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Political Tour of Communities This assignment is due by February 20. The
late Professor Yuji Ichioka was an example of a scholar who was intimately
linked to the communities he studied. Not only did he regularly share
his research through lectures in community settings, he also helped pioneer
the concept of "community classes" as a way for students and
teachers to promote awareness about Asian American Studies. Professor
Ichioka also emphasized community education and organizing around critical
issues. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, he and his wife, Emma Gee,
helped to build the antiwar movement while fighting for the creation of
Asian American Studies on campuses. In Los Angeles, Professor Ichioka
is well-known for his work in Asian Americans for Peace in that period
and annual educational commemorative events around the atomic bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Professor Ichioka’s intimate knowledge
of Asian American communities was due to his ability to work with both
community leaders and "ordinary" people. For example, among
the groups that he proudly participated in was a community basketball
group. http://www.sscnet.ucla.edu/aasc/classweb/winter02/aas197a/notespt.html Each student is required to write an essay (four pages minimum) around the following questions:
Allan Lo, "Political Tour of Chinatown"
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