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Acknowledgments Were it not for our students, we would not have envisioned this project or embarked on it. It is their yearning for understanding Asian America that keeps us teaching, researching, and writing in the field. And it was our sense of their passion for shaping a more just society through their engagement with Asian America that kept us tenaciously focused on completing this project, especially in the moments when we wanted to give in to the many other demands in our lives. We thank Paul Spickard, whose enthusiastic support for “another Asian American anthology” at the proposal stage of this endeavor gave us the courage to go forward. We thank the following individuals who generously went out of their way to give very welcome assistance, advice, criticism, and support throughout this process: Jin Suk Bai, Doug Brugge, Sucheng Chan, Derrick Chao, Cecilia Chen, Annie Cho, Joel Cohen, Gill Frank, James Gatewood, Jessica Hunter, Kohei Ishihara, Jessica Johnson, Gregory Kornbluh, Erika Lee, Robert Lee, Andrew Leong, Steve Marrone, Ani Mukherji, Kim Park Nelson, Greg Robinson, Felicia Salinas, Elizabeth Samuels, Susan Smulyan, Saket Soni, Colette Tippy, Jane Jeong Trenka, Ben Tyler, and Chia Vang. At various points along the road, they made our journey bearable, even rewarding. We are thankful for the intellectual and institutional support of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University, where Thomas Chen was a graduate fellow while working on this project. We also recognize and thank the antiracist social justice workers in our communities for their tireless efforts (and for keeping us honest). Last but not least, our gratitude and appreciation go to Leslie Mitchner at Rutgers University Press. Though there were a few moments near the end of the project when we were afraid to open her e-mails, we could not have asked for or worked with a better editor. The blame for any gaps, errors, or misjudgments in this book belongs solely to the editors. xii A C K N O W L E D G M E N T S ...

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