I spent Sept. 11 quietly with the TV off. I didn’t need to watch any media with an all-star cast of analysts.
I didn’t need to see a constant retrospective of that day, when fundamentalists sent the world a message, flew planes into buildings, killed thousands and forced the survivors to race from dust, smoke and debris.
I, like most Americans, just wanted to mark the anniversary quietly, with reverence for the dead. And spend a few moments pondering our future — as Americans.
Notice, I didn’t say Asian Americans, though I did pause to remember the recent death of Yuji Ichioka. He’s the UCLA professor who founded the UCLA Asian American Studies Center, and who coined the phrase “Asian American” way back when in 1968 when he founded the Asian American Political Alliance...
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