History of Resistance with Phil Yu

Margaret and comedian Phil Yu discuss the 1880 Denver Riot and the recent San Leandro beating of an 80-year-old Asian man.This week, we are highlighting the San Leandro nonprofit Community Impact Lab. Founded by Xouhoa Bowen, Community Impact Lab envisions a world where women and their abilities are valued, where work and life can be integrated, and where families act as a force for positive social change. They organized a StoptheHate Rally in response to the San Leandro attack. To get involved go to communityimpactlab.orgThe Margaret Cho is an Earios production.Theme music by Margaret Cho and Wade Ryan.Produced by Amanda Lund.Edited by Molly Hawkey.Call the Earios hotline: 626-604-6262. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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With anti-Asian hate crimes at record numbers, season two of THE MARGARET CHO - MORTAL MINORITY, Margaret's examining the HISTORICAL CRIMES that laid the GROUNDWORK for this recent onslaught of VIOLENCE. The 1871 Chinatown Massacre, The Fortune Teller Murders, the 2007 Virginia Tech Massacre. Margaret talks with Asian comedians, authors, journalists, podcasters as well as the organizations and people working to stop Asian hate. Subscribe to THE MARGARET CHO MORTAL MINORITY - wherever you listen to podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.