I believe that her knowledge, presence, and activism for mental health in the Asian American/Immigrant community have been invaluable and groundbreaking. Her published works include two books: Bitter Fruit: The Politics of Black-Korean Conflict in New York City (published in 2000) and Dangerous Crossings: Race, Species, and Nature in a Multicultural Age (published in 2015). Wang has been an incredible resource for Asian mental health. Claire Jean Kim is a Professor of Political Science and Asian American Studies at the University of California, Irvine. Register for this virtual event at this link. Kim will be speaking on her upcoming book Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World (Cambridge University Press, 2023). Claire Jean Kim on at 6 pm Eastern Time on Zoom. Purdue AAARCC, Black Cultural Center, African American Studies program, American Studies program, and Asian American Studies program invite your presence for a Virtual Speaker Series event featuring Dr. Claire Jean Kim (Professor, Political Science and Asian American Studies, University of California Irvine) For Asian Americans and Diaspora, this book is a necessary road map for the journey to wholeness.Dr. Above all, she offers permission to return closer to home, a place of acceptance, belonging, healing, and freedom. Wang explores a range of life areas that call for attention, offering readers the permission to question, feel, rage, say no, take up space, choose, play, fail, and grieve. Weaving her personal narrative as a Taiwanese American together with her insights as a clinician and evidence-based tools, Dr. Permission to Come Home takes Asian Americans on an empowering journey toward reclaiming their mental health. Yet despite the fact that over 18 million people of Asian descent live in the United States today - they are the racial group least likely to seek out mental health services. As Asian Americans investigate the personal and societal effects of longstanding cultural narratives suggesting they take up as little space as possible, their mental health becomes critically important. I am so very grateful that she exists.” -Steven Yeun, actor, The Walking Dead and MinariĪsian Americans are experiencing a racial reckoning regarding their identity, inspiring them to radically reconsider the cultural frameworks that enabled their assimilation into American culture.
Wang has been an incredible resource for Asian mental health.
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