900+ Asian American Studies Scholars Issue Collective Statement Decrying Trump’s Proposed Muslim Registry
Over 900 Asian American Studies scholars from across the United States issued a joint statement today decrying President-Elect Donald Trump’s…
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Elaine Chao Joins Trump’s Cabinet as Secretary of Transportation
Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao, who is the only member of President George W. Bush’s Cabinet to serve the…
Reappropriate’s Top 5 for #GivingTuesday 2016 (and This Year’s Master-List of AANHPI Non-Profits)
One of my most popular posts each years is my Giving Tuesday post, which commemorates a national day to reject the crass consumerism…
National Affinity Bar Associations Join AAPIs in Demanding Apology from Fox News for Watters’ World Segment
The Hispanic National Bar Association (HNBA), the National LGBT Bar Association (National LGBT Bar), the National Native American Bar Association…
Carl Higbie Needs to Learn AAPI History
Yesterday, I reported that Trump supporter Carl Higbie had appeared on Fox News’ The Kelly File to offer Japanese American incarceration (a…
Asian Americans Must Join the Fight to #StopSessions (and #StopBannon)
Earlier this morning, President-elect Donald Trump announced that he has chosen Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions to fill the role of…
Trump Supporter Cites Japanese American Incarceration to Justify Planned Muslim Registry
We all knew it would come to this, didn’t we? Last night, Trump supporter Carl Higbie, a former spokesperson for…
Trauma Nation in the Era of Trump: Abandoned, but not Alone
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya “They sold us out,” a friend texted me on election night, after an avowed racist, misogynist,…
Dwayne Johnson is first Pacific Islander to be named People’s ‘Sexiest Man Alive’
People magazine announced today that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson has been crowned 2016’s “Sexiest Man Alive.” Johnson is a former college football player…
Silicon Valley’s Kumail Nanjiani and Thomas Middleditch Harassed as #EmboldenedRacists Get Even Bolder
Silicon Valley‘s stars Thomas Middleditch and Kumail Nanjiani tweeted over the weekend that they were targets of harassment Friday night…
‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 2, Episode 7: ‘LCFLUTTER’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Serious pop culture watchers know that it’s impossible to completely disconnect between seeing parallels between…
Nordstrom Rack Pulls Hoodie with Images of Nanjing Massacre from Online Store
Nordstrom Rack, the off-price retail division of Nordstrom Inc., came under fire over the weekend for its sale of a…