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Teaching Asian American History; The Other Pandemic That Plagued The Olympics
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English - August 05, 2021 18:54 - 42 minutes - 39 MB - ★★★★ - 703 ratingsArts comedy news books science entrepreneurship interview health culture politics business Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Last month, Illinois became the first state to require that Asian American history be taught in public schools. Activists in Georgia are hoping for a similar measure in their state, but they are already facing resistance from state lawmakers. A Korean American organizer in Georgia joins us to discuss. And, the Tokyo Olympics do not mark the first time the world has hosted the games during a pandemic. More than 100 years ago, Belgium hosted the Olympics just months after the 1918 influenza pandemic killed at least 50 million people around the world. A historian at Macquarie University explains.