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 –…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Ours is a History of Resistance
By: Karin Wang (@naragirl), Asian Americans Advancing Justice Since we launched “Write Back, Fight Back” two months ago, we have…
The Trauma of Childhood Separation: Reflections of a Korean American Adoptee
By Guest Contributor: Mia Ives-Rublee (@SeeMiaRoll) The cries of children echo in my head after listening to the ProPublica recording…
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…
This Mess We’re In: A Vision of the Web after White Supremacy
By: Cayden Mak In 1998, when I was 11, we got the internet at home. My mom, a public school…
Class, Capitalism and the Creation of a Progressive Asian America
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya (@ResistRun) Chris Phan used to believe that they were an anomaly. After all, Phan and…
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…
American Militarism and White Empire: Thoughts on Peace on the Korean Peninsula
By Guest Contributor: Ju-Hyun Park (@Hermit_Hwarang) A month ago, I woke up to news I thought I might never hear…
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.…
The Jeremy Lin Effect: Breaking Asian Stereotypes in the South
By Guest Contributor: Noah de la Rosa “You’re out!” The umpire exclaims. I think to myself, “Geez Christian, calm down…
The Other Asian
This essay was originally posted to Desis for Progress. By: Tanzila “Taz” Ahmed (@tazzystar) I first learn I am Asian…
The Illusion of the Asian American Dream
Asian Americans are often lauded as a “model minority” that has achieved complete acceptance into American society. But silent and…