Reading Schedule

Week 1: Motherhood, Identity, + Migration | July 1st at 7:00pm

Read:

Introduction – Sun Yung Shin

"Fear of a Black Mother" – Shannon Gibney

"Disparate Impacts: Moving to Minnesota to Live Just Enough for the City" – Taiyon J. Coleman

Week 2: Navigating Identity + Belonging | July 8th at 7:00pm

Read:

"A Surrealist History of One Asian American in Minnesota" – David Mura

"With an 'E'" – Venessa Fuentes

"Trouble in Mind: To Be Black Is Blue in America" – IBé

Week 3: Confronting Stereotypes and Silence | July 15th at 7:00pm

Read:

"Brutal" – Bao Phi

"Say What?" – Carolyn Holbrook

"Red, White, and Blank" – Heid E. Erdrich

Week 4: Challenging Assimilation + Embracing Heritage | July 22nd at  7:00pm

Read:

"The Good Kind of Immigrants" – JaeRan Kim
"Fighting the Oppressive Whiteness" – Rodrigo Sanchez-Chavarria
"Dark Trees in the Landscape of Love" – Kao Kalia Yang

Week 5: Intersecting Identities + Cultural Narratives | July 29

Read:

"The Price We Pay: How Race and Gender Identity Converge" – Andrea Jenkins
"Songlines for Future Culturewalkers: (Betty) White (Crocker) Bank Take Little (House on the Prairie) Bank" – Robert Farid Karimi
"Discomfort Zone: Minnesota Born and Raised" – Sherry Quan Lee

Week 6: Legacy, Resilience, + Future Visions | August 5th 7:00pm

Read:

"People Like Us" – David Lawrence Grant
"Seeds for Seven Generations" – Diane Wilson
Reflections on the book as a whole.