Esther Kim Lee Explains How Today's Racism Has Roots in Last Century's Yellowface | Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

In her new book, "Made-Up Asians: Yellowface During the Exclusion Era," Esther Kim Lee traces the history of yellowface from 1862 to 1940 — a time when Asians faced legal and cultural exclusion from immigration and citizenship in the United States.

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