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Preparing Teachers for Addressing the Sociocultural Issues with Asian Pacific Immigrants and Refugees
Edited by Yin Lam Lee-Johnson and Hsiao-Chin Kuo
[Journal of Asian Pacific Communication 31:1] 2021
► pp. 1–14
Introduction

This is the worst of times; this is the best of times

Juxtaposing the crisis and opportunities for Asians in the global context

| Webster University
| Northeastern Illinois University
Article outline
  • Introduction to the Co-editors and special topic
  • The theme of sociocultural issues
  • Rationale for foregrounding Asian Pacific immigrants and refugees
  • Editors’ reflexivity
  • What does it mean to be Asian?
  • Time for allyship against anti-Asian rhetoric
  • The peer-review process and the five articles
  • Notes
  • References


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Published online: 4 February 2021
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