Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2015 Opens Next Week with “Seoul Searching”
This year’s Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (@paaff)– now in its 8th year — will once again highlight the work of…
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Second Mistrial Declared in Police Beating of Sureshbhai Patel
I just can’t even right now. A mistrial has once again been declared in the excessive force trial of Alabama…
It’s Time to Step The F*ck Up for Asian American Studies | #WeNeedAAPIStudies
I would not be who I am without Asian American Studies. This blog would not exist without Cornell’s Asian American…
Reappropriate Joins AANHPI Organizations in Filing as SCOTUS Amici for Affirmative Action | #Edu4All
Three national Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander civil rights organizations filed separate amicus briefs today in support of affirmative…
We Need To Stop Blaming the Victims of Police Brutality For The Violence Committed Against Their Bodies
An unarmed 16-year-old schoolgirl who refuses to put away her cellphone does not deserve being grabbed by the neck and…
Defense Attorneys Go “Full Xenophobia” in Blaming Indian Grandfather for Being Paralyzed By Cop
This is absolutely disgusting. 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel was out for a morning walk this February in the neighbourhood where his…
How Our “One-Size-Fits-All” Approach to Healthcare Fails Southeast Asian American Patients
One of the watershed moments in my development as an AANHPI race advocate happened at ECAASU in 2003. I was still a…
So, Let’s Talk about that “The Walking Dead” Episode that Broke the Internet
This post contains spoilers for Season 6, Episode 3 entitled “Thank You”. Please do not read on if you are…
Manny Pacquiao Slated to Announce Retirement Fight for April 9 Against Terence Crawford
Once Ring Magazine‘s pound-for-pound top fighter, Manny Pacquiao is expected to formally announce his retirement from the sport of boxing with…
Mike Huckabee tweets racist anti-Asian joke during CNN Democratic Debate
I get that tonight’s Democratic debate has been highly entertaining, but this tweet from Mike Huckabee sent just a few…
When Nicholas Kristof Just Doesn’t Get It About Asian Americans
This is an awkward question, but here goes: How does a respected New York Times opinion-maker expend so many words…
CA Gov. Jerry Brown Vetoes #AAPI Data Disaggregation Bill
(H/T K. Ramakrishnan) Yesterday, California Governor Jerry Brown took a stance against the ethnic disaggregation of state-collected Asian American and…