Report: Asian American Women Twice as Likely to Be Targets of Anti-Asian Hate
A joint study by the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum (NAPAWF) and Stop AAPI Hate finds that Asian American…
Category: Racism
Lifting the veil on conditional whiteness: A wake-up call to Asian Americans still holding on to the Model Minority Myth
By Guest Contributor: Dorothy He Over the past few months, many non-Black Asian Americans across the country watched as our…
Hmong Americans Are Not Simply “Caught up” in America’s Racial Conflicts. We are Actively Engaged In It.
By Guest Contributor: Kong Pheng Pha Conversations have proliferated on social media debating Hmong Americans’ position in the ongoing racial conflicts…
Working people are uprising. Where are the institutions that are supposed to represent them?
By Guest Contributor: Gregory A. Cendana Working class people, particularly femmes, queers and non-binary folks, impacted disproportionately by a global…
GAPIMNY Statement on the Murder of George Floyd
By Guest Contributor: GAPIMNY This post was originally published on the GAPIMNY website and is reproduced here at the authors’…
“Parasite” makes history at Oscars
Bong Joon-Ho’s “Parasite” — a compelling exploration of class inequality in South Korea — has received near-universal critical acclaim. The…
Building Power at the Intersection of Race and Electoral Politics
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya After Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s upset primary win against the establishment Democrat in New York’s 14th Congressional…
Orange is the New Black and Recidivism: The Need for Accurate Media Representations of the Many Causes of Incarceration
By Guest Contributor:Rachel Ko About 50,000 people a year exit incarceration only to enter immediately into homeless shelters; legal restrictions…
Respect Must be Earned: BTS’ Journey Towards Gaining its Stripes in Black America
By Guest Contributor: Monique Jones (@moniqueblognet) A version of this post first appeared on Just Add Color. When I first wrote…
Charlyne Yi Recounts Racist Remarks from Writer and Director David Cross
This story was updated on October 17, 2017, October 18, 2017, and October 20, 2017 with new developments. Please scroll…
Racist “Dirty Chinese Restaurant” Mobile Game Pulled by Developers After Community Backlash
Last week, I posted about “Dirty Chinese Restaurant”, a mobile game in development by a newcomers Big-O-Tree Games, based in…
Racist “Dirty Chinese Restaurant” Mobile Game Invokes Anti-Chinese Stereotypes
This post was updated on October 5, 2017. Please scroll to the bottom for updates. A Canadian independent mobile game…