South Asian Women Respond to Azealia Banks’ Racist and Homophobic Twitter Meltdown
Songwriter and artist Azealia Banks is no stranger to controversy. Banks has made headlines — and won popular opinion — for her…
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11 AAPI Student Films to Start Off Your APA Heritage Month!
This week, the Twittersphere became embroiled in discourse (through #whitewashedOUT) over mainstream Hollywood’s Whitewashing of several traditionally Asian and Asian American characters…
Dept. of Education Announces Major AAPI Disaggregation Federal Grant Initiative
In an understated YouTube video (after the jump) released by the White House Initiative for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders…
All Californians Deserve To Be Counted: Why Data Disaggregation Matters for AAPIs | #AllCACounts
The AAPI community is a big tent that encompasses people whose backgrounds span over forty different Asian and Pacific Islander…
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Donald Trump Fakes Indian Accent While Maine’s GOP Governor Calls Indians “The Worst Ones”
Did the RNC send out a memo instructing Republicans to be racially offensive towards Indians and Indian Americans this weekend? It’s…
New York City’s Chinese American Democrats Backed Clinton Despite Voting Barriers
Hillary Clinton advanced one step closer to the Democratic presidential nomination on Tuesday when she faced off against challenger Bernie…
No, Pro-Liang Protests Were Not the Largest or Most Impactful Asian American Protest Movements Ever
I hate to be that person but I think it’s time we set the record straight, especially since a bunch of journalists…
BREAKING: Peter Liang Will Not Serve a Day in Jail for Killing Akai Gurley
Despite being convicted earlier this year of second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of Akai Gurley — an unarmed Black…
#AStrangeWhitewashing Continues with New Images from Upcoming Ghost in the Shell & Dr. Strange
I know I’m about a week late on this news, but I’ve got something really important to say: ScarJo, you…
“Appendix”: Powerful Art Exhibit Will Showcase Narratives of Asian American Women and Queer Artists
“Within the human body and the body of a book, the appendix is considered extraneous. This is not unlike the…
In Defense of Hashtag Activism
Let’s begin with this: I am not a hashtag activist. Although my work appears predominantly online, I am not an…
Have They Run Out of White Tears Yet?
Have they run out of White tears yet? Racism, after all, we can’t as easily forget. Days ago, Calvin Trillin penned…