Acting Up & Acting Out: The Wondrous Work of Kristina Wong
Kristina Wong (@mskristinawong) has dedicated her life to holding up a mirror to Asian America’s politics, pride and foibles through her…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Redditors Flood Reddit With Hate Targeting CEO Ellen Pao After Site Unveils New Anti-Harassment Policies
Reddit has long been a safe haven for users who yearn for the good old days when the internet was…
College Admissions is Not a Zero-Sum Game | #Edu4All
The affirmative action debate threatens to become the single defining issue of the Asian American electorate in the coming cycle, with…
“Chop Chop Chinaman” Restaurant Closes Months After Backlash Over Racist Name
In March, social media exploded with the story of a woman who was arrested for vandalism after she used lipstick…
The High Cost of High Stakes Testing
Over the weekend, 16-year-old Mira Hu went missing in San Marino, California. Hu — a student at San Marino High School…
How Cameron Crowe Misunderstands Multiracial Politics in his “Aloha” Apology
Earlier last week, Cameron Crowe’s Aloha — which opened on Friday to pitiful box office returns — became embroiled in controversy as attention…
Hollywood’s “Strange” Erasure of Asian Characters | #AStrangeWhitewashing
A mere week after I wrote a post swearing off of sharing fan news, the fandom insidiously pulled me back…
Carly Fiorina, Bobby Jindal, Rick Santorum, and how the GOP will fail in their courtship of the AAPI vote
It should come as no surprise that the progressive expansion of America’s non-White populations has left the Grand Old Party in a turmoil.…
Cops: Toddler Disfigured By Grenade in “No-Knock” Raid a “Criminal”, To Blame For His Injuries | #JusticeForBouBou
(H/T @boygainvillea) Last year, nineteen month-old Bounkham “Bou Bou” Phonesavanh was sleeping peacefully in his playpen in Habersham County, Georgia.…
Asian American Student Suicide Rate at MIT is Quadruple the National Average
Regular readers of this blog will know that mental health, depression and suicide within the Asian American community is a topic…
Espenshade: Data are not Proof of anti-Asian Discrimination | #Edu4All
Thomas Espenshade Since the publication in 2009 of his influential study (with co-author Alexandria Walton Radford) on admission patterns in…
Duke University Prof Makes Online Tirade Against “the Blacks” and “the Asians”
Duke University political science professor Jerry F. Hough — alumnus of Harvard University whose specialty is domestic identity formation at the…