Chinese American film star Anna May Wong volunteered as an Air-Raid Warden during World War II. “As an American-born Chinese,” she said, “I feel it is a privilege to be able to do my little bit in return for the many advantages bestowed upon me by a free democracy.”
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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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