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Asian Americans
Breaking Ground
Season 1
Episode 1
In an era of exclusion and U.S. empire, new immigrants arrive from China, India, Japan, the Philippines and beyond. Barred by anti-Asian laws they become America’s first “undocumented immigrants,” yet they build railroads, dazzle on the silver screen, and take their fight for equality to the U.S. Supreme Court.
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At the turn of the new millennium, the U.S becomes more diverse, yet more divided.
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During a time of war, a young generation fights for equality and claim a new identity.
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Asian Americans fight for equality and expand the definition of Asian American.
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An American-born generation straddles their country of birth and their parents’ homelands.