Meditating on the Dharma Joy and Disquiet of Asian American and Identity

Dana provides us with some reflections and meditations on this
season of ODA so far, inspired by some of the discussion around
Asian joy in the last episode with Mihiri Tillakaratne and Noel
Alumit. She talks about Asian American versus Asian Diaspora
being claimed by some of our conversation partners on the
podcast. Dana also talks about a colleague Gary Okihiro, who
passed away on May 20th, and his deep impact on expanding the
field of Asian American studies to go beyond solely the history
of oppressed minorities.

Co-Host: Reverend Dana TakagiDana (she/her)
is a retired professor of Sociology and also a zen priest. She
spent 33 years teaching sociology and Asian Am history at UC
Santa Cruz, she is a past president of the Association for Asian
American Studies.  Zen practice since 1998.

Check out more of Dana's work:
2022: Sutra and Bible: an Interview with Duncan Ryūken
Williams
2020: Most Intimate, Ordinary Way, Recollections of Katherine
Thanas  (co-eds. with Eugene Bush; 2nd printing 2022)