You might think that a heavily Asian American area like the San Francisco Bay Area would be immune to coronavirus related racial harassment, but these days, the large Asian American population means a lot more targets to hate.  KGO, a local Bay Area TV station, has aired a special town hall called “Race and Coronavirus: […]

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Asian Woman Suffers Burns in Acid AttackIn Brooklyn, an Asian woman suffered severe burns across her body when someone sneaked up on her outside her home and splashed her with a caustic substance. The attack took place on Sunday night in the Sunset Park neighborhood. Surveillance […]

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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Surgeon General Warns of ‘Our Pearl Harbor Moment’Forecasting the nation’s struggle with COVID-19, the Surgeon General issued grave warnings to the American public, saying the coming week — when the outbreak is expected to reach its peak in places like New York — will be “our […]

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

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Do you remember 2018? If not, let me jog your memory. That summer, the movie Crazy Rich Asians exploded onto into the cultural scene all around the world. As my colleague (and wife) Miliann Kang and I wrote in our review of the book and movie: This is a potential game changer, as the mainstream […]

And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Andrew Yang Says Asians Need To Show ‘American-ness’ To Avoid RacismIn a Washington Post op-ed published Wednesday, former presidential candidate Andrew Yang attempted to address the increasing incidents of harassment and racism against Asians amid the coronavirus pandemic, encouraging Asian Americans to “embrace and show our […]