Miscellaneous
We talk to FORTHE.org editor Esther Kang about her recent essay “We Are Not Your Model Minority or Your Punching Bag: Why Asian Americans Are Hurting and Why You Should Care.” In the piece, she writes about her immigrant roots, painful experiences with racism, and the tropes too-often used to caricaturize Asian Americans.On the second half of the show, we're joined by Brian Hofer of Secure Justice, Jamilet Ochoa of the Long Beach Immigrant Rights Coalition, and Greg Buhl of CheckLBPD.org to discuss the Long Beach Police Department's automatic license plate reader program. In November, it was revealed that the department had shared data collected by these devices with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. While the LBPD eventually revoked ICE's access to the data, questions remain about whether immigration authorities can still get to the data.