SESSION REFERENCE MATERIALS

Session One: HERITAGE AND SETTLEMENTS where, why, and why not?

• Letter to the Editor, page A5, Written by Sandra Organ and Carlos Solis
• Voices at the Table, Wimberley View article Written by Lynne Flocke
• 150 Years in San Marcos (PDF)_1  
• Freshwater Pearls by Linda Allen

Session Two: BLACK, BROWN, AND BLENDED FAMILIES

 The  Purpose of a House, New Yorker, Essay Written by Emily Barnard,June 25, 2020

On the Outskirts of Normal by Debra Monroe. Autobiographical book about a white woman raising a black girl in Wimberley written by a Texas State professor. https://continuum.utah.edu/departments/love-matters-too/

Excerpted interview by Pastor Jonafa Branbury about raising Black sons in San Marcos here

and

Don’t let the sun set on you, by Zorah Schwalb-Stang here.
(WARNING: YOU WILL HEAR RACIAL SLURS IN THIS VIDEO)

Session Three: SEEN AND UNSEEN

Session Four: GENERATIONS TO GENERALIZATIONS

KXAN report on resurgence of anti-asain covid 19 racism, April 2021 https://www.kxan.com/news/local/austin/austin-sees-resurgence-of-anti-asian-covid-19-racism/

From the SUNDAY READER SECTION OF THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/sunday-reading-the-asian-american-experience

NPR: Cathy Parks Hong interviewed by Sam Sanders on It’s Been A Minute. https://www.npr.org/2020/11/24/938314414/cathy-park-hongs-asian-american-reckoning-and-the-model-minority-stereotype

Article by Michael W. Kraus June 2019, about stereotypes of Asian Americans, and how they skew estimates of the racial wealth gaps. https://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/stereotypes-of-asian-americans-skew-estimates-of-racial-wealth-gap

Pew Research Center study

Polling methods are changing, but reporting the views of Asian Americans remains a challenge