Immigrant Stories From the 5%
One of my latest pet peeves is the mainstream media’s insistence on painting the immigration debate solely in terms of…
Category: Politics
S. Carolina State Senator Calls Nikki Haley (and Obama) a “Raghead”
S. Carolina State Senator, John “Jake” Knotts, Jr., called fellow Republican State Senator Nikki Haley (and President Obama) a “raghead” on an…
Prescott Mural Controversy Follow-up
Steve Blair, the Prescott AZ city councilman who made several racist statements on his radio talk show over a public…
Racism in Prescott, AZ Targets Schoolchildren
SB1070: Arizona’s anti-immigration law that, in essence, legalizes racial profiling of non-White Arizonans. HB 2281: a law that bans ethnic…
Gov. Brewer — Your “Dubya” Is Showing
Dear Governor Brewer, I know things are kind of tough for you right now. It looks like Arizona is getting…
Texas Attack Ad Plays on anti-Asian Stereotypes
Here is my latest post over at Change.org: Texas Attack Ad Plays on Anti-Asian Stereotypes Republican Governor Rick Perry of…
Asian Americans Against SB 1070
Undocumented Chinese are the second largest group of illegal immigrants who cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Last year, ten times as…
Is SB 1070 a Modern “Chinese Exclusion Law”?
Last month, Arizona passed an insidious piece of legislation known as SB 1070 — a law that makes being an…
Arizona Bans Ethnic Studies
Last week, I wrote a blog post over at Change.org about an Arizona bill that was scheduled to be signed…
Arizona Bans ManBearPig
In yet another example of how Arizona Republicans have lost their minds, Governor Jan Brewer signed a bill last week…
Univ. of Arizona Protest Against SB 1070
This afternoon, I attended an on-campus protest organized by University of Arizona students against SB 1070. Several hundred people were…
Do I Look Illegal?
Some 50,000 people, including myself, agreed to participate in a Facebook-based protest movement against Arizona’s racist anti-immigrant law. Although the…