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SDSU's Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) Resource Center has put out a list of recommended titles about the APIDA experience and the politics of racism. Take a look!
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States by Erika Lee (Basic Books, 2019). (On order, log in to request through CSU+ or Circuit)
Asian American Feminisms and Women of Color Politics edited by Lynn Fujiwara and Shireen Roshanravan (University of Washington Press, 2018). (On order, log in to request through CSU+ or Circuit)
Brown Skin, White Minds: Filipino-American Postcolonial Psychology by E.J.R. David (Information Age Publishing, 2013).
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry: The Killing of Vincent Chin and the Trial that Galvanized the Asian American Movement by Paula Yoo (Norton Young Readers, 2021). (Not yet published, on order)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (One World, 2021). (On order, log in to request through CSU+ or Circuit)
The Karma of Brown Folk by Vijay Prashad (University of Minnesota Press, 2001).
The Latinos of Asia: How Filipino Americans Break the Rules of Race by Anthony Christian Ocampo (Stanford University Press, 2016). (On order, log in to request through CSU+ or Circuit)
The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee (Simon & Schuster, 2016).
Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism by Nikki Khanna (NYU Press, 2020).
Yellow Peril! An Archive of Anti-Asian Fear edited by John Kuo Wei Tchen and Dylan Yeats (Verso, 2014).