Trump’s Title X ‘Gag Rule’ Hurts Asian American Women and Other WOC Who Need Access to Reproductive Healthcare
The Trump administration is holding true to the president’s campaign trail promise to wage a war on women, and the…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Building Power at the Intersection of Race and Electoral Politics
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset primary win against the establishment Democrat in New York’s 14th Congressional…
“The Farewell” and the Duality of Language: Finding Depth in What Can and Cannot Be Said
By Guest Contributor: Claudia Vaughan Editor’s Note: Please note that this post may contain minor spoilers for the film, “The…
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…
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…