It truly doesn’t make sense to me. We are on the verge – the world is on the verge – of having some sense of normalcy again – sure it’ll be a bit – but my god – why now? Is the hate that deep for us that even though we should be trying to […]

While Amanda Gorman has become well known for being the first US National Youth Poet Laureate and speaking at the Joe Biden presidential inauguration, cities all over the US also have Youth Poet Laureate programs, with many Asian Americans as winners and finalists in the national competition. New York City’s Youth poet laureate for 2021 […]

Last year, I wrote about the spike in incidents of anti-Asian harassment, verbal abuse, bullying, and violence since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Since then, the level of anti-Asian racism and xenophobia seemed to have declined, but since the start of 2021, there seems to be a new wave of attacks aimed against Asian […]

How to combat a rise in violence against AAPI communities. View Entire Post ›

The Justice Department said on Friday it would investigate the rising tide of hate crimes in America, as Asian Americans say they’vbe seen a growing number of racially motivated attacks.They maintain the uptick has come since officials in the Trump administration began…

The suspect, 23-year-old Salman Muflihi, allegedly told a security guard he “stabbed a guy” after the violent attack, but has pleaded not guilty to the charges. View Entire Post ›

A group claiming Harvard discriminates against Asian American applicants is asking the Supreme Court to ban the consideration of race in college admissions nationwide.With an expanded 6-3 conservative majority since the last time the court heard an affirmative action case,…

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 […]

In this week’s newsletter: Asian American influencers and online community-builders are confronting difficult identity issues after the recent string of racist attacks. View Entire Post ›

Image credit: Stephen Ford Randall Park’s Jimmy Woo from Disney’s Wandavision TV series has proven to be such an entertaining character that actor/director Stephen Ford has created a pitch to make Park the star of an X-File type show that investigates mysteries in the Marvel Cinematic University (MCU).  For those of you who might not […]