“Allegiance” Gives Voice and Life to Japanese American History
This year marks the 70th year of the closing of the World War II incarceration camps (JACL’s “Power of Words”)…
‘Quantico’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 8, “Over”
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Lakshmi’s recaps for “Quantico” episodes 1-7 can be found here. Future recaps will appear…
This Is Not About Free Speech
The protests that have embroiled university campuses across this country over the past week are as much about free speech…
Landmark Bill Introduced to Grant International Adoptees Automatic US Citizenship
Many outside the adoptee community are surprised when they learn that this country can and will deport international adoptees. Yet, that is…
How a Yale Prof’s Defense of Offensive Halloween Costumes Reveals a Hostile Campus Climate for Students of Colour
This country’s prestigious colleges and universities have a serious race problem. At the University of Missouri, student athletes have walked…
Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival 2015 Opens Next Week with “Seoul Searching”
This year’s Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival (@paaff)– now in its 8th year — will once again highlight the work of…
Second Mistrial Declared in Police Beating of Sureshbhai Patel
I just can’t even right now. A mistrial has once again been declared in the excessive force trial of Alabama…
It’s Time to Step The F*ck Up for Asian American Studies | #WeNeedAAPIStudies
I would not be who I am without Asian American Studies. This blog would not exist without Cornell’s Asian American…
Reappropriate Joins AANHPI Organizations in Filing as SCOTUS Amici for Affirmative Action | #Edu4All
Three national Asian American, Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander civil rights organizations filed separate amicus briefs today in support of affirmative…
We Need To Stop Blaming the Victims of Police Brutality For The Violence Committed Against Their Bodies
An unarmed 16-year-old schoolgirl who refuses to put away her cellphone does not deserve being grabbed by the neck and…
Defense Attorneys Go “Full Xenophobia” in Blaming Indian Grandfather for Being Paralyzed By Cop
This is absolutely disgusting. 58-year-old Sureshbhai Patel was out for a morning walk this February in the neighbourhood where his…
How Our “One-Size-Fits-All” Approach to Healthcare Fails Southeast Asian American Patients
One of the watershed moments in my development as an AANHPI race advocate happened at ECAASU in 2003. I was still a…