What is #AAPI feminism? Discussing tonight on Ep #5 of Reappropriate: The Podcast!
What is AAPI feminism? These four letter words seem innocuous enough, but they encompass an entire field of literature, history…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Philadelphia newspaper apologizes for publishing anti-Asian caption “error”
The Philadelphia Public Record — a local paper that caters mostly to a readership of elected officials and labour unions…
2 Girls | 1 Asian, all awesomeness!
Aspiring actresses Kelly Colburn (@KellyColburn) and Kaela Mei-Shing Garvin (@KaeMeiShing) are burning up the internet right now with season one…
Man arrested, charged with hate crime in anti-Muslim and anti-Sikh hit-and-run
Earlier this month, I posted about the Queens-area hit-and-run of Sandeep Singh, a South Asian American man who was run…
Opera Providence mocks, threatens peaceful protest against RI yellowface production of #Mikado
Last month, a yellowface production of Gilbert & Sullivan’s operetta “The Mikado” — put on by local Seattle Gilbert &…
Lives Unlived & Dreams Undone: America’s Siege on Blackness | #Ferguson
An unarmed teenager raises his hands above his head and pleads for his life. He is fatally gunned down by…
Reappropriate: The Podcast – Ep. 3 | #AAPI and affirmative action
I’m excited to announce episode #3 of Reappropriate: The Podcast is now live! This week, I invite fellow blogger Byron…
ACT NOW! Go (in-person or online) to Seattle Rep’s diversity townhall on 8/18, 6:30pm | #Mikado #SeattleAFAR
Yellowface and brownface seems to be all the rage these days. The Asian American blogosphere has been leading a vocal…
Obama advisor & director of WH Initiative on #AAPI shares family history of mental illness | #MentalHealth
The statistics on mental health in the Asian American community are staggering, if well-known to regular readers of this blog: Asian…
Comedy Central’s Drunk History on Sen. Daniel Inouye, starring Steve Yeun
The blog title speaks for itself, but in case you weren’t reading: an upcoming episode of Comedy Central‘s “Drunk History” will…
KY Democratic operative launches torrent of racist anti-Asian tweets against Elaine Chao
Although these days, Former Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao is predominantly seen stumping with husband Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConell, Chao…
Bloggers launch #APABookClub to highlight AAPI authors and works
Chalk this up to AAPIs yet again using cyberspace in new and creative ways to foster greater community engagement and…