Ronald Takaki

Ronald Takaki

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Ronald Takaki (born 1939 in Oahu, Hawai'i) is an ethnic studies historian. His work helps dispel stereotypes of Asian Americans such as the model minority myth. He strives "to write a more inclusive and hence more accurate history of Asian Americans, Chicanos, Native Americans as well as certain European immigrant groups like the Irish and Jews."

He received his Ph.D in American history in 1967 from and served as a professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, BerkeleyTakaki, Ronald. A Larger Memory A History of Our Diversity, With Voices. Little Brown and Company. New York:1998.] He designed and led the Ethnic Studies Ph.D. program there until his retirement in 2004.Fact|date=February 2007 His teaching has led him around the world to Japan, Russia, Armenia, and South Africa.

In 2005 Takaki won the Asian Pacific Council's Lifetime Achievement Award for a lifetime of service to the Asian American community with his writing and teaching about issues affecting Asian Americans. The Asian Pacific Council is an organization on the UC Berkeley campus, where he teaches.Fact|date=February 2007 The Berkeley faculty has awarded him a distinguished teaching award.

Takaki was inspired to fight for equality for the Asian American community from his personal experiences. Early in his life he faced discrimination as a college student in midwestern America.Fact|date=February 2007 A key event in his life came when his wife's family (she was a white American) refused to accept him because he was an Asian American. He has dedicated his life to the cause of gaining acceptance for Asian Americans as Americans, and not as foreigners and "strangers from a different shore."Fact|date=February 2007

In a series of provocative video discussions, Takaki will discuss important issues regarding the 2008 presidential election from a multicultural perspective. [ [http://www.asianweek.com/category/takaki-a-mulitcultural-perspective/ "Why Is Barack Obama Black?"] . AsianWeek. Retrieved on 2008-09-30.]

Publications

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*"Race at the End of History
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*"A Pro-Slavery Crusade
*"Violence in the Black Imagination
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*"Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
*"Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America
*"A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity with Voice
*"Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II

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