Fr. Joseph Cheah, OSM, book published

Fr. Joseph Cheah, OSM, book published

Fr. Joseph Cheah’s book Anti-Asian Racism: Myths, Stereotypes, and Catholic Social Teachings has been released.

This is the most comprehensive analysis to date of anti-Asian racism, told from a Catholic perspective. Cheah includes relevant Catholic Social Teaching documents, comparing and contrasting the Asian experience with anti-Black racism. The heart of the book is structured around three major stereotypes: perpetual foreigner, Yellow Peril, and the myth of the model minority. These are examined from the perspectives of history, Asian American Studies, Asian American marginal theology, biblical studies, and CST.