Sikh American man in critical condition after allegedly racially motivated hit-and-run | #Justice4Sandeep
(H/T Angry Asian Man) Sandeep Singh, a 29-year-old father of two, was nearly killed in an alleged racially-motivated hit-and-run incident…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
LGBTQ Native/Pacific Islander youths (aged 13-18) most likely to self-harm, attempt suicide
A new study published two months ago in the American Journal of Public Health delves for the first time into the…
Asians Behaving Badly: Restaurant Brawl and Flying Teapots Edition
Proving that we are just as capable of bad behaviour as anyone else. This video has been making the rounds…
#MyInternetIs a civil right, and it must be free. | #NetNeutrality
For over 12 years, the internet has been an intellectual companion, and a forum wherein I have shaped my activist thought. Although…
Sign this petition to stand as an #AAPI with #Gaza | #solidarity
Last week, I reflected on the devastatingly high price of our collective silence on the occupation of Gaza. As of today’s…
In Memoriam: James Shigeta, 85, an Asian American pioneer in Hollywood
Yesterday, Hollywood Reporter broke the news that James Shigeta, one of Hollywood’s most prominent Asian American actors of the 1960’s,…
Maxine Hong Kingston to receive National Medal of Arts at White House today
Last week, the National Endowment of the Arts announced its 2013’s winners of the National Medal of Arts, the nation’s…
Hmong Story 40 Project is seeking your help to tell Hmong stories!
Over the weekend, Hmong Story 40 launched at a United Way in Fresno. Hmong Story 40 is a California state-wide…
#AAPI groups OCA & JACL join other major civil rights orgs against net neutrality
The fight over net neutrality — which has been brewing for awhile — came to a head this year after…
Seattle Rep issues statement, will host townhall on race & art regarding yellowface #Mikado
Much of the Asian American community is in an uproar over this year’s production of “The Mikado” by the Seattle…
The price of our silence in the deadly occupation of Gaza is too high
There is a scene in And The Band Played On where Matthew Modine’s character explains the origins of the phrase “The…
Undoing “Mikado”: Japan is not an imaginary place, and I am not a metaphor
The Seattle Gilbert and Sullivan Society’s production of comic-opera “The Mikado” has caused controversy due to the nature of the show…