Two books about the legacies of colonialism and imperialism

Taken together, these two books remind me of the enduring legacy of colonialism and imperialism in the 21st century. To me, Balikbayan by Adrian Leon (and other/Filipino American and Disaporic Filipino writers) are grounded in colonial mentality. By contrast, Ten Moments That Shaped Tokyo by Eiko Marukod Sinaiwer affirm Japanese dominance and empire. I grew up in post World War II Japantown, San Francisco with an American citizen father and a Philippine citizen mother. My siblings and I attended the historic Morning Star School founded in 1929 by Rev. William Stoecke, SVD, the German pastor of St Francis Xavier Church. (See https://daughtersofmaryandjoseph.org/uploads/2017/03/Morning-Star-School-1.pdf) Francis Xavier was co-founder of the Society of Jesus and although a Spaniard, was a representative of the Portuguese empire and led the first Christian mission to Japan in 1549.

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