Crossing East: New Waves, New Storms - Program Eight
From: Dmae Roberts
Series: Crossing East - Asian American History series
Length: 59:00
Winner of the George Foster Peabody Award in 2007. Hosted by Margaret Cho. Economic downturns and tragic events spawn violence toward Asian Americans, who fight back with grassroots organization. What can we learn from past mistakes? The death of Vincent Chin and the incarceration of Wen Ho Lee show that prejudices remain. South Asian Taxi drivers crossed ethnic lines to go on strike in 1998. An HIB Visa brings South Asian workers to the US, but does not guarantee them rights. Japanese Americans who remember internment stand with South Asians who are racially profiled. This program includes a newscast window and minute-long music breaks at :19 and :39 after the hour.
THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS SHOW DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO RUN IT.
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Piece Description
Winner of the George Foster Peabody Award in 2007. Hosted by Margaret Cho. Economic downturns and tragic events spawn violence toward Asian Americans, who fight back with grassroots organization. What can we learn from past mistakes? The death of Vincent Chin and the incarceration of Wen Ho Lee show that prejudices remain. South Asian Taxi drivers crossed ethnic lines to go on strike in 1998. An HIB Visa brings South Asian workers to the US, but does not guarantee them rights. Japanese Americans who remember internment stand with South Asians who are racially profiled. This program includes a newscast window and minute-long music breaks at :19 and :39 after the hour.
THE ACTUAL SHOW LENGTH IS 59 MINUTES. THERE ARE SEVERAL VERSIONS OF THIS SHOW DEPENDING ON HOW YOU WANT TO RUN IT.
Broadcast History
Distributed by PRI for May 2006.
Transcript
PROGRAM EIGHT
New Waves, New Storms
BILLBOARD
ANNOUNCER: Major Funding for this series is provided by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, with support from PRI ? Public Radio International.
HOST: This is Crossing East? Our stories, our history, our America? from NPR.
ZIA: The killers of Vincent Chin really never spent a day in jail.
Lee: They charged him with 59 counts under the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. There was never any charges formally of spying.
EDWARD CHANG: Sai-I-Gu in Korean means April 29th. About 2,380 Korean-American owned stores were looted or burned down during the riots.
Bhairavi Desai: We changed how drivers were being viewed. We changed the imbalance of power in this industry.
Samena Faheema: Japanese community was the first one that came to show support after 9/11 for the American Muslims and South Asians. They have been through the same thing.
HOST...
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Timing and Cues
00:00 - Billboard
01:00 - News hole
06:00 - Music Bed
06:30 - Segment A
19:00 - Music Bed
20:00 - Segment B
39:00 - Music Bed
40:00 - Segment C
59:00 - Silence
Additional Files
- Program 8 Trancript (8newwavesnewstormsfinal.doc)
- Program 8 - 30 Second Promo (prog8promo30sec.mp2)
- Program 8 - 15 Second Promo (prog8promo15sec.mp2)
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