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Peter Pappas's avatar

“Mystery of the Orange Menace?”

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Michele McCarthy's avatar

Important project. One would like to think that the racialization of COVID, rising anti-Asian sentiment and hate crimes are a Trumpian aberration, but seeing racial hatred depicted graphically, in color for a populist audience is a startling reminder of how deeply embedded socially-sanctioned racism is in American history and culture.

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Peter Pappas's avatar

I have many posts that highlight the long history of American racism. Sometimes it feels like “Forgotten Files” needs a “trigger warning.”

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Michele McCarthy's avatar

The Stanford Libraries site - a goldmine. Thanks!

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Peter Pappas's avatar

Glad you struck gold. One of my goals in this project is to steer folks to great collections.

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Eric Stromquist's avatar

Whereas now Secret Service agents fight the President for control of the car.

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