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New York University
Associate professor at New York University and founder of the Museum of Chinese in America; author of Yellow Peril!: An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear
PROFILE
Jack Tchen
Guest
FROM Jack Tchen
To the Point
The History Lessons of Xenophobia Donald Trump is right about one thing. Calls for banning racial or ethnic groups from the country are nothing new. Imagine a travel and immigration ban against immigrants from the Arabian Peninsula to Indonesia, covering much of the Muslim World -- all in the interests of the health of the country and national security. That’s exactly what…
To the Point
America Really Is a Melting Pot, After All Nobody expected it, but the Immigration Act of 1965 quadrupled the number of new arrivals, increasing the population by 59 million people. Before then, the law favored Anglos from Europe. Their share of the population was 84%. Now it's just 62% -- less than half in cities like LA and Houston.
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What are charter schools? LAUSD teachers were picket lines for a second day Tuesday. And this morning the teachers union organized a march to the California Charter Schools Association office downtown, to draw attention to their criticisms of local charter schools. But what are charter schools anyway?
Left, Right & Center
Left, Right & Center presents: Two Years, Diaries of a Divided Nation Listen to America change… one person at a time. For these six people, the politics of the Trump era have changed everyday life. Follow them in real time through the tumultuous two years since he became president.