Sign-In
Cart
Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century
Hardcover
General Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology
Publisher Price: $29.99
ISBN13: 9780063277625
Publisher: Harper
Published: Jan 14 2025
Pages: 256
Weight: 0.60
Height: 1.00 Width: 5.70 Depth: 8.20
Language: English
A scholar and activist's brilliant socio-political examination of Asian Americans who refuse to assimilate and instead build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions.
In this hard-hitting and deeply personal book, a combination of manifesto and memoir, scholar, sociologist, and activist Bianca Mabute-Louie transforms the ways we understand race, class, citizenship, and the concept of assimilation and its impact on Asian American communities from the nineteenth century to present day.
UNASSIMILABLE opens with a focus on the San Gabriel Valley (SGV), the first Asian ethnoburb in Los Angeles County and in the nation, where she grew up. A suburban neighborhood with a conspicuous Asian immigrant population, SGV thrives not because of its assimilation into Whiteness, but because of its unapologetic catering to its immigrant community.
Mabute-Louie then examines Predominantly White Institutions With A lot of Asians and how these institutions shape the racial politics of Asian Americans and Asian internationals, including the fight against affirmative action and the fight for ethnic studies. She moves on to interrogate the role of the religion, showing how the immigrant church is a sanctuary even as it is an extension of colonialism and the American Empire. In the book's conclusion, Bianca looks to the future, boldly proposing a reconsideration of the term Asian American for a new label that better clarifies who Asians in America are today.
UNASSIMILABLE offers a radical vision of Asian American political identity informed by a refusal of Whiteness and collective care for each other. It is a forthright declaration against assimilation and in service of cross-racial, anti-imperialist solidarity and revolutionary politics. Scholarly yet accessible, informative and informed, this book is a major addition to Ethnic Studies and American Studies.
Also from
Mabute-Louie, Bianca
Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century
Mabute-Louie, Bianca
Audio Book
Also in
General Racism & Ethnic Studies
Games Against Nature: An Eco-Cultural History of the Nunu of Equatorial Africa
Robert, Harms
Harms, Robert
Paperback
Muslim Girls and the Other France: Race, Identity Politics, and Social Exclusion
Keaton, Trica Danielle
Paperback
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Degruy, Joy a.
Paperback
Original Sins: The (Mis)Education of Black and Native Children and the Construction of Americanracism
Ewing, Eve L.
Hardcover
Belonging Without Othering: How We Save Ourselves and the World
Powell, John A.
Menendian, Stephen
Hardcover
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome, Revised Edition: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Degruy, Joy a.
Hardcover
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Kendi, Ibram X.
Paperback
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Rothstein, Richard
Paperback
My Grandmother's Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies
Menakem, Resmaa
Paperback
They Were Her Property: White Women as Slave Owners in the American South
Jones-Rogers, Stephanie E.
Paperback
The Humanity Archive: Recovering the Soul of Black History from a Whitewashed American Myth
Fowler, Jermaine
Paperback
Last Seen: The Enduring Search by Formerly Enslaved People to Find Their Lost Families
Giesberg, Judith
Hardcover
White Poverty: How Exposing Myths about Race and Class Can Reconstruct American Democracy
Barber, William J.
Hardcover
The Anti-Ableist Manifesto: Smashing Stereotypes, Forging Change, and Building a Disability-Inclusive World
Yu, Tiffany
Hardcover
How the South Won the Civil War: Oligarchy, Democracy, and the Continuing Fight for the Soul of America
Richardson, Heather Cox
Paperback
Dark Laboratory: On Columbus, the Caribbean, and the Origins of the Climate Crisis
Goffe, Tao Leigh
Hardcover
Liberating Abortion: Claiming Our History, Sharing Our Stories, and Building the Reproductive Future We Deserve
Mahone, Regina
Bracey Sherman, Renee
Hardcover
The Freedom Writers Diary (20th Anniversary Edition): How a Teacher and 150 Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around Them
Gruwell, Erin
The Freedom Writers
Paperback
The Iceman Inheritance: Prehistoric Sources of Western Man's Racism, Sexism and Aggression
Bradley, Michael
Paperback
Read These Banned Books: A Journal and 52-Week Reading Challenge from the American Library Association
American Library Association (ALA)
Paperback
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
Oluo, Ijeoma
Hardcover
Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--And How You Can, Too
Oluo, Ijeoma
Paperback
A Perfect Frenzy: A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution
Lawler, Andrew
Hardcover
The Latina Anti-Diet: A Dietitian's Guide to Authentic Health That Celebrates Culture and Full-Flavor Living
Soto, Dalina
Hardcover
Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome: America's Legacy of Enduring Injury and Healing
Degruy, Joy Angela
Paperback
Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Massacre and the Struggle for an American City's Soul
Shetterly, Aran
Hardcover
For Brown Girls with Sharp Edges and Tender Hearts: A Love Letter to Women of Color
Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez, Prisca
Paperback
Black Against Empire: The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party
Bloom, Joshua
Martin, Waldo E.
Paperback
Chocolate City: A History of Race and Democracy in the Nation's Capital
Asch, Chris Myers
Musgrove, George Derek
Paperback
Elite Capture: How the Powerful Took Over Identity Politics (and Everything Else)
Táíwò, Olúfẹ́mi O.
Paperback
White Women: Everything You Already Know about Your Own Racism and How to Do Better
Jackson, Regina
Rao, Saira
Paperback
Black Marxism, Revised and Updated Third Edition: The Making of the Black Radical Tradition
Robinson, Cedric J.
Paperback
Design for Belonging: How to Build Inclusion and Collaboration in Your Communities
Stanford D School
Wise, Susie
Paperback
White Women, Get Ready: How Healing Post-Traumatic Mistress Syndrome Leads to Anti-Racist Change
Gross, Amanda K.
Paperback
The Anti-Greed Gospel: Why the Love of Money Is the Root of Racism and How the Church Can Create a New Way Forward
Foley, Malcolm
Paperback
Antiracism and Universal Design for Learning: Building Expressways to Success
Fritzgerald, Andratesha
Paperback
Holy Ground: On Activism, Environmental Justice, and Finding Hope
Flowers, Catherine Coleman
Hardcover
Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?: And Other Conversations about Race
Tatum, Beverly Daniel
Paperback
White Robes and Broken Badges: Infiltrating the KKK and Exposing the Evil Among Us
Moore, Joe
Hardcover
Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
Kendi, Ibram X.
Paperback
A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family
Bruno, Debra
Hardcover
Facing the Mountain: An Inspiring Story of Japanese American Patriots in World War II
Brown, Daniel James
Paperback
Safety Through Solidarity: A Radical Guide to Fighting Antisemitism
Lorber, Ben
Burley, Shane
Paperback
Our Hidden Conversations: What Americans Really Think about Race and Identity
Norris, Michele
Hardcover
As We Have Always Done: Indigenous Freedom Through Radical Resistance
Simpson, Leanne Betasamosake
Paperback
Desertores: El Auge de la Extrema Derecha Latina Y Su Repercusión En Estados Unidos / Defectors
Ramos, Paola
Paperback
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America
Rothstein, Richard
Hardcover
Say the Right Thing: How to Talk about Identity, Diversity, and Justice
Yoshino, Kenji
Glasgow, David
Hardcover
Take Care of Them Like My Own: Faith, Fortitude, and a Surgeon's Fight for Health Justice
Stanford, Ala
Hardcover
Fifteen Cents on the Dollar: How Americans Made the Black-White Wealth Gap
Reed, Ebony
Story, Louise
Hardcover
White Fear: How the Browning of America Is Making White Folks Lose Their Minds
Martin, Roland
Lakins, Leah
Hardcover
South to America: A Journey Below the Mason-Dixon to Understand the Soul of a Nation
Perry, Imani
Paperback
When We Walk by: Forgotten Humanity, Broken Systems, and the Role We Can Each Play in Ending Homelessness in America
Burnes, Donald W.
Adler, Kevin F.
Paperback
Not "A Nation of Immigrants": Settler Colonialism, White Supremacy, and a History of Erasure and Exclusion
Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne
Paperback
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures
Fadiman, Anne
Paperback
His Name Is George Floyd (Pulitzer Prize Winner): One Man's Life and the Struggle for Racial Justice
Samuels, Robert
Olorunnipa, Toluse
Paperback
Me and White Supremacy: Combat Racism, Change the World, and Become a Good Ancestor
Saad, Layla F.
Paperback
Dying of Whiteness: How the Politics of Racial Resentment Is Killing America's Heartland
Metzl, Jonathan M.
Paperback
Self-Care for Latinas: 100+ Ways to Prioritize & Rejuvenate Your Mind, Body, & Spirit
Reichard, Raquel
Hardcover
I Am Not Your Negro: A Companion Edition to the Documentary Film Directed by Raoul Peck
Peck, Raoul
Baldwin, James
Paperback
Dear White Woman, Dear Black Woman: A Tapestry of Letters for Hope and Healing
T. Hampton Smith, Bonita
Paperback
The Little Book of Race and Restorative Justice: Black Lives, Healing, and Us Social Transformation
Davis, Fania E.
Paperback
The Great Black Hope: Doug Williams, Vince Evans, and the Making of the Black Quarterback
Moore, Louis
Hardcover
A Lamp Unto Yourself: A Beginner's Guide to Asian Spiritual Practices, from Advaita and Buddhism to Yoga and Zen
Salguero, C. Pierce
Hardcover
Antiracism as Daily Practice: Refuse Shame, Change White Communities, and Help Create a Just World
Harvey, Jennifer
Hardcover
We Tried to Tell Y'All: Black Twitter and the Rise of Digital Counternarratives
Clark, Meredith D.
Paperback
Biased: Uncovering the Hidden Prejudice That Shapes What We See, Think, and Do
Eberhardt, Jennifer L.
Paperback
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Shepard, Kris
Carson, Clayborne
Paperback
Stamped from the Beginning: A Graphic History of Racist Ideas in America
Christian Gill, Joel
Kendi, Ibram X.
Paperback
Birth of a White Nation: The Invention of White People and Its Relevance Today
Battalora, Jacqueline
Paperback
Who's Afraid of the Big, Bad Jew: Learning to Love the Lessons of Jew-Hatred
Shore, Raphael
Hardcover
my mother's tomorrow: dispatches through the lens of Baltimore's Black Butterfly
Whitehead, Karsonya Wise
Paperback
Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An ACT for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education
Chrona, Jo
Paperback
The Origins of Critical Race Theory: The People and Ideas That Created a Movement
Smith, Robert O.
Martinez, Aja Y.
Hardcover
A Plausible Man: The True Story of the Escaped Slave Who Inspired Uncle Tom's Cabin
Ashton, Susanna
Hardcover
The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism
Baptist, Edward E.
Paperback