A Broad and Ample Road

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“Why is the union important?”

“Why is the union important?”

A French reader's response to the term "Asian-American," plus an interview with Andrew Jiang, a political consultant and former union organizer.

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Apr 11, 2021
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Albert

Hello friends!

Our post last week on the utility of “Asian-American” received quite a few responses, and we’re so grateful to everybody who wrote in. (Welcome, new readers!) We want to spend some time processing the ideas you’ve shared, and we hope to feature some of them in the newsletter soon. Please don’t hesitate to post a comment or write us (ampleroad@substack.com) if you want to join the conversation.

In particular, I want to think more about global comparisons. One point I left out of my last newsletter is that living in France has made me more appreciative of the term “Asian-American,” as French republicanism presupposes the value of assimilation and tends to discount cultural diversity. (Harsher critics have called out the idea of a “colorblind France” as a “myth.”) In the United States, Michelle and I tended to be suspicious of gestures of multiculturalism that were untethered from political goals of economic equality. But here we’ve found ourselves starved for even a…

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