"the only Asian I know"

Ulhas Joglekar uvj at vsnl.com
Sun Jul 21 08:46:27 PDT 2002


Francis Hwang:
> The only Asian she knows? She's a 52-year-old leftist intellectual
> who lives in New York City. How could she not know any other Asians?
> Is my conception of the left intellectual scene here completely off,
> or are there just not many Asians around?

I can't say anything about Ms. Pollitt, but North American Left does seem rather clueless about Asia. Obviously, there are some exceptions and some N. American Leftists are well informed about Asia. But they are exceptions.

Ulhas



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