Asian Heritage Month Lecture: "Immigration and Illegality in the
American Historical Imagination" Asian and Native American
Center Date (Start and End): Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - 11:00am to
12:30pm Millett Hall Atrium The United States is often described
as a nation of immigrants, a characterization that erases the
history of indigenous people to the formation of the nation. At
the same time, many Americans harbor intense fears about "the
huddled masses" and "the wretched refuse" from other shores. In
this multi-media presentation, Dr. Judy Wu, Associate Professor
of History and Coordinator for the Asian American Studies
Program, the Ohio State University, will explore the historical
origins and contemporary manifestations of how the U.S. became a
“gatekeeping” nation. It focuses on the groups, many of them
racialized, that the U.S. government and people have sought to
exclude and restrict to socially engineer ideal Americans.