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An Introduction to South Asian America
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Chapter 7: Civic Engagement
Explore this chapter:
• Blockade for Bangladesh
• Organizing for Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles
• Feminist Engagements
• Banglatown, USA
• South Asian Guest Workers
• Electoral Patterns and Dilemmas
• Blockade for Bangladesh
• Organizing for Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles
• Feminist Engagements
• Banglatown, USA
• South Asian Guest Workers
• Electoral Patterns and Dilemmas
Blockade for Bangladesh
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 240 | "Blockade" Inset | Read more about Arif Yousuf's documentary Blockade. |
| 242 |  |
See the image in SAADA's First Days Project. |
Organizing for Immigrant Rights in Los Angeles
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 247 |  |
Read more about the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition in Jenna McLaughlin's &334;L.A. Activists Want to Bring Surveillance Conversation Down to Earth" for The Intercept. |
| 247 | Further Discovery | Discover more of Hamid Khan's and SAN's archival materials in SAADA's archival collections. |
Feminist Engagements
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 250 |  |
Discover more of Margarita Korol's work at urbanpopartist.com. |
| 252 | "A Quiet Persistance: Turning Point for Women and Families" Inset | Discover more about Turning Point for Women and Families at tpny.org. |
| 252 | Further Discovery | Discover more about Manavi at manavi.org. |
Banglatown, USA
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 257 | Further Reading | Read more about the Bangladeshi diaspora in: Nazli Kibria, Muslims in Motion: Islam and National Identity in the Bangladeshi Diaspora. |
| 257 | Further Reading | Read more about Banglatown in: Alisa Perkins, "Muslim Sound, Public Space, and Citizenship Agendas in an American City," (Citizenship Studies, 2015). |
| 257 | Further Reading | Read more about Banglatown in: Alisa Perkins, "Negotiating Alliances: Muslims, Gay Rights and the Christian Right in a Polish American City," (Anthropology Today, 2010). |
| 257 | Further Reading | Read more about diasporic Bangladeshi communities in: Tasneem Siddiqui, "Institutionalizing Diaspora Linkage: The Emigrant Bangladeshis on UK and USA". |
South Asian Guest Workers
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 260 |  |
Read more of Saket Soni's work in:
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| 260 | "National Guestworker Alliance & Saket Soni" Inset | Discover more about the New Orleans Workers' Center for Racial Justice at nowcrj.org. |
Electoral Patterns and Dilemmas
| Page | In the book | For further exploration |
|---|---|---|
| 263 |  |
Read the rest of Andrea Diaz's "Take a Knee Protests Go from the Sidelines to City Council Chambers" for CNN. |
| 264 |  |
See the image and discover other records from SAAVY (South Asian American Voting Youth) in SAADA's archival collections. |
| 265 | "Hindus for Trump" Inset | Read the rest of Rashmee Kumar's "Hindus for Trump: Behind the Uneasy Alliance with Rightwing U.S. Politics" for the Guardian. |
| 266 | Further Reading | Read more about South Asian American political identity in: Sangay Mishra, Desis Divided: The Political Lives of South Asian Americans. |
| 266 | Further Reading | Read more about Asian American political identity in: Janelle Wong, Karthick Ramakrishnan, Jane Junn, and Taeku Lee, Asian American Political Participation: Emerging Constituents and Their Political Identities. |