Trump’s Asian American Judges Are No Friends to AAPI Community
By Guest Contributors: Sung Yeon Choimorrow (NAPAWF), Quyen Dinh (SEARAC), and Alvina Yeh (APALA) Last month, the Senate voted to…
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Oakland Unified School District Votes to Cut Program Serving Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
With reporting from Reappropriate intern V. Huynh. “Today is a historic day in the city of Oakland where teachers, educators…
Defending Diversity on Campus
By Guest Contributors: Itzel Vasquez-Rodriguez and Sally Chen The value of a “Harvard education” — which draws students around the…
The Triumph Beyond Sandra Oh’s Trophy
By Guest Contributor: Jacqueline Wong Sandra Oh recently made history three times at the 76th Golden Globes Awards as the first Asian…
I’m an Asian American Student at Columbia University — and Nimesh Patel’s Mic Needed to be Cut
By Guest Contributor: Isabelle Lee Editor’s Note: On November 30, 2018, Saturday Night Live writer Nimesh Patel was performing at…
More Than a Minority, Less Than an Asian
By Guest Contributor: Akshita Gupta Asia is the world’s largest continent. It occupies 30% of the world’s area and encompasses…
All Immigrants Deserve to Not Just Arrive, but Also to Thrive
By Guest Contributor: Quyen Dinh, MPP (Executive Director of Southeast Asia Resource Action Center) I grew up poor but never knew…
Reappropriate’s Top 5 for #GivingTuesday 2018 (and a listing of AAPI non-profits)
Every year, I publish a working list of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) non-profit groups for your consideration for…
UC Berkeley Law School Dean to rename Boalt Hall due to John Boalt’s legacy of anti-Chinese racism
Many campuses have been embroiled in controversies surrounding the naming of its buildings; particularly when those names honour historic figures…
Election Eve Polling: Asian Americans helped fuel the 2018 Midterms’ “blue wave”
One week after the 2018 Midterm Elections and with mail-in and provisional ballots finally being counted, pollsters are now realizing…
Trump Makes Racially-Charged Remarks Towards Japanese Reporter in Controversial Press Conference
In a press conference marked by erratic and un-presidential behaviour, President Trump made racially charged remarks against a Japanese reporter,…
My journey as an undocumented immigrant
By Guest Contributor: Yin Yin Chan (@yinychan) My daughter, Mia, has another year in preschool, and her father and I…