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Chef and Activist Dan Wu

Host Renee Shaw continues her series of discussions about the increasing violence against Asian American and Pacific Islander communities with Lexington chef, restaurateur and community activist Dan Wu who frequently speaks and podcasts on social justice issues.
Season 16 Episode 24 Length 27:52 Premiere: 04/11/21

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A Mission to Build Cross-Racial Coalitions that Confront Injustice

The 2020 deaths of Breonna Taylor and George Floyd at the hands of police caused Dan Wu to think more deeply about racism in America and engage in efforts for racial justice.

But when a gunman killed six women of Asian descent in the Atlanta area in late March, the Chinese-born Lexington restaurateur says he felt an unnamable anxiety. The victims weren’t from some other minority group. They had last names like his and they looked like his mother. Suddenly, Wu says racial violence hit home for him in a way that it never had before.

“I hate almost that it had to take that for me to get to that next level of feeling this is what it feels like to be targeted, to be hunted, to be victimized in this way,” he says. “Asian Americans have suffered from racism and discrimination... from the day we set foot in this country.”

Wu spoke about his experiences as part of a series of Connections conversations about an increase in violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders over the past year.

A ‘Model Minority’

For a time in the mid-1800s, America welcomed Chinese immigrants to work in the California gold rush and on the Transcontinental Railroad. But after the Civil War, as the national economy struggled, public sentiment turned against Chinese-Americans. The men were blamed for taking jobs and depressing wages for white laborers, and Chinese women were seen merely as sex workers.

“The Asian woman in the history of America has always been an object of fetish, an object of desire, and also blamed as a seductress or someone who’s going to ruin the morals of the white man,” says Wu.

A series of federal laws restricted the number of Chinese who could immigrate to America from the late 1800s to the mid-1960s. Then the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 opened the door for countless people of Asian descent to come to the United States.

Wu’s own family was among the immigrants who benefitted from the new policy. He was eight years old when he and his parents came to the United States and eventually settled in Lexington, where his father worked at the University of Kentucky and opened a Subway sandwich shop.

In the decades since, Wu says Asians of many nationalities and cultures have come to be seen as a “model minority” in America, known for their intelligence, hard work, quiet reserve, and subservience. He says that allowed many Asian Americans to adopt a kind of conditional whiteness.

“You can get the benefits and the privileges and the trappings of whiteness if you stay down, you stay quiet, stay in your lane,” Wu says.

But in the process, Wu says Asian Americans have relinquished their autonomy and lost control of their cultural narratives. What’s worse, those sacrifices no longer protect them from racial violence, says Wu.

Showing Up for Each Other

There have been at least 3,800 acts of harassment and violence against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders since last year, according to a report from the group Stop AAPI Hate.

Some people blame former Pres. Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant rhetoric and his labeling of COVID-19 as the “China virus” for the increase in violence against Asian Americans. But Wu contends anti-Asian sentiment predates the pandemic and Trump.

“He has finally given permission for people to say out loud the things that they were thinking in their heads,” says Wu. “He’s amplified that kind of hatred and racism, and he’s normalized it, but he didn’t create any of these problems.”

Because people of Asian descent have such different backgrounds, Wu says they have a wide variety of immigrant stories. As a documented, educated, straight male, he says his immigrant experiences are different than what other Asians have endured after coming to America. His self-described “crazy crooked” life also includes an art studio degree from UK, a stint on the reality TV show MasterChef, and becoming a husband and father.

Despite being an entrepreneur and restaurant owner, Wu he says he lives with what he calls “micro-aggressions.” For example, he says people compliment his English even though he’s lived in the United States most of his life. As a successful person of color, he says he got used to downplaying those slights.

“In my mind was always we haven’t had it as bad as Black folks,” says Wu. “I feel stupid complaining that we’re being oppressed when other people are being killed on the street for no reason.”

But the rise in anti-Asian incidents has caused him to rethink the broader scale of racial violence in America. He penned an opinion piece for the Lexington Herald Leader describing his thoughts about how Americans love Asian culture and food, but don’t value Asian lives. He says he realized that white supremacy creates a scarcity of justice and economic opportunity for minority communities, which results in these marginalized groups competing against each other.

“It sometimes feels like if you give enough attention or give enough justice to Black folks, there’s not enough for me so I need to hoard mine,” he says. “Then suddenly we’re at odds when in fact we’re victims of the same system.”

Wu says systemic racism works exactly as intended when one marginalized group breathes a sigh of relief to have violence directed at a different marginalized group. Instead, Wu says people in all of those groups, whether Asian Americans, Black Lives Matter, or others, should work to unite against what he calls the “Oppression Olympics.” He also wants to shatter the myth of any group being a “model minority” since he says that only serves to subjugate those people and isolate them other individuals who experience their own forms of discrimination.

“I want people to wake up and realize that these are interconnected things and the only way we defeat this interconnected system is to interconnect ourselves,” says Wu. “Interconnect all these movements and all these groups and show up for each other.”

By: John Gregory

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Sarah Taylor Vanover - Early Childhood Education
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Cynthia Knapek of Louisville Leadership Center
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S16 E26 Length 28:22 Premiere Date 04/24/21

State Treasurer Allison Ball and Sharon Price
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EKU Criminal Justice Professor Pete Kraska
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S16 E22 Length 27:32 Premiere Date 03/28/21

Authors Prisha Hedau, Carly Muetterties and Maddie Shepard
S16 E21 Length 28:21 Premiere Date 03/21/21

Charles Booker
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Mental Health and COVID-19
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Community Activist Christopher 2X
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Department of Veterans Affairs Commissioner Keith Jackson
S16 E17 Length 28:02 Premiere Date 01/31/21

A Mission to End Institutional Racism in Kentucky
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Kentucky Lt. Gov. Jacqueline Coleman
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Caroline Randall Williams
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Amy Luttrell and Adria Johnson
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  • Sunday March 19, 2023 3:30 pm CT on KETKY
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William Turner - S17 E13

  • Friday March 17, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Friday March 17, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
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Kentucky Poet Laureate Crystal Wilkinson - S17 E12

  • Thursday March 16, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Thursday March 16, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Addressing Needs of Kentuckians with Disabilities - S17 E11

  • Wednesday March 15, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 15, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Terry Brooks - Kentucky Youth Advocates - S15 E6

  • Tuesday March 14, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Tuesday March 14, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Tuesday March 14, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Tuesday March 14, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Chelsea Ellis-Hogan - S17 E9

  • Monday March 13, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Monday March 13, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Monday March 13, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Monday March 13, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Author Emily Bingham - S18 E11

  • Sunday March 19, 2023 8:00 am ET on KETKY
  • Sunday March 19, 2023 7:00 am CT on KETKY
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  • Sunday March 12, 2023 4:30 pm ET on KETKY
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Devine Carama - S17 E7

  • Friday March 10, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Friday March 10, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
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Rufus Friday - S17 E6

  • Thursday March 9, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Thursday March 9, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Thursday March 9, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
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Whitney Austin - Reducing Gun Violence - S17 E4

  • Wednesday March 8, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 8, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 8, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 8, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Filmmaker Sarah Burns - S17 E3

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  • Tuesday March 7, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Tuesday March 7, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Tuesday March 7, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Kathy Werking; Jim Embry - S16 E37

  • Monday March 6, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Monday March 6, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
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  • Monday March 6, 2023 1:00 pm CT on KETKY
  • Monday March 6, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Monday March 6, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Restoring American Democracy - S18 E9

  • Sunday March 12, 2023 8:00 am ET on KETKY
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  • Saturday March 11, 2023 4:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Saturday March 11, 2023 3:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Sunday March 5, 2023 4:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Sunday March 5, 2023 3:30 pm CT on KETKY

Kentucky Public Health Commissioner Dr. Steven Stack - S16 E36

  • Friday March 3, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Friday March 3, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
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  • Friday March 3, 2023 1:00 pm CT on KETKY
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Pastor Edward Palmer - Racial Bias and Juvenile Justice Reform - S15 E2

  • Thursday March 2, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Thursday March 2, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Thursday March 2, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
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The Demands and Rewards of Fatherhood - S16 E33

  • Wednesday March 1, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Wednesday March 1, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
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  • Wednesday March 1, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Psychologist Julie Cerel - S16 E32

  • Tuesday February 28, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Tuesday February 28, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Tuesday February 28, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Tuesday February 28, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Central Kentucky Chefs - Samantha Fore and Isaiah Screetch - S18 E21

  • Tuesday February 28, 2023 5:00 am ET on KET
  • Tuesday February 28, 2023 4:00 am CT on KET
  • Sunday February 26, 2023 6:00 pm ET on KET2
  • Sunday February 26, 2023 5:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Sunday February 26, 2023 12:00 pm ET on KET
  • Sunday February 26, 2023 11:00 am CT on KET

Affrilachian Poet Frank X Walker - S18 E20

  • Monday March 6, 2023 6:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Monday March 6, 2023 5:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Monday March 6, 2023 10:00 am ET on KETKY
  • Monday March 6, 2023 9:00 am CT on KETKY
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  • Tuesday February 21, 2023 4:00 am CT on KET

Terrance Sullivan - S16 E8

  • Friday February 24, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Friday February 24, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY

Restaurateur and Chef Ouita Michel - S16 E31

  • Monday February 27, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Monday February 27, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Friday February 24, 2023 2:00 pm ET on KETKY
  • Friday February 24, 2023 1:00 pm CT on KETKY
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  • Friday February 24, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

Sarah Taylor Vanover - Early Childhood Education - S16 E29

  • Thursday February 23, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Thursday February 23, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Thursday February 23, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
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Cynthia Knapek - Leadership Louisville Center - S16 E27

  • Wednesday February 22, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Wednesday February 22, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Wednesday February 22, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
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Vaccine Equity and Hesitancy - S16 E26

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  • Tuesday February 21, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
  • Tuesday February 21, 2023 5:30 am ET on KETKY
  • Tuesday February 21, 2023 4:30 am CT on KETKY

EKU Criminal Justice Professor Pete Kraska - S16 E23

  • Monday February 20, 2023 10:30 pm ET on KETKY
  • Monday February 20, 2023 9:30 pm CT on KETKY
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