Helpers urged to get vaccinated
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The Labour Department today said it conducted operations at popular foreign domestic helper (FDH) gathering places on June 13 and 14 to remind them to comply with social distancing measures and urged them to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The operations were jointly conducted with Police, the Home Affairs Department and the Leisure & Cultural Services Department, […]

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Asian Americans Lead in Intent to Get COVID-19 Vaccinations
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A friend of mine had posted about this recent Pew Research report on ‘Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases.‘  It surprised me that Asians are currently more likely to get the COVID-19 vaccine than any other demographic group, but I imagine this is the […]

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Asian American Cultural Landmarks:  The San Gabriel Valley and Beyond
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Liu Fang Yuan (photo credit:  Caroline Liou for Hyperallergic) While conflicts have increased about American historical monuments and landmarks, especially regarding statues of slave owners or institutions named after racists, this article from Hyperallergic asks, what kind of cultural landmarks do Asian Americans establish?   In “In American’s “First Suburban Chinatown,” Asian Americans Have Negotiated Cultural […]

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Indiana University Apologizes for Banning Japanese American Students During World War II
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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. President McRobbie addresses IU’s WWII-era Japanese American student banThis week, Indiana University formally apologized for a World War II-era policy banning admission of Japanese American students between 1942 and 1945. The official apology, issued in a letter from President Michael McRobbie, follows several years of advocacy […]

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