Trump Makes Racially-Charged Remarks Towards Japanese Reporter in Controversial Press Conference
In a press conference marked by erratic and un-presidential behaviour, President Trump made racially charged remarks against a Japanese reporter,…
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US Census’ Proposed New Citizenship Question Will Lead to Undercounting of Asian Americans | #CensusNotCensure
For the first time in over fifty years, the US Census is planning to ask respondents about their citizenship status.…
We Need To Talk About Priyanka Chopra’s Latest Magazine Cover
By Guest Contributors: Lakshmi Gandhi (@lakshmigandhi) and Asha Sundararaman (@mixedtck) We really weren’t planning to talk about Priyanka Chopra so soon…
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Would Donald Trump still be a Freddie Mercury fan if he knew Freddie’s life story?
By Guest Contributor: Lakshmi Gandhi (@LakshmiGandhi) Before journalist Jarrett Hill broke the story of Melania Trump’s alleged plagiarism of Michelle…
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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…
We Cannot Remember a Day of Infamy While Forgetting its Racist Aftermath
Today marks the 74th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbour, which left nearly 2,500 Americans dead and more than…
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…
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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…
#DayofRemembrance: 12 images of anti-Japanese xenophobia from the 1940’s (and earlier)
72 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which established military zones in the West Coast, eventually…