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Michael Luo - The Resilience of Chinese Americans in "Strangers in the Land" | The Daily Show

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“History is written by the powerful, and the powerless are often left out of history.” Michael Luo, author of "Strangers in the Land: Exclusion, Belonging, and the Epic Story of the Chinese in America" and executive editor at The New Yorker, joins Ronny Chieng to discuss the untold stories of Asian American persistence and resilience in the face of bigotry. They talk about one of the worst mass lynchings in America involving Chinese immigrants, Wong Kim Ark’s Supreme Court fight for birthright citizenship, the pertinence of chronicling 19th-century expulsion during the Trump administration, and how this book became a 160,000-word response to a racial abuse incident on the Upper East Side. #DailyShow #AsianAmerican #Immigrants Subscribe to The Daily Show: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwWhs_6x42TyRM4Wstoq8HA/?sub_confirmation=1 Follow The Daily Show: Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheDailyShow Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedailyshow Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedailyshow Stream full episodes of The Daily Show on Paramount+: http://www.paramountplus.com/thedailyshow Follow Comedy Central: Twitter: https://twitter.com/ComedyCentral Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ComedyCentral Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/comedycentral About The Daily Show: Jon Stewart and The Best F**king News Team host The Daily Show, an Emmy and Peabody Award-winning program analyzing the biggest stories in news, politics, and culture through a sharp, satirical lens. The Daily Show redefined the late night show category on TV and, with an audience of over 51M across social media platforms, has become a launching pad for some of the biggest stars in entertainment. The Daily Show airs weeknights at 11/10c on Comedy Central.

Top Comments (10)

@apachgaming3391 2025-07-09

As a Native American! I acknowledge anyone who feels like they still don't belong here in America is that you do! We all make America who she is today! ❤️🇺🇲🦅

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@pamelanred5053 2025-07-09

This is why we need to fight for education in America. I collect Asian American history books and I’ve ordered this one to add to my library.

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@user-bk9ps6qw1z 2025-07-09

Respect to Michael Luo!

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@s.7980 2025-07-09

Adding this to my reading list. Thank you Michael and Ronny for sharing this part of American history lost to time.

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@saveslot001 2025-07-09

This should be required reading for all American high school students.

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@prajnachan333 2025-07-09

Michael and Ronnie and all Asian Americans - YOU BELONG! You don't have to "get there." You're here! 💚 💙 💛 💜 🧡 ✨️ In my heart and the audience's. ❤ 🌈

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@SnootchieBootchies 2025-07-09

This interview reminds me of the time I came across China Row, located just outside Helena, Montana. China Row is located adjacent but outside of the Forestvale Cemetery. From the late 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, white Montanans were laid to rest at Forestvale Cemetery while over 200 Chinese immigrants were unceremoniously buried in unmarked graves, segregated from the rest of the cemetery in an unkempt field. There are now only a handful of surviving markers in this overgrown, unkempt field that provides evidence of these immigrant lives and stories that have been largely forgotten.

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@lindathalman3506 2025-07-09

What a great interview. I'm buying Luo's book. Thank you Ronny for having this guest!

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@timbobtoy13 2025-07-11

As a Chinese American who can trace his roots back to the late 1890s in America, THANK YOU MICHAEL LUO for putting this out there

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@jeffreylee2993 2025-07-09

Happy that I got to get this book directly from Michael Luo with his signature. Even happier that he got this national platform to share these stories.

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