New York Times Editor Thinks American-Born Mirai Nagasu Is An Immigrant
Perpetual Foreigner stereotype alert: shortly after US figure skater Mirai Nagasu became the first American woman to land a triple…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Aziz Ansari, and the Crossroads of Our Era
By Guest Contributor: Bessie Chu I have some probably unpopular opinions about the Aziz Ansari misconduct story. And I’m calling…
How the Aziz Ansari Story Reveals the Toxicity of Internalized Gender Roles
By Guest Contributor: Tiffany Tso I’ve been chewing on Babe’s Aziz Ansari story for the last couple of days. The…
#NotYourModelMinority: Asian Americans Are Not Your Proof that Donald Trump Isn’t Racist
Asian Americans are not your model minorities. We are not your wedges. We are not your license for guilt-free anti-blackness.…
(Re)Constructing Asian Masculinity: Trump and the “Racial Castration” of Kim Jong Un
The specter of war between North and South Korea has dominated headlines, particularly as President Donald Trump increasingly matches the…
CA Secretary of State Building to be Renamed for March Fong Eu
California’s first female Secretary of State and the first Asian American woman publicly elected to a state constitutional office, March…
L. Song Richardson Named UCI Law School Dean, Becomes Only Woman of Color Dean of a Top-30 Law School
Earlier today, the UC Irvine School of Law — ranked within the top 30 of the nation’s law schools by…
C.B. Cebulski’s “Apology” for Pretending to be a Japanese Comic Writer is Entirely Bullshit
It’s a headline that might have described the antics in an episode of “Family Guy”: White guy pretends to be…
“Highlighting” the Fight Against Ebola
By Guest Contributor: Andrew Cha In 2014, the West African countries of Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone suffered the worst…
Mother Kicked Off Spirit Airlines Flight For Breastfeeding
The holiday travel season is just around the corner, and so too will likely be air travel horror stories. In…
Respect Must be Earned: BTS’ Journey Towards Gaining its Stripes in Black America
By Guest Contributor: Monique Jones (@moniqueblognet) A version of this post first appeared on Just Add Color. When I first wrote…
Rep. Judy Chu Arrested at Rally Demanding Passage of Clean DREAM Act
Representative Judy Chu, the first Chinese American woman elected to the US Congress and the current chairperson of the Congressional…