Do demographic data support lower admission rates for Asian applicants to Harvard? Maybe not. | #IAmNotYourWedge
Last week, I posted a surprising finding with regard to the evidence — or lack thereof — of an anti-Asian…
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Arkansas Gun Range Discriminates Against Muslims and Brown People
Jan Morgan is the owner of the Gun Cave, an indoor gun range in Hot Springs, Arkansas; she also describes…
Las Vegas Burmese American Community Reeling After Homicide of 25yo William Yar Parke
(H/T A. Chen) Las Vegas’ Burmese American community is reeling after last month’s murder of 25-year-old William Yar Parke. Parke…
NBC names Reappropriate one of 2015’s AAPI blogs to watch!
This morning, I was honoured to discover that Reappropriate was listed by NBC as one of 2015’s Asian American blogs…
Do enrollment data really show a cap quota against Asians at Harvard? Maybe not. | #IAmNotYourWedge
There is an extremely popular New York Times infographic that Asian American opponents of affirmative action often share to suggest that…
Are FBI & State Dept blacklisting Asian American and Muslim employees?
This is easily the most underreported story of institutionalized anti-Asian and anti-Muslim racism of 2014. In the months following 9/11,…
How holistic review in college admissions works, and why we need it | #IAmNotYourWedge
Here’s a thought experiment: let’s say you need to buy a car. Now, let’s say you go to the car…
Senate (finally) confirms Vivek Murthy, country’s first South Asian American Surgeon General
It only took the US Senate 13 months. Dr. Vivek Murthy was nominated by the Obama Administration in November 2013…
Why I’m refusing to consume the news from the #Sonyhack — and you should, too.
This is going to be an unpopular opinion: I believe that consuming news obtained through the recent hack of Sony…
21 years later, it’s time for Mark Wahlberg to finally make that anti-racism PSA he promised us
Last week, attention returned to Mark Wahlberg‘s 1988 attempted murder and contempt of court charges relating to a series of…
Mark Wahlberg’s victim clarifies the record & forgives actor – but is it enough?
In 1988, Mark Wahlberg plead guilty to assault for two related incidents wherein the actor attacked two Vietnamese American men…
Most AAPI actually DON’T think affirmative action hurts us in college admissions | #BlockBlum #IAmNotYourWedge
This is perhaps the most exciting and satisfying report of negative data I have ever read. Opponents have long argued…