The Melancholy of Race

This week, Saran sits down with one of her favorite scholars, Anne Anlin Cheng. They speak at length about racism against the AAPI community, the relationship between grief and unbelonging, the melancholy that comes with racialized embodiment, and the complex politics of assimilation. Anne Cheng is a Professor of English at Princeton University, and affiliated faculty in the Program in American Studies, the Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies, and the Committee on Film Studies. This is a conversation you do not want to miss!