Benevolent Assimilation' Is in the Heart: Mobilizing Filipino American Experiences by Dr. Victor Bascara, UCLA
April 28, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm
Zoom (Registration Required, Click Event Title for Details)
In 2021, Amazon released a streamed and widely televised commercial called “Meet Ernesto.” This presentation for CSUSB APIDA Heritage Month draws on that video to reflect on this and other instances of the mobilization of the spectacle of Filipino American experience. Please feel free to view Amazon’s 31-second video before the presentation. It has been posted on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wFantayXNg.