Claire Jean Kim, a professor of political science and Asian American studies at the University of California, Irvine, is a canny analyst of racial power dynamics and “the racial status quo’s systemic tendency toward self-reproduction. [Her latest book], Asian Americans in an Anti-Black World … explores how white-dominated racial power produces inter-ethnic group conflict. … I spoke with Kim via email. [Subscription required, campus-wide access provided by UCI Libraries. Click here: https://www.chronicle.com/,  while logged into the UCIFull VPN]

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