Why a Vice President Mike Pence is Bad News for AAPIs
Hours ago, the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump confirmed weeks of political gossip with his announcement that he…
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Donald Trump Fakes Indian Accent While Maine’s GOP Governor Calls Indians “The Worst Ones”
Did the RNC send out a memo instructing Republicans to be racially offensive towards Indians and Indian Americans this weekend? It’s…
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GOP Autopsy: Dead and Buried
By Guest Contributor: Bel Leong-Hong, Chair of the Democratic National Committee’s AAPI Caucus Three years ago today, the Republican National…
“Allegiance” To Give Final Broadway Performance in February
Just three months after opening on Broadway, “Allegiance” — which tackles Japanese American incarceration with a story inspired by the childhood…
The Absurd, Racist, and Unfounded Fears at the Core of Islamophobia
So, I’m on a roll this week, posting about why I believe we — as Asian Americans, as Americans, and…
Chinese Exclusion, and the Dangerous Islamophobia of Donald Trump
Yesterday, GOP frontrunner Donald Trump announced his most extremist position to-date. Coincident with the 74th anniversary of the attack on…
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Asian Americans, We Must Stand Strong with our Undocumented Immigrants | #MyAsianAmericanStory
Whether it is Donald Trump’s verbal caricature of overseas Chinese businessmen, or Jeb Bush’s proclamation that when it comes to “anchor…
Trump Mocks Asian Speech Patterns in Campaign Speech
Oh, hell no. Less than an hour after Donald Trump ejected Univision reporter Jorge Ramos from a press conference in Iowa,…
Birthright Citizenship and How the GOP is Abandoning Asian American Voters
Asian Americans voters are America’s fastest growing population of voters, growing from 1.6% of registered voters in 1996 to 3.4% in…