Racial Politics in an Era of Transnational Citizenship: The 1996 "Asian Donorgate" Controversy in Perspective

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Lexington Books, 2004 - 195 ˹éÒ
The Asian American activist and political communities viewed 1996 as a watershed year, in which the Democratic Party took seriously its Asian American constituency--until the 'Asian Donorgate' campaign finance controversy complicated that representation. In the ensuing public discourse Chinese Americans, and by proxy all Asian Americans, were depicted as foreigners subversively attempting to buy influence with U.S. politicians. While neither disputing nor confirming the guilt of the individuals charged in this episode with raising illegal foreign campaign money, Racial Politics in an Era of Transnational Citizenship highlights the conflation of Asian transnational capital and government interests with Asian Americans and the resulting racialization, foreignization, and even criminalization of this large community. Scholar Michael Chang asks, Will the perception of the Asian American as the 'perpetual foreigner' continue to reproduce itself uncritically, heightening during times of media-supported nationalism? This incisive work contributes greatly to current debates on civil rights and on the meaning of 'citizenship' and 'belonging' among a transnational community and in a globalized world.

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Transnational Asian America Race Class Nation and Citizenship
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Race A Shifting Discourse From Campaign Finance Reform to National Security
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Nation The Coming Conflict American Orientalism and USChina Relations
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Citizenship Citizenship and Discipline Asian Americans as Homo Economicus
99
Class Transforming and Negotiating the Public Sphere Asian Americans Respond to Asian Donorgate
139
Conclusion
171
Bibliography
177
Index
189
About the Author
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Michael Chang received his Ph.D. in Ethnic Studies from the University of California--Berkeley and is currently completing his J.D. at the University of California--Los Angeles.

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