Asian America Across the Disciplines: Appreciation or Appropriation: AAPIs, Hip Hop, and Authenticity by Jason Chu, NITEMRKT Hip Hop emcee

Mar
23

Asian America Across the Disciplines: Appreciation or Appropriation: AAPIs, Hip Hop, and Authenticity by Jason Chu, NITEMRKT Hip Hop emcee

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Mar 23, 2020 at 4:30pm

McNeil Building 473

Asian American Activism hosted by Rob Buscher

Jason Chu - Hip Hop Artist, NITEMRKT | Monday, March 23

Based in LA, hip-hop artist/poet/activist Jason Chu is on a mission to speak hope, healing, and justice in a broken world. He tells stories about friends and families wrestling with fear and joy, greed and hope, hurt and healing. Jason has performed at over 170 colleges (NYU, UMass, Wisconsin, Dartmouth, Williams, Yale, etc.), conferences (Urbana, NYCAASC, ITASA, etc.), and community organizations across the country, including a 2015 Asia mini-tour to Hong Kong and Beijing. During the Obama Administration, Jason partnered with The White House to fight bullying in Asian-American communities and the Alameda County Government to speak up on mental health issues. Jason's work has been covered by the Huffington Post, the LA Times, the China Daily, AngryAsianMan, and other outlets.

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Asian America Across the Disciplines: Appreciation or Appropriation: AAPIs, Hip Hop, and Authenticity by Jason Chu, NITEMRKT Hip Hop emcee

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