1st National Lao American Symposium and Writers Summit Starts Tomorrow!
The national Lao American Symposium and Writers Summit — titled “Our Shared Journey” — is being held this year, marking the…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
BREAKING: Auction House Removes Japanese American Incarceration Artifacts | #StopRago
Twenty minutes ago, the Japanese American organizers behind the #StopRago campaign (which I wrote about earlier today), announced via their Facebook page…
Is Auction House Trying to Capitalize Off Japanese American Incarceration? | #StopRago
(H/T @carltakei) During the height of World War II, over a hundred thousand Japanese Americans were forcibly incarcerated in American…
#KeepUsHome Campaign Launched to Protect Adult Adoptees From Deportation
Last month, I shared with you Adam Crapser’s story. Adam was adopted at the age of 3 from Korea by…
CAAAV Calls on AAPI to Post Selfies to #JusticeForAkaiGurley
As readers of this blog no doubt are already aware, the indictment of Chinese American NYPD officer Peter Liang in…
Mindy Kaling’s Brother Donned Blackface for 2 years in Twisted, Racist “Experiment”
(H/T M. Holt) Did y’all know Mindy Kaling had a brother? Yeah, neither did I. Turns out that the star…
Deportation Hearing Begins for Korean American Adoptee & Abuse Survivor | #KeepAdamHome
After a month of increasing social media outrage over the plight of Adam Crapser, the Korean American adoptee and abuse…
The Problematic Political Balkanization of Asian America
Last December, NYPD Officer Peter Liang fatally shot Akai Gurley, an unarmed Black civilian killed for entering the dark stairwell of…
“Hungry Ghosts” Art Exhibit to Feature AAPI Artists & Explore “Personal and Collective Struggle”
I wake up almost every day wishing I lived in California — and not just because of the sun (and the…
Tammy Duckworth Announces Senate Bid
Confirming rumours that circulated through much of the weekend, Congresswoman Tammy Duckworth (IL-8) became the first Democrat to announced a…
“Misogynasian” and Why Gender Discrimination in Tech Must Be an Asian American Issue
Three years ago, Ellen Pao — former junior partner of Silicon Valley venture capital group Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers —…