R.I.P. Ronald Takaki

Ron Takaki was one of the most preeminent scholars of our nation’s diversity, and considered “the father” of multicultural studies. As an academic, historian, ethnographer and author, his work helped dispel stereotypes of Asian Americans. In his study of multicultural people’s history in America, Takaki seeked to unite Americans, today and in the future, with each other and with the rest of the world.

I hold a special place in my heart for Takaki because I witnessed firsthand how much he, himself, and his work meant to my Asian friends/comrades who knew him.

Do not let the rightwing fuckers make "multiculturalism" a bad word.