The Accidental American: Blog

Rinku Sen on "Illegal": Word is a Gateway to Racism and Exploitation [VIDEO]

By Jorge Rivas | September 10, 2009

Perhaps the most talked-about moment of President Obama's address to Congress last night followed the dismissal of rumors that the new health care plan would cover 'illegal immigrants.' Rep. Joe Wilson (R-SC) was so outraged...

Posted at 04:30 PM, Sep 10, 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Open Books: Progressive Book Club Interview with Rinku Sen [VIDEO]

By Jorge Rivas | August 18, 2009

The Progressive Book Club has started a video series, Open Books, in which they ask "PBC authors to tell us about the books they love." This week, Rinku Sen, ARC's Executive Director and co-author...

Posted at 04:30 PM, Aug 18, 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Rinku Sen at Netroots Nation

By Jorge Rivas | August 11, 2009

Netroots Nation, the national progressive blogger conference is less than two days away.

ARC’s Executive Director Rinku Sen, will be speaking on several panels and hold a book signing for The Accidental American. Here are the details...

Posted at 01:42 PM, Aug 11, 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Immigration, Race, and the Restaurant Industry: Fekkak Mamdouh

By Jorge Rivas | June 17, 2009

via Progressive Book Club

Fekkak Mamdouh is the co-author, with Rinku Sen, of The Accidental American: Immigration and Citizenship in the Age of Globalization. He’s also the cofounder of the Restaurant Opportunities Center of New York...

Posted at 11:49 AM, Jun 17, 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Rinku Sen Interview and Review at BellaOnline

By Channing Kennedy | June 10, 2009

Check out Susan Gaissert's review of The Accidental American and interview with Rinku Sen at BellaOnline. From the interview:

These were people who had been through something terrible together [enduring the deaths of friends and losing their jobs in the September 11, 2001 attack on the World Trade...

Posted at 02:04 PM, Jun 10, 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Get 'The Accidental American' for Free

By Jorge Rivas | May 20, 2009

ColorLines Magazine and RaceWire recently partnered with the Progressive Book Club to offer Rinku Sen and Fekkak Mandouh's "The Accidental American" at an unbeatable price: FREE.

That's right folks, you can get the book for free when you join the Progressive Book Club (PBC.) But wait, it gets...

Posted at 04:24 PM, May 20, 2009 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Hey Top Chef fans

By Jorge Rivas | December 12, 2008

All you Top Chef fans should read The Accidental American.

In the book, Rinku Sen writes about unfair labor practices in the New York high end restaurant scene. And it seems like this story is coming right out of her book.

Tom Colicchio, the celebrity restaurateur and judge...

Posted at 03:25 PM, Dec 12, 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Feministing Reviews Accidental American

By Jonathan Adams | December 11, 2008

Sen's contributions with The Accidental American are many. She's given us a primer on the nitty gritty, day-in-day-out of community organizing. She's brought a fresh big picture perspective on the national conversation about immigration, pre and post September 11th. But her biggest gift with this book is the way in...

Posted at 01:01 PM, Dec 11, 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post

Junot Diaz On 'Becoming American'

By Jonathan Adams | November 25, 2008

During this week of Thanksgiving — the most American of holidays — NPR is spending time thinking about what it means to become an American. The answers come from three noted authors — Junot Diaz, Jhumpa Lahiri and Joseph O'Neill — who've written about newcomers to the United States.

Posted at 11:54 PM, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post

A Nation of ‘Accidental Americans’

By Jonathan Adams | November 24, 2008

Shiwani Srivastava interviews Rinku Sen for the International Examiner on The Accidental American.

Posted at 11:17 AM, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink | Comment on this post