Why now is the time to find power in "otherness"

Listen to this episode from Code Switch on Spotify. Viet Thanh Nguyen came to the U.S. as a refugee from Vietnam when he was four years old. Growing up in San Jose, California, Nguyen remembers the moment he understood he was Asian-American. In his latest book, To Save and To Destroy: Writing as an Other, Nguyen examines the power in finding solidarity with other Others, especially in today's America.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy