Top 5 anti-Affirmative Action Myths About SCA5 | #NoLiesNoHate
Nearly twenty years ago, California voters passed Proposition 209, a ballot measure that effectively outlawed affirmative action in state-run institutions.…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Suicide rate of Bhutanese Americans twice national rate, highest among any refugee population
Despite the precepts of the Model Minority Myth, not all Asian American & Pacific Islanders (AAPI) in the United States…
Valleywag casually compares WWII Comfort Women to internet matchmaking site
Okay, before I start this post, let me first ask one thing: what the heck is a Valleywag? Apparently, it’s some Gawker-esque…
Help fund this campaign to improve political involvement of #AAPI women!
Caught this in my Facebook, and definitely want to advertise this: the Asian American Women’s Political Initiative (AAWPI) is a political…
Chinese editorial calls departing US ambassador Gary Locke a “rotting… banana”
By most accounts, Gary Locke — former governor of Washington (and the first Asian American to do so), and later…
South Dakota: “We need to ban sex-based abortions because of Asians.”
We’re a mere two months into 2014, and the year is already shaping up to break records on Republican irrationality.…
Police warn vigilance after UCSB student assaulted, gang-raped by group of Asian males
(H/T to Angry Asian Man) The UC-Santa Barbara campus is reeling today after a 19-year-old student was assaulted, beaten and…
Have an #AAPI kid in K-12? Check out the “Growing Up Asian in America” art/essay contest!
(H/T to HapaMama) Do you have or know an Asian American kid aged K-12? The Asian Pacific Fund is running…
High school student contemplating a career as a journalist? Check out AAJA’s J-Camp summer program!
Are you a high school student and aspiring journalist — which I promise you is a way cooler and glorious…
Tumblr wants to hear about your awesome Asian Mom or Grandmom
Caught this through my social media, and I think this art project is totally cool and worth sharing. Someone on Tumblr…
#DayofRemembrance: 12 images of Japanese American strength, patriotism & general awesomeness
72 years ago today, Executive Order 9066 was signed. Earlier today, I posted a pictorial retrospective of anti-Japanese xenophobia and…
#DayofRemembrance: 10 images of Japanese American internment
As I posted earlier, today marks 72 years following the signing of Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for…