Amherst Prof’s Book Argues Asian American Success Tied to ‘White Supremacy’

An Amherst College professor’s forthcoming book will argue that the same conditions that allow Asian Americans to prosper also lead to “xenophobic attacks” against them.

The book, titled “Success Won’t Save Us: How Asian Americans Can Fight White Supremacy,” is set for publication by Duke University Press in Feb. 2027.

The book “considers the dual reality that Asian Americans must contend with in the United States: they are both celebrated for their achievements and subjected to racialized violence,” according to its description.

It further contends that Asian Americans “face obstacles as minorities but also have held prominent positions within a federal administration accused of spreading white nationalism.”