Looking Back at a Road Not Taken and Forward Towards a Future Inspired by Crazy Rich Asians
By Guest Contributor: Celeste Pewter (@celeste_pewter) The first time I told my parents I wanted to be an actor, I…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Exploring Asian American Feminism in Conversation with Asian American Feminist Collective’s Julie Kim
By Reappropriate Intern: V. Huynh We are not “docile”, “obedient”, “exotic”. We know that the challenges for disabled, LGBTQI+ women…
The Power of Untidy Movements: 30 Years after the Fight for Japanese American Redress
By Guest Contributor: Sean Miura (@seanmiura) My mom was about my age when she testified in support of Japanese American…
#NeverAgainIsNow: Why the 30th anniversary of Japanese American Redress matters today
By Guest Contributors: Tsuya Hohri Yee, Co-Chair New York Day of Remembrance Committee (Facebook: @nydayofremembrance); and Joseph Shoji Lachman, Co-founder…
Activists Fight to Stop Deportation of Southeast Asian Americans in #KeepPJHome
By Reappropriate Intern: V. Huynh “I remember it wasn’t firecrackers… it was the sound of gunfire. And I remember seeing…
Borderless: A Review of ‘We Have Not Stopped Trembling Yet: Letters to my Filipino-Athabascan Family’
By Guest Contributor: Jason Fong (@jasonfongwrites) Ask the world’s largest search engine for the definition of “Asian American,” and Google…
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…