5th Annual Korematsu Day is Here!
Today is the 5th annual Korematsu Day, a state-wide holiday honouring civil rights hero Fred T. Korematsu that is celebrated…
Month: January 2015
Yale mourns death of Luchang Wang ’17 by apparent suicide
The Yale student community was rocked last night with news that sophomore Luchang Wang, ’17 — mathematics major and member of…
The Marvel Universe is ending; so, what about all that much-hyped diversity?
(with intellectual contribution from Snoopy Jenkins) How long does Cowl Rental last for non-White, non-male superheroes in the Marvel Universe?…
Milestone Comics is being resurrected!
More than three years after the untimely death of comics legend Dwayne McDuffie — the man who can be rightfully…
Murdered USC Grad Student Was Targeted Because He Was Chinese
Last July, 24-year-old USC graduate student in engineering, Xinran Ji, was walking home to his apartment after a late-night study…
ISIS Threatens Two Japanese Hostages & Demands $200M Ransom in Latest Video
The latest video posted this morning by ISIS militants shows members of the extremist organization threatening the lives of two…
Do demographic data support lower admission rates for Asian applicants to Harvard? Maybe not. | #IAmNotYourWedge
Last week, I posted a surprising finding with regard to the evidence — or lack thereof — of an anti-Asian…
Arkansas Gun Range Discriminates Against Muslims and Brown People
Jan Morgan is the owner of the Gun Cave, an indoor gun range in Hot Springs, Arkansas; she also describes…
Las Vegas Burmese American Community Reeling After Homicide of 25yo William Yar Parke
(H/T A. Chen) Las Vegas’ Burmese American community is reeling after last month’s murder of 25-year-old William Yar Parke. Parke…
Thoughts on #CharlieHebdo and the White Privilege of Free Speech
Last week, two terrorists stormed the offices of French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo and murdered twelve men and women —…
NBC names Reappropriate one of 2015’s AAPI blogs to watch!
This morning, I was honoured to discover that Reappropriate was listed by NBC as one of 2015’s Asian American blogs…
Do enrollment data really show a cap quota against Asians at Harvard? Maybe not. | #IAmNotYourWedge
There is an extremely popular New York Times infographic that Asian American opponents of affirmative action often share to suggest that…