ES 114 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Asian American Political Alliance, Third World Liberation Front, San Pedro, Los Angeles
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Yuji ichioka coined the term asian american in the context of aapa. Aapa founded at uc berkeley in 1968. They aligned themselves with the black panther party ideologies of self-determination, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism. Aapa political commitments put in writing (p. 11) Presented a program linked to other people of color. First to use the language of yellow power (p. 17) Most advanced leftist group among filipino americans. Estella habal went on to lead kdp (she had joined mecha because of similar. 2-pronged approach: wanted democracy in the philippines & socialism in the us working class & immigrant conditions, common histories of spanish colonization. She famously said, it"s hard to describe one"s feelings when you discover that you have a history worth studying and a culture to be proud of. A large number of asian american students participated in the sfsu strike. When the strike demands won the college of ethnic studies in the fall of 1969.
