Why bother celebrating a guy who thought he was going to Asia, ended up in the Bahamas, then gets credited for discovering America?
That’s what I call an “upward fail.”
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Emil Amok: It’s Filipino American History Month
This is the 25th year of “Emil Amok,” my columnizing of the Asian American/Filipino American experience.
Besides being my birthday month, October is Filipino American History Month.
Check out my video Prof. Dan Gonzales, one of the foremost experts in Filipino American History.
And don’t forget to see more of my Amok columns at AALDEF like this one on the Filipinos at the St. Louis Fair.
While you’re on the AALDEF site see the latest columns there.
And definitely check out my new haircut in my interview with Dan Gonzales.
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FOR LIVE STREAMS:
Emil Amok at the Marsh–Tonight Oct. 5, 7:30 pm. (PDT)
I cut my hair for tonight’s show: Emil Amok: Covid 2020.
An excerpt from a work in progress!
It’s free. It’s fun. It’s amok.
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Emil Guillermo is Emil Amok–Here’s a Video—From the FANHS Museum on the 55th Anniversary of the Grape Strike and Larry Itliong’s place as THE Asian American Labor leader
Hello all:
Check out my Labor Day special on Larry Itliong and the Grape Strike with a Filipino American who lived through it.
It’s the 55th anniversary of the Grape Strike.
I did this interview on Facebook live, but you can see it as live, right here
And don’t forget to read all my columns here.