Supreme Court Reaffirms Race-Conscious Affirmative Action in College Admissions
The Supreme Court handed down their long-anticipated decision on Fisher v University of Texas II yesterday, eight years after Abigail Fisher (who…
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Misguided Protesters Target NYC’s Chinatown Over Dog Meat Festival in China
Since 2009, one festival in China has caused a stir in the animal rights community. The festival — the Yulin…
We Need Comprehensive Gun Control, Not More Racial Profiling
Last week, freshman Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) ended a marathon fifteen hour filibuster demanding that Congress finally do something — anything…
AAPI Civic and Civil Rights Groups Urge Cable News Networks to Improve On-Air Diversity
Mere weeks after Ann Coulter called Asian Americans the racially charged slur “Mandarins” on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, twenty-three of the nation’s…
Forget Leo — One of these actors should play Rumi!
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) I was slightly jet lagged on my commute home Monday night. So, at first,…
Why We Must Demand that the State #FreeJasmine
If ever you needed more proof that the state will do just about anything to uphold white supremacy, this story…
UCLA Shooting Suspect Identified: Thoughts On Race, Violence, and Graduate Studies
Like many, when I heard that the UCLA campus was on lock-down yesterday due to an on-campus shooting, I braced…
Ann Coulter Calls Asian Americans “Mandarins” — and Insists It’s the Correct Term
(H/T: EQ) Ann Coulter may be the Cornell alum of whom my school is most embarrassed. The Far Right commentator deploys few…
150+ AAPI Civil Rights Organizations Join National Open Letter in Support of Affirmative Action
Less than one week after an Asian American group (comprised of predominantly Chinese American organizations) announced that they had filed a complaint…
Congressional Asian American Democrats Create Video Celebrating APAHM2016
Marking the closing of this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (which is celebrated every year for the month of…
Asian American Group Files Anti-Affirmative Action Complaint Against Yale, Dartmouth, Brown: What You Need To Know
I can’t believe we’re dealing with this again. Less than a year after the Department of Education dismissed a frivolous…
Rest in Peace to Minority Militant, Asian American Blogger
I was deeply saddened to learn last night from Phil of YOMYOMF (via Byron Wong of bigWOWO) that the Asian American…