WHEN: Wednesday, March 31st at 8PM ET
WHERE: CNBC’s “Race & Opportunity in America: The Asian American Experience”
CNBC’s “Race & Opportunity in America: The Asian American Experience” will air live Wednesday, March 31st at 8PM ET. Against a backdrop of rising anti-Asian violence, the one-hour program, hosted by CNBC’s Melissa Lee and Jon Fortt and featuring CNBC reporters Dominic Chu, Seema Mody and Ylan Mui, will take a closer look at the economic and social challenges facing the Asian-American community. CNBC’s “Race & Opportunity in America” special will also examine the myth of the “model minority” and how it has played into anti-Asian sentiment, corporate representation, the economy, education and pop culture.
The program will feature notable guests including:
- Jon M. Chu, “Crazy Rich Asians” Director
- Chieh Huang, Boxed CEO
- Jane Hyun, “Breaking the Bamboo Ceiling” Author
- Andrea Jung, Former Avon CEO
- Edmund Lee, The New York Times Reporter
- Phillip Lim, Fashion Designer
- Karthick Ramakrishnan, UC Riverside School of Public Policy Associate Dean and Professor
- Jennifer Tejada, PagerDuty CEO
Following the live broadcast, viewers can join a conversation on LinkedIn, as Jon Fortt hosts a live Q&A incorporating viewer questions and comments as well as doing a deeper dive on some of the issues discussed on the program.
