Anti-Asian hate is not welcome in politics
By Guest Contributor: Christine Chen, Executive Director of APIAVote (@apiavote) Edison town council member Sapana Shah realized something was wrong…
Tag: Islamophobia
BREAKING: Gold Star Father Says his Travel Privileges are being “Reviewed”?
Khizr Khan, the Pakistani American and Muslim father of US Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed in 2004 while…
Where is America’s Outrage over Hate Crime Killing in Olathe?
Last week, a man was shot and killed because of the colour of his skin. It was a warm Wednesday…
900+ Asian American Studies Scholars Issue Collective Statement Decrying Trump’s Proposed Muslim Registry
Over 900 Asian American Studies scholars from across the United States issued a joint statement today decrying President-Elect Donald Trump’s…
#EmboldenedRacists After Election of Donald Trump
Donald Trump launched his presidential campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists” and “killers”. On the campaign trail, he has advocated a…
The Chatter Around the Ongoing Saga of Huma Abedin
By Guest Contributors: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) and Asha Sundararaman (@mixedtck) We first started informally chatting about Hillary Clinton’s trusted aide…
5 Lessons I Learned While Protesting a Trump Rally
By Guest Contributor: Sudip Bhattacharya “I need to pee, and I need a cookie,” I told my friend as we drove…
‘Designated Survivor’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 4: “The Enemy”
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) On this week’s Designated Survivor, President Kirkman struggled with whether or not federalizing Michigan’s National…
The Unbearable Silence of the World in the Face of Those Whose Lives Were Taken
By Guest Contributor: Ammara Khursheed July 6th 2016: At work, I check Facebook, my newsfeed is flooded with images of the…
‘Designated Survivor’ Recap: Season 1, Episode 2, ‘The First Day’
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Shortly after the fifteenth anniversary of the 2001 World Trade Center attacks, The Week posted…
The Long Road Ahead: Why Black Lives Matter For a Muslim American Woman
By Guest Contributor: Anisa Khalifa (@anisakhalifa_) After the killings of this past week, it feels on some level as if…
Echoes of Pvt. Danny Chen: Fresh Focus on Military Hazing after Muslim Asian American’s Death
Raheel Siddiqui was just 20 years old when he first arrived at Parris Island, where the young Marine recruit faced…