Abstract
The United States is in the midst of a political and cultural war around race and demography that goes to the heart of America’s self-definition as a nation of immigrants. Heeding Eric Yamamoto’s four-part prescription for interracial cooperation via the conceptual, the performative, the material, and the reflexive, this Essay draws from the author’s own experience as an Asian- American volunteer attempting to serve and lead a traditionally African-American civil rights organization in a predominantly white, rural town in Pennsylvania. Three lessons emerge from this experience. When volunteering, it is important to answer the call to serve even when in doubt; lead by serving and listening to others; and respect the coalition and trust the process.
Recommended Citation
Victor C. Romero,
Interracial Coalition Building: A Filipino Lawyer in a Black-White Community,
127
Dick. L. Rev.
767
(2023).
Available at:
https://ideas.dickinsonlaw.psu.edu/dlr/vol127/iss3/5
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