About US: Before Nathan Chen, there was Kristi Yamaguchi

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Sign up for this newsletter Read online Candid conversations about identity in 21st-century America.       By Rachel Hatzipanagos  Email As Asian American figure skaters command the 2022 Winter Olympics — with Nathan Chen taking home the gold medal last week and Alysa Liu and Karen Chen competing Tuesday — it's worth looking back at the woman who paved the way: Kristi Yamaguchi. The Japanese American won the Olympic gold medal in 1992, and changed the face of figure skating forever. My Washington Post colleague Robert Samuels catches up with the 50-year-old Yamaguchi, who said her winning "just felt like any other California girl representing her country." Also in this edition, sports columnist Jerry Brewer writes about Erin Jackson, who on Sunday became the first Black woman to win an Olympic gold medal in speedskating, who he described as "a savior for American speedskating." Thanks for reading!  (Lily Qian) Kristi Yamaguchi won gold 30 years ago. American figure skating would never look the same. From Michelle Kwan to Nathan Chen to Alysa Liu and Karen Chen, Asian Americans have become a force in United States figure skating. Kristi Yamaguchi helped blaze the trail. By Robert Samuels ●  Read more »   Erin Jackson's golden moment is a breakthrough for U.S. speedskating and representation Perspective ●  By Jerry Brewer ●  Read more »   'Survival mode': Inflation falls hardest on low-income Americans By Rachel Siegel and Andrew Van Dam ●  Read more »   New documentary highlights unsolved murder of Civil Rights era By Rachel Hatzipanagos ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Biden's free covid tests plan shortchanges Americans of color and hardest-hit communities, say health workers and activists By Silvia Foster-Frau ●  Read more »   New critical race theory laws have teachers scared, confused and self-censoring By Laura Meckler and Hannah Natanson ●  Read more »   Asked to help, Post readers sent searing evidence about dozens more enslavers in Congress By Julie Zauzmer Weil ●  Read more »   Muscogee (Creek) Nation, conservationists seeking to establish first national park and preserve in Georgia By Chris Dixon ●  Read more »   Beaten by the Klan in 1963, a Black man just spoke to the White pastor who helped rescue him By Martin Dobrow ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   (/TWP) Black History Month 2022 This Black History Month, we could witness a new chapter in the ongoing story of African Americans' struggles and achievements, as President Biden has pledged to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. By Washington Post Staff ●  Read more »     What we're reading Doctora Polo: 'This is who I am' By Elisa Baena | Latino USA  ●  Read more »   A just transition for farmworkers By Sarah Sax | High Country News ●  Read more »   There's no such thing as 'the Latino Vote' By Geraldo L. Cadava | The Atlantic ●  Read more »   A Black school principal changed my life. Here's why we need Black people In positions of power. By Laura Cathcart Robbins | HuffPost ●  Read more »     Word on the street   We think you'll like this newsletter Check out Must Reads for a curated selection of our best journalism in your inbox every Saturday, plus a peek behind the scenes into how one story came together. Sign up »

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