Asian Americans would not lose out under affirmative action
Last week, I reported about an updated survey jointly conducted by the National Asian American Survey (NAAS) and the Field…
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Hundreds of #AAPI female Harvard students receive racist email death threats, FBI investigating
Harvard University is reporting that hundreds of Harvard students — most of them female students with Asian or Asian American…
Why the street protests in #HongKong should matter to #AAPI (and to all Americans)
Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Hong Kong this week to participate in a mass act of non-violent civil…
Commemorate 3 years since Pvt. Danny Chen’s death with a moment of silence on October 3rd
Three years ago this Thursday, 19-year-old Private Danny Chen was found dead of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Chen had…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 7 | #AAPI and Interracial Relationships
Think you know what a BAD is? How about a SCAB? Episode 7 of Reappropriate: The Podcast is now live! In…
Fox News guest is sorry-not-sorry for comments supporting Japanese American internment and Hiroshima
Last week, I posted about a mind-numbingly horrible segment aired by Fox News’ Cashin’ In regarding anti-Muslim profiling. In it, hedge fund…
Majority of AAPI voters in CA support affirmative action — so, who are the ones that don’t?
I was having dinner earlier this week with a member of my extended family when the topic of race-conscious affirmative…
Fox News calls anti-Muslim profiling “a good start”, supports claim by citing Japanese American internment
I don’t even know where to begin. I really don’t. So, let’s just start at the beginning, shall we? Last…
Grace Lee Boggs: “I am coming to the end of a long journey”
It was recently reported on Tumblr by friends and family that Grace Lee Boggs, the powerful and inspirational activist and…
Taco Bell parent company appropriates banh mi, finds new target in Vietnamese for cultural insensitivity
I’m not entirely sure what we expected from the company that interprets Mexican food as meat-gun applied mystery meat combined…
“Divided Attention” explores life & art of pioneering Asian American queer artist Bernice Bing
“Once upon a time it was rare to find any Asians in prestigious art schools.” This is the first sentence…
San Francisco adopts resolution prohibiting sex-selective abortion bans
Earlier last week, I wrote about a resolution authored by San Francisco Board of Supervisors representative David Chiu prohibiting sex-selective…