Young Texas Asian Americans don’t feel represented in government
AUSTIN, TEXAS. — Austin, Texas is known as a liberal haven in a famously red state. The city should be…
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Filipinx American Identity: A Personal (Ongoing) Journey of Positionality
About a year ago, I stood before the faculty and students of my psychology graduate program and declared, “Before I…
My great-grandfather had a horse and a pistol.
He had a horse and a pistol. He also had a house that was so big that when British soldiers…
Striking Down Affirmative Action Hurts All of Us
Every spring I relive the fever dream of the college admissions cycle. “Didn’t you hear?” My mom will tell me…
Where I Am Really From: Or, Sometimes I Think About the Etymology of ‘Gook’
Sometimes I think about the fact that Robert Aaron Long carried out the 2021 Atlanta spa shooting on the fifty-third anniversary of the infamous massacre at Mỹ Lai.
I’m a Southeast Asian American educator. My community will not be weaponized against affirmative action.
I am from district Nha Be in Vietnam, just a bit outside of Saigon. I immigrated to Minnesota with my…
Call for Pitches: Asian America x LGBTQIA+
It’s Pride Month once again, but in the last year, things have become more grim for the LGBTQ+ community here…
Black and Filipino Solidarity has a Long History Many Forgot
By Rohan Zhou-Lee When a Filipina American woman in upstate New York was brutally attacked on March 11 this year,…
The fallacy of fuckability politics
By: Tif Shen After a recent breakup, I’ve found my way back to dating apps. I’ve learned that a new…
Asian American Cowboys and Native Erasure
By Guest Contributor: Dr. Beenash Jafri In 2021, a prominent billboard featuring the photos of three Asian cowboys was erected…
When I worked security for a brothel in upstate New York
By Guest Contributor: Kathryn Clemensts A moment of indecision can have life-altering consequences. I already knew that and I knew…
Find your Place in the Revolution: Grace Lee Boggs’ Final Message to Asian Americans
By Guest Contributor: Scott Kurashige Eight years ago amid the heat of a Detroit summer, legendary Chinese American scholar-activist Grace…