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…
Author: Jenn
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…
A True American Revolutionary: Rest in Power, Grace Lee Boggs (1915-2015)
Grace Lee Boggs — revered civil rights activist and scholar and Asian American feminist hero — passed away this morning.…
Dr. Ken Treats Asian American Viewers With a Nostalgic Take on the Family Sitcom
This evening, the Asian American community ventures into uncharted territory. With tonight’s premiere of Ken Jeong’s newest venture — the…
“She Lights Up Well”: New Independent Film Written, Directed & Starring Asian American Woman In a Story About Self-Discovery
The trailer feels like Girls meets This Is Where I Leave You. In She Lights Up Well, Sophie (played by the film’s writer and director,…
New Website Aims to Create Comprehensive Database of anti-Asian Media Stereotypes, But…
Negative, oftentimes racist, portrayals of Asian Americans have persisted in Western media for over a century. When we are not…
Why We Must Stand With Planned Parenthood, Today and Every Day | #StandWithPP
Women need, and deserve, unfettered access to high quality healthcare, including preventative, contraceptive and pre-natal care. This is not just a…
A Starry Night and a Smartphone Screen: When We Won’t Just Put Down the Phone, and Look
Last night, a beautiful blood-red lunar eclipse happened to coincide with the moment in the lunar orbit when the moon is…
Suspect Arrested in Brutal Beating of 83-year-old Man in Santa Ana
Earlier in the week, police released surveillance video of the brutal beating of an elderly man in Santa Ana, California just minutes…
Race is No Just Cause: The US Government’s Racist Profiling of Asian Americans
Earlier this week, I gave a standing-room only talk at Yale about the Asian American Model Minority Myth, wherein I…