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About these Stories

Since 2017, Southern Mix has been conducting oral history interviews with Asians and Asian Americans throughout the American South. This collection of distinctive and powerful interviews engages in meaningful conversations about race, identity, migration, and the pursuit of belonging in the multifaceted landscape of the South. Browse through to listen and read some of these stories.

Access the entire library of Southern Mix Oral Histories at the Southern Oral History Program Database.

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Billy Fan smiles and looks into the camera. He is wearing glasses and a black suit. The background is gray.

Billy Fan

“I was always very acutely aware of being different and of my Asianness, so to speak, growing up in that community”

taiwanese, taiwan