Madang

Episode 2: Sociologist Russell Jeung, cofounder of Stop AAPI Hate

A conversation with sociologist and activist Russell Jeung about the Atlanta shootings, the history of anti-Asian hate, the fetishizing of Asian women, and more

Welcome to Madang. 

Madang is the outdoor living room of the world. Here, we invite you to sit and tune into unreserved, remarkable conversations with renowned authors, leaders, public figures, and scholars on religion, culture, and everything in between.

Here in the second episode of Madang, I talk with sociologist and activist Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American Studies and the co-founder of StopAAPIHate.org.  

In this special episode of Madang, we talk about anti-Asian hate and the murders of 8 people on March 16, 2021. Dr. Jeung and I talk about the history of anti-Asian hate, the fetishizing of Asian women, the label foreigner, racism, Christian Nationalism, belongingness, and how to fight hate.