UCLA Shooting Suspect Identified: Thoughts On Race, Violence, and Graduate Studies
Like many, when I heard that the UCLA campus was on lock-down yesterday due to an on-campus shooting, I braced…
Ann Coulter Calls Asian Americans “Mandarins” — and Insists It’s the Correct Term
(H/T: EQ) Ann Coulter may be the Cornell alum of whom my school is most embarrassed. The Far Right commentator deploys few…
150+ AAPI Civil Rights Organizations Join National Open Letter in Support of Affirmative Action
Less than one week after an Asian American group (comprised of predominantly Chinese American organizations) announced that they had filed a complaint…
Congressional Asian American Democrats Create Video Celebrating APAHM2016
Marking the closing of this year’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month (which is celebrated every year for the month of…
Asian American Group Files Anti-Affirmative Action Complaint Against Yale, Dartmouth, Brown: What You Need To Know
I can’t believe we’re dealing with this again. Less than a year after the Department of Education dismissed a frivolous…
‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 22, “Yes”
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Lakshmi’s recaps for “Quantico” episodes 1-7 can be found here and for episode 8 onward here,…
Asian Americans: What are We Doing to Break TV’s Bamboo Ceiling?
Guest Contributor: Miguel Santos, General Manager of Myx TV It’s on Asian Americans to break the so-called bamboo ceiling. George Takei and…
Rest in Peace to Minority Militant, Asian American Blogger
I was deeply saddened to learn last night from Phil of YOMYOMF (via Byron Wong of bigWOWO) that the Asian American…
South Asian Women Respond to Azealia Banks’ Racist and Homophobic Twitter Meltdown
Songwriter and artist Azealia Banks is no stranger to controversy. Banks has made headlines — and won popular opinion — for her…
‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 21, “Right”
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Lakshmi’s recaps for “Quantico” episodes 1-7 can be found here and for episode 8 onward here,…
11 AAPI Student Films to Start Off Your APA Heritage Month!
This week, the Twittersphere became embroiled in discourse (through #whitewashedOUT) over mainstream Hollywood’s Whitewashing of several traditionally Asian and Asian American characters…
Dept. of Education Announces Major AAPI Disaggregation Federal Grant Initiative
In an understated YouTube video (after the jump) released by the White House Initiative for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders…