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Breaking Through

Season 1 Episode 5 | 53m 34s

At the turn of the new millennium, the national conversation turns to immigration, race, and economic disparity. As the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided, a new generation of Asian Americans tackle the question, how do we as a nation move forward together?

Aired: 05/11/20 | Expires: 05/31/25
Major funding for ASIAN AMERICANS is provided by Wallace H. Coulter Foundation; Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB); Public Broadcasting Service (PBS); Ford Foundation/Just Films; National Endowment for the Humanities; The Freeman Foundation; The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations; Carnegie Corporation of New York; Kay Family Foundation; Long Family Foundation; Spring Wang and California Humanities.
Extras
During a time of war, a young generation fights for equality and claim a new identity.
Asian Americans fight for equality and expand the definition of Asian American.
An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands.
In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive and adapt to life in America
Chinese immigrants who built the railroad were erased from history, but not forgotten.
For Satsuki Ina, the question of loyalty began when she was born behind barbed wire.
In segregated America, Indian immigrants found home and family in communities of color.
For Korean Americans like Susan Ahn, WWII was a fight to defend both the U.S. and Korea.
Mike Nakayama was an American GI, but he was still seen as the enemy.
Asian American entrepreneurs like Jerry Yang helped build Silicon Valley into a powerhouse