Midwestern Poke Chain Threatening Legal Action Against Native Hawaiians For Using Their Own Language and Selling Their Own Food
A Midwestern chain of poke stores named Aloha Poke is under fire this week for threatening legal action against Native…
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This is What Marvel Executive Jeph Loeb Wore to the Iron Fist Panel at San Diego Comic-Con
Marvel is quickly making a name for itself as the comic book company of unadulterated racial insensitivity and Orientalism. While…
The Resurgence of Cassandra Cain
Currently, Marvel X-men’s Jubilee is the unofficial face of Reappropriate. At one time, it was DC’s Cassandra Cain — a…
The Lessons the Democratic Party Must Learn About Asian American Voters to Win in 2020
For over a decade, political strategists have contemplated tactics for winning over the Asian American electorate. Routinely noted as one…
#PrettyPlaneGirl and White Exploitation of Women of Color
By Guest Contributor: Muqing M. Zhang (@muqingmzhang) On July 3, 2018, Rosey Blair, an aspiring actress and blogger, posted a…
Reappropriate Reads: Week of July 6, 2018
By Reappropriate Intern: V. Huynh The Creator Of ‘The Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill Of Rights’ Was Just Nominated For The Nobel…
Korematsu, Travel Bans, and Resisting History’s “Gravely Wrong” Injustices as They Happen
On February 19, 1942, the White House issued Executive Order 9066 which led to the forcible detention, removal, and incarceration…
Reappropriate Reads: Week of June 29, 2018
By Reappropriate Intern: V. Huynh What it means to be seen as a queer Asian American “Everywhere I turn –…
Reappropriate Reads: Week of June 22, 2018
By Reappropriate Summer Intern: V. Huynh These Tiny Desk Contestants Set Stories of The Asian-American Experience To Music “Entrants Julian…
Beloved Community Mural in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo Defaced by Graffiti
In October of 2005, twenty hand-painted wooden panels were framed and mounted onto the east-facing wall of Los Angeles Little…
Asian Americans Run for Something: Tara Sreekrishnan | Candidate for CA Cupertino, City Council
This year, a record number of Asian Americans are running for public office at the local, state, and national level.…
Asian Americans Run for Something: Ben Ku | Candidate for GA Gwinnett County Commissioner, District 2
This year, a record number of Asian Americans are running for public office at the local, state, and national level.…