Affirmative Action and Asian Americans: Kitchen Table Talk with Oiyan Poon

About This Episode

This episode features Oiyan Poon, a leading scholar in the racial politics of Asian Americans and the author of Asian American is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family. Poon delves into the complicated relationship between Asian Americans and affirmative action policies and unpacks the 2023 Supreme Court Affirmative Action case.

 

About the Featured Guest

Dr. OiYan Poon is a co-director of the College Admissions Futures Co-Laborative. Her research focuses on the racial politics of Asian Americans, education access, affirmative action, and admissions systems and practices. An award-winning scholar, Dr. Poon’s commentary and research have been featured in media outlets such as the New York Times, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, The Guardian and NPR.

 

Resources

Buy "Asian American is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family" here

Check out Dr. Poon's site to learn more about her and stay up to date with her "public pedagogy."