Former San Francisco State University president and U.S. Senator S.I. Hayakawa was a complex figure, according to biographer Gerald Haslam. An influential academic, Hayakawa supported ethnic studies programs — but not the student tactics employed to win them. He also ruffled feathers by calling the Japanese internment “an adventure.” Haslam joins us to discuss Hayakawa’s legacy.
- More: S.I. Hayakawa Biography Reveals an Enigmatic Figure – from The California Report
- More: About the book “In Thought and Action” – at IndieBound.org