#WomensEqualityDay Forgets Women of Colour
On August 26th, Americans marked the 95th anniversary of the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment, after a long and hard-fought battle by…
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Jeb Bush Clarifies his Position on “Anchor Babies”: “It’s more related to Asian[s].”
Snoopy believes Jeb Bush — son of the country’s 41st president and brother to the country’s 43rd president — will ultimately emerge…
Birthright Citizenship and How the GOP is Abandoning Asian American Voters
Asian Americans voters are America’s fastest growing population of voters, growing from 1.6% of registered voters in 1996 to 3.4% in…
Wesley Clark Calls for Modern Day Incarceration Camps Styled After Those Used During WWII
Retired US Army General Wesley Clark — who ran unsuccessfully to represent the Democratic party in the 2004 presidential primaries…
33 Years after Vincent Chin’s Death, Our Common Cause Must be Racial Justice For All
33 years ago today, Vincent Chin died at the age of 27. Chin had been in a coma for four days…
Japanese American National Museum will Acquire Collection of Incarceration Artifacts | #StopRago
Last month, I blogged about a large collection of artifacts from Japanese American incarceration that was originally collected by folk…
“9-Man” is Premiering on a Television Near You on May 5th!
Last year, I reviewed a truly outstanding documentary called “9-Man” by filmmaker and friend of this blog, Ursula Liang. “9-Man”…
Seller of Japanese American Incarceration Artifacts Revealed | #StopRago
Last week, New Jersey-based Rago Arts and Auction House came under fire with news that they had been consigned by…
The Genocide of Genealogies: For Those Who Refuse To Be Silenced
This post was originally published to Project Ava last year. It appears here today, April 17, 2015, on the 40th anniversary…
BREAKING: Auction House Removes Japanese American Incarceration Artifacts | #StopRago
Twenty minutes ago, the Japanese American organizers behind the #StopRago campaign (which I wrote about earlier today), announced via their Facebook page…
Is Auction House Trying to Capitalize Off Japanese American Incarceration? | #StopRago
(H/T @carltakei) During the height of World War II, over a hundred thousand Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated in American…
#DayofRemembrance 2015: a visual tour
So, over the last week, some stuff happened between some important Asian American personalities. And I wrote some (long) stuff…