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Explores Commonality, Conflict Between Blacks and Asians
On November 20, Hazel McFerson, one of two Fenwick Fellows for 2002-03, presented the results of her research on relations between blacks and Asians in the United States. McFerson is an associate professor of international studies in the Department of Public and International Affairs and an associate professor at the Institute for Conflict Analysis and Resolution.
In her talk, “Crossings: Historical and Contemporary Relations Between African Americans, Asians, and Asian Americans,” McFerson reported on the historical and contemporary “crossings” that have characterized relations among two major minority groups in the United States. She speaks from the context of two different perspectives: commonality, about which much of the significant history of relations between these groups has been hidden or distorted; and secondly, a view that conflict and hostility have characterized the interactions between blacks and Asians.