Sunmin Kim
Associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth College specializing in race and immigration; author of The Unruly Facts of Race, which examines the Dillingham Commission and early-20th-century knowledge production about immigration.
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Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 14min
Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Sunmin Kim, associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth and author of The Unruly Facts of Race, explores how early 20th-century experts shaped ideas about race and immigration. He discusses the Dillingham Commission, contested scientific methods like Boas’s skull studies, field agents’ surprising reports, debates over quotas and assimilation, and the exclusion of Japanese migrants. The conversation reframes who counts as "American."
Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 14min
Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Sunmin Kim, associate professor of sociology and author of The Unruly Facts of Race, studies race, immigration, and the politics of knowledge. He recounts the Dillingham Commission's clash between racial theories and messy realities. Short takes cover how scientists like Franz Boas and Yamato Ichihashi complicated racial categories, how ethnicity reshaped classifications, and how commission findings fed quota politics and selective inclusion.
Mar 19, 2026 • 1h 14min
Sunmin Kim, "The Unruly Facts of Race: The Politics of Knowledge Production in the Early Twentieth-Century Immigration Debate" (U Chicago Press, 2026)
Sunmin Kim, associate professor of sociology at Dartmouth who studies race and immigration, discusses the Dillingham Commission and early 20th-century knowledge production. He explores shifts from biological race theories to cultural and ethnic categories. He examines field research that complicated assumptions, debates over quotas and exclusion, and figures like Franz Boas and Yamato Ichihashi.
