Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist Viet Thanh Nguyen, author of the new novel “The Committed,” speaks with us about how the term “the American dream” masks the nation’s colonial history, the importance of distinguishing between identity and ideology, and why the only new aspect of the recent violence and racist rhetoric directed toward Asian Americans is that it’s triggered by Covid-19.
Viet Thanh Nguyen on the Forces Perpetuating Anti-Asian Hate | At a Distance podcast - Listen or read transcript on Metacast
