Call for Pitches: Asian America x LGBTQIA+
It’s Pride Month once again, but in the last year, things have become more grim for the LGBTQ+ community here…
Filipinx American Identity: A Personal (Ongoing) Journey of Positionality
About a year ago, I stood before the faculty and students of my psychology graduate program and declared, “Before I…
My great-grandfather had a horse and a pistol.
He had a horse and a pistol. He also had a house that was so big that when British soldiers…
Asian Americans must reckon with how the fight to remove affirmative action is rooted in anti-Blackness
Asian Americans must reckon with the fact that this latest blow of injustice was made in our name. Again.
“A Great Divide” is a Compelling Exploration of anti-Asian Racism that Deserves More Time
An expansive, desolate wilderness. A lone, gleaming mansion on a hill. A family arrives at their palatial new abode, but…
Striking Down Affirmative Action Hurts All of Us
Every spring I relive the fever dream of the college admissions cycle. “Didn’t you hear?” My mom will tell me…
Where I Am Really From: Or, Sometimes I Think About the Etymology of ‘Gook’
Sometimes I think about the fact that Robert Aaron Long carried out the 2021 Atlanta spa shooting on the fifty-third anniversary of the infamous massacre at Mỹ Lai.
Re-imagining Reappropriate to better serve our readers
This year marks just over twenty years of Reappropriate. I first launched this site in December of 2002 as a…
I’m a Southeast Asian American educator. My community will not be weaponized against affirmative action.
I am from district Nha Be in Vietnam, just a bit outside of Saigon. I immigrated to Minnesota with my…
New Study Shows Most AANHPI Are Underinformed about Medication Abortion
In a powerful new study, NAPAWF (in partnership with Ibis Reproductive Health) reports that AANHPI women overwhelmingly support reproductive choice,…
Louisiana State House Passes Ban on Foreign Land Purchase, Texas State Bill Unlikely to Continue
Over the past week, we’ve been covering the efforts in the Texas and Louisiana state legislatures to pass restrictive bills…
Chinese Immigrants Bring Lawsuit Against Florida Law They Say Violates Fair Housing Act
Earlier this month, Florida passed a law banning the sale of land to Chinese nationals, as well as nationals from…