tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887749767105603897.post7748585431429363624..comments2023-05-22T08:41:37.327-07:00Comments on BlAsian Exchanges, a novel: More information on 4.19.08 Filipino American Library eventnobhillwriterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02711145952778866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887749767105603897.post-50116704461931764502008-03-28T04:56:00.000-07:002008-03-28T04:56:00.000-07:00flounder:Thank you for your message. It's so good ...flounder:<BR/><BR/>Thank you for your message. It's so good to hear of someone who is on the same plane of interracial unity as I am. I remember reading an article about David Fagen many years ago in the Black Scholar. AmerAsia Journal sounds like a good place for the study you are thinking of publishing in and Asian Week would definitely be interested - particularly myself. I have just accepted an invitation to write a montly column for Asian Week focusing on Black-Asian unity. It will debut next month. I will check out the books you mentioned. BTW, what class do you teach? Do you know anyone in the L.A. area who might be interested in hearing me speak about my book, in particular Black-Asian relationships and Black-Asian unity? The latter is the subject I have been honed in on most of my life and am now working on a book that deals with the common history that links Blacks and Asians. I've got to get to my writing now but I just wanted to connect with you on my end. Thanks again for your message. Let's stay in touch.<BR/><BR/>Take Care,<BR/><BR/>Samnobhillwriterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02711145952778866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6887749767105603897.post-29013973113020626702008-03-27T13:39:00.000-07:002008-03-27T13:39:00.000-07:00Sam,I'm teaching a class that Saturday or I'd be s...Sam,<BR/><BR/>I'm teaching a class that Saturday or I'd be sure to attend. Black-Asian relationships, especially the history of African Americans in the Philippines is a special pursuit of mine. I've done research of such relationships going back to the Buffalo Soldiers (black US Army troops) who served in the Fil-Am War. Some of those soldiers, David Fagen being the most noted, as, I'm sure, you know, seeing the Filipinos and identifying with their culture and aspirations, deserted and some even switched sides like Fagen to fight for Filipino independence. Over the years of US colonial rule, Af-Ams in military service there continued to find love and a new life in the Philippines, and many stayed on after their military service. I came to know the country myself as a refugee relief worker at the big refugee camp (the Philippine Refugee Processing Center) on the Bataan Peninsula of Luzon in 1989-90. I plan to retire to the RP within the next year or so. I've interviewed a number of Af-Ams currently resident in the RP with the hope of putting together a piece for a publication like Asia Week on this whole history. Two notable books on the subject are written by Willard B. Gatewood, Jr: Black Americans and the White Man's Burden (about the experiences of Black troops in the Fil-Am War) and Smoked Yankees, a collection of letters from Black soldier writing home to family and the Black press from 1899-1903, during that awful campaign of slaughter and suppression. <BR/><BR/>In any event, I hope I can catch up with you elsewhere and I look forward to reading your book. By the way, have you ever seen the movie, "Catfish in Black Bean Sauce"? It's about a Vietnamese orphan raised by Black couple. He identifies with Black culture and has a Black girlfriend. It stars the late Paul Winfield, Mary Alice and Sanaa Lathan in one of her first screen roles. The film is the largely autobiographical story of its screenwriter/director. Check it out if you haven't seen it.flounder2008https://www.blogger.com/profile/05941864701948488785noreply@blogger.com