I Have Lived With the American People by Manuel Buaken – 05.03.018.IMG_WEMP.ManuelBuakenBookCover.1948.CaxtonPrinters

Manuel Buaken, a US Army veteran and noted writer, described the heartbreak of Filipino immigrants: “We came to the United States to learn the best, and we found that our place here was in the blind spot of America.”

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The Asian American Studies Center acknowledges the Gabrielino/Tongva peoples as the traditional land caretakers of Tovaangar (Los Angeles basin, So. Channel Islands) and pay our respects to the honuukvetam (ancestors), ‘ahiihirom (elders), and ‘eyoohiinkem (relatives/relations) past, present, and emerging.

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