Chinese American artist shares lifelong effort to unravel ‘cultural amnesia’

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Chinese American artist shares lifelong effort to unravel ‘cultural amnesia’

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Published on Nov 20, 2023, 1:00:00 PM
Total time: 00:24:49

Episode Description

Larry Li was inspired to create “Ask Your Ma About ‘89” after learning a harrowing story about how the Tiananmen Square protests affected his family. Free drinks, female attention, and fabulous parties are some of the upsides for super good-looking men in LA. But that’s not the whole story. Germans founded Anaheim in 1857. Chinese immigrants then built much of the city and developed a bustling Chinatown district. Today, few remnants of Anaheim’s historic Chinatown remain.

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