Episode 7: A New Wave of Asian Americans in Politics with Varun Nikore

Author: The 1990 Institute
Published: Mon 13 Dec 2021
Episode Link: https://bund-to-brooklyn.simplecast.com/episodes/episode-7-a-new-wave-of-asian-americans-in-politics-with-varun-nikore-g_WlvkAZ

Favorite Hot Pot ingredients (1:37)

Asian American Education Project’s History of Asian American Trailblazers in Politics (3:53)

Varun joins the conversation (6:32)

How Varun started his career in politics (9:57)

Challenges for AAPI entering politics (12:36)

A new wave of AAPI participation (20:22)

The “Macaca Incident” (22:53)

Voter registration as the top priority (26:23)

NOTES

NPR: The Growing Power of the AAPI Vote

Questions? Requests? E-mail us @ [email protected]

Share to: