#NotYourWedge Twitter Townhall Features Asian American Panelists in Support of Affirmative Action
Earlier today, Asian American scholars and activists organized a Twitter townhall to discuss affirmative action on the hashtag #NotYourWedge. The…
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Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (#AAPI) Writing in Support of Affirmative Action | #NotYourWedge #AAPIforAffAction
This post was first published in November 2014. However, with resurgent interest in affirmative action and the Asian American &…
HBO’s APA Visionaries Short Film Contest is Currently Seeking Submissions!
After a successful inaugural year that saw winning short films screened at the 2017 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival,…
BREAKING: Viral Story About “Asian White Supremacist” May Be Fake
Editor’s Note: Minutes after this post was published, @hmasculazn deactivated his Twitter account. Shortly afterwards, the viral Medium essay was…
Dashcam Video Shows Brutal Police Assault of Laotian American Man
Shocking dashcam footage released today by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Minnesota shows a police officer brutally attacking a…
Slants Win Supreme Court Case Against US Patent and Trademark Office
In a ruling handed down this morning, the US Supreme Court unanimously sided with Asian American rock band “The Slants”…
Under Trump, Dreamers — But Not Parents — Will Be Allowed to Remain in U.S.
In a surprise announcement on the 5th anniversary of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the Trump administration announced…
Katy Perry (Sorta) Addresses Cultural Appropriation Critiques
In the latest episode of DeRay McKesson’s podcast, “Pod Save the People” (Episode 8: “When You Have to Face Yourself”),…
The Power of Anti-Black Ideology
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya The acquittal of police officer, Betty Shelby, in the shooting death of Terence Crutcher was…
Men of Color and Masculinity
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya Recently, Brooklyn Nets star Jeremy Lin said to the New York Daily News, “A lot…
Trump Will Alienate the AAPI Community with his Anti-Environmentalism
While the week was dominated with giddy speculation over the true meaning of the word ‘covfefe’, a bigger story deserves…
Orientalist Caricatures of Chinatown Resurrected in the Pages of The New York Times
By Guest Contributor: Jan Lee It was Valentine’s Day in New York City. While others were thinking about where to…