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Lily Lee Chen —the first Chinese-American woman mayor in the U.S. — with youth in Monterey Park, California in the 1980s. Monterey Park is considered the first suburban Chinatown. In 1986, the city’s population was 40 per cent Asian. (The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens)

February 13, 2025

How Asian immigrants to the U.S. resisted pressures to assimilate, creating a vibrant American suburbia

Bianca Mabute-Louie, Rice University

Ethnoburbs — ethnic suburban enclaves — challenge assimilation and represent a form of resistance against the homogenizing pressures of American suburbia.

In ‘Beef,’ two L.A. strangers (played by Steven Yeun and Ali Wong) end up in an escalating feud after a road rage incident. The identity of the characters is both incidental and central to the story, blasting through stereotypes. (Andrew Cooper/Netflix)

April 20, 2023

Will the brilliance of Netflix’s ‘Beef’ be lost in the shadow of a sexual assault controversy? — Podcast

Vinita Srivastava, The Conversation

The brilliance of the new Netflix TV show, ‘Beef,’ which looks at loneliness and urban life, is threatened by the controversial history of one of its supporting actors, David Choe.

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