese themselves actually, interestingly, early on referred to themselves as strangers. Yeah.
And he kind of talked about how they, by his perception, refused to assimilate, couldn't assimilate with the American people. So in that opinion, it's a derogatory expression. Sure. The Chinese themselves actually, interestingly, early on referred to themselves as strangers. Yeah.
And I'm not exactly sure of how the translation worked, but I found actually in one of those 1849, 1850 period when they were welcomed in San Francisco, they were looking for a white American to be kind of their champion for them. And they said to this person they asked, we need a champion. We are strangers in the land. So that's interesting.
And I'm not exactly sure of how the translation worked, but I found actually in one of those 1849, 1850 period when they were welcomed in San Francisco, they were looking for a white American to be kind of their champion for them. And they said to this person they asked, we need a champion. We are strangers in the land. So that's interesting.
And I'm not exactly sure of how the translation worked, but I found actually in one of those 1849, 1850 period when they were welcomed in San Francisco, they were looking for a white American to be kind of their champion for them. And they said to this person they asked, we need a champion. We are strangers in the land. So that's interesting.
The thing I say in the book, though, and the thing that I'm interested in trying to convey in the book is the Chinese were strangers then. Asian Americans are in some ways continue to be strangers. But the stranger label applies to many immigrant groups through history, including right now. And I do think that The Stranger label is still there.
The thing I say in the book, though, and the thing that I'm interested in trying to convey in the book is the Chinese were strangers then. Asian Americans are in some ways continue to be strangers. But the stranger label applies to many immigrant groups through history, including right now. And I do think that The Stranger label is still there.
The thing I say in the book, though, and the thing that I'm interested in trying to convey in the book is the Chinese were strangers then. Asian Americans are in some ways continue to be strangers. But the stranger label applies to many immigrant groups through history, including right now. And I do think that The Stranger label is still there.
Thanks so much for having me, David.
Thanks so much for having me, David.
Thanks so much for having me, David.
Hello. Thanks for having us on.
Hello. Thanks for having us on.
Yeah, sure. I would love to. So Jacob has always done miraculous work with a lot of teens when it comes to depression and anxiety. And one day he called me thinking about how to take it to the next level and how to help maybe even a bunch of people and scale up all at the same time. And through that, we started to host a couple of workshops called Finding Humans Less Scary.
Yeah, sure. I would love to. So Jacob has always done miraculous work with a lot of teens when it comes to depression and anxiety. And one day he called me thinking about how to take it to the next level and how to help maybe even a bunch of people and scale up all at the same time. And through that, we started to host a couple of workshops called Finding Humans Less Scary.
It is a social anxiety workshop held on the weekend. This weekend, it will be March 29th and March 30th from 930 to 530 p.m. all day. And it's a great place for people to really get out of their comfort zone and try a lot of social behavioral techniques and learn from the master himself, Jacob Towery.
It is a social anxiety workshop held on the weekend. This weekend, it will be March 29th and March 30th from 930 to 530 p.m. all day. And it's a great place for people to really get out of their comfort zone and try a lot of social behavioral techniques and learn from the master himself, Jacob Towery.