Posted on May 24, 2024
Wash U librarians launch a digital story map that explores Asian life in St. Louis
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The East Asian Library at Washington University in St. Louis has launched an interactive digital story mapping project that explores Asian American experiences in the area and contributions to the community since the mid-1800s.
In 2023, the Missouri Humanities Council granted $10,000 to Joan Wang, Wash U’s East Asian and Chinese Studies librarian, to digitize interviews and images about Asian life in St. Louis.
“Asia in St. Louis” documents the earliest known roots of Chinese immigrants in St. Louis, in 1857. The project includes narratives of the lives of children, families and entrepreneurs. It also lays out where Chinese American residents moved throughout the area to attend schools, open businesses and build families.
In 2023, the Missouri Humanities Council granted $10,000 to Joan Wang, Wash U’s East Asian and Chinese Studies librarian, to digitize interviews and images about Asian life in St. Louis.
“Asia in St. Louis” documents the earliest known roots of Chinese immigrants in St. Louis, in 1857. The project includes narratives of the lives of children, families and entrepreneurs. It also lays out where Chinese American residents moved throughout the area to attend schools, open businesses and build families.
Wash U librarians launch a digital story map that explores Asian life in St. Louis
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I dated three different Asian Women in my life, all wonderful people, but much different experiences. One was Vietnamese, one was Chinese, and one was Japanese/American, and one of the things I can say, is that - in General, they are invisible in the Race Wars.
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
SGT Kevin Hughes My First Tour of Duty out of A-School was Oahu. "Sink or Swim" I was exposed to the Asian Community. I Served 21 Years in the Navy, Heavy Filipino Influence. As Commander of the Local VFW, My Vice Commanders wife was Thai.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
PO1 William "Chip" Nagel - I forgot, how could I? I dated a wonderful Filipino woman while going to Night School - Deonesia Gurrey. So I guess that makes four women who each grew up differently. And they fight some of the same hidden bias that White people find in America. Asians are all lumped together. But they aren't the same at all, different cultures, language, and religions. Just like Ireland, Italian, French, German, British, Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, etc...are all different, but we are clumped together as if we were one group. And that is understandable from one point of view, those subtle nuances aren't important if you are the Minority. And like most generalizations they miss the mark.
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SGT Kevin Hughes
SGT Kevin Hughes - Oh, and I forgot about your First Nations roots, and there is another group of people we call "Indians" which is the biggest misnomer ever, but most of us have no clue how many, or how different the Tribes were. Just Native Americans, First Nations, or Indians, and that hides so much rich History.
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