It's Asian Pacific American Heritage Month and so I thought it might be nice to shine a spotlight on some of Metro Los Angeles's many Asian American artists, the subject of this week's post. It was a bit of an undertaking for many reasons. There are and have been many Asian American artists who've at … Continue reading Pan-Asian Metropolis — 220-ish Asian Angeleno Artists
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No Enclave โ Exploring Burmese Los Angeles
In 2010, 100,200 Burmese were counted by the US census and 15% of themย lived in California. What "Burmese" means is slightly more complicated than it seems. Althoughย โBurmeseโ refers to any citizen of Burma/Myanmar, regardlessย of ethnicity, the concept is closed entwined with that country's dominant Bamar ethnic group (from whom bothย โBurmaโ and โMyanmarโ are both derived). … Continue reading No Enclave โ Exploring Burmese Los Angeles
Eric Brightwell 