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Bianca Mabute-Louie, Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century
Join local AANHPI community organizers and groups Ajumama Workshop, Studio Yellow, Liminal Bodies, and PDX Queer Asian Social Meetup as we welcome Bianca Mabute-Louie to Portland for the launch of her new book, Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century. Bianca will be in conversation with Portland artist and writer, Miro Jooyoung Oh, and community leader, Mary Li.
In her combination manifesto and memoir, scholar, sociologist, and activist Bianca Mabute-Louie tells the stories of Asian Americans who build their own belonging on their own terms outside of mainstream American institutions and transform the ways we understand race, class, and citizenship in America. Unassimilable offers a radical vision of Asian American political identity informed by a refusal of Whiteness and collective care for each other.
Attendees are encouraged to join at 6:45pm to buy a book for signing and for a prompt start of the event at 7pm. Masks are optional but encouraged.
This event is free and open to the public at Literary Arts’ new headquarters and bookstore at 716 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR.