List of #AAPI Groups & Posts in Support of Affirmative Action and #SCA5 | #NoLiesNoHate #edu4all
Despite the prevailing narrative that Asian Americans are overwhelmingly against affirmative action and SCA5, a bill that would if passed…
Author: Jenn
When “Iranian” becomes racist short-hand for “terrorist”
Over the weekend, a Malaysian Air jetliner, MH370, disappeared somewhere over Southeast Asia, potentially claiming all 239 souls on-board. As…
Sign petition now to urge South Dakota governor to veto racist anti-abortion bill!
Last month, I wrote about the South Dakota State Legislature’s efforts to pass further abortion restrictions in the state; in…
Help As[I]Am publish magazine issue on representation of Asian American bodies!
As[I]Am is a really phenomenal digital magazine focused on representation of Asian Americans in art and social justice. They are…
Malaysian Airlines jet containing 239 passengers and crew missing | #PrayforMH370
A Malaysian Airlines Boeing 777 scheduled for a red-eye flight between Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and Beijing, China has disappeared over…
Top 5 anti-Affirmative Action Myths About SCA5 | #NoLiesNoHate
Nearly twenty years ago, California voters passed Proposition 209, a ballot measure that effectively outlawed affirmative action in state-run institutions.…
Suicide rate of Bhutanese Americans twice national rate, highest among any refugee population
Despite the precepts of the Model Minority Myth, not all Asian American & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States…
Valleywag casually compares WWII Comfort Women to internet matchmaking site
Okay, before I start this post, let me first ask one thing: what the heck is a Valleywag? Apparently, it’s some Gawker-esque…
Help fund this campaign to improve political involvement of #AAPI women!
Caught this in my Facebook, and definitely want to advertise this: the Asian American Women’s Political Initiative (AAWPI) is a political…
Why I didn’t watch the Oscars. | #WhereisFruitvale
Regular readers of the blog will remember my occasional stories of my desperately Americanized childhood: those brief years when my…
Chinese editorial calls departing US ambassador Gary Locke a “rotting… banana”
By most accounts, Gary Locke — former governor of Washington (and the first Asian American to do so), and later…
Governor Brewer vetoes SB1062, Arizona’s “Right To Discriminate” Bill
I guess my friend Mike Bryan of Blog for Arizona was right. Faced with mounting state-wide and national pressure from…