Tune in for a discussion between Cary Library's Susan Eastland and Dr. OiYan Poon, author of Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family. 

Dr. OiYan Poon is a community-engaged research scholar, educator, storyteller, and leader for intersectional racial equity. Her research has focused on the racial politics of Asian Americans, education access, affirmative action, and admissions systems and practices. She is the author of Asian American Is Not a Color: Conversations on Race, Affirmative Action, and Family (2024, Beacon Press), which explores how Asian Americans are shaping the future of race relations through debates over education policies like affirmative action, using personal narrative and interviews of Asian Americans across the country. She has also co-edited the 2022 volume, Rethinking College Admissions: Research-Based Practice and Policy (2022, Harvard Education Press), which offers new ideas to transform the unequal structures and systemic norms of college-going in the U.S.

Registration is required.

Presented in partnership with the Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL) and the Chinese Americans of Lexington (CALex). 

This program is made possible by the generous donors to the Cary Library Foundation.