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South Asian Doctor Killed in Plane Crash

An Indian-origin cardiologist was killed in a California plane crash on Monday, Tribune India reports. A twin-engine Cessna C340 crashed in Santee, California near Santana High School on Monday around 12:15 p.m., NBC 7 reports. The plane was heading toward San Diego from Yuma, Arizona. Authorities confirmed that Dr. Suguta Das...

Asian American voters divided in NYC mayor’s race

By Louis Chan, AsAmNews National Correspondent An exit poll conducted of the 2021 Democratic mayoral primary in New York City shows an Asian American electorate divided by ethnic subgroup. The survey conducted by the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund in multiple languages found the majority of Chinese and...

A resource guide to supporting the AAPI Community

By Lindsay Wang, AsAmNews Associate Editor Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community has experienced an exponential growth in anti-AAPI hate and violence. Every week, social media feeds are flooded with news reports of assaults and attacks on the elderly, the...

Biden Wishes Indian Americans, South Asians, Southeast Asians a Happy New Year

President Joe Biden sent warm wishes to Indian Americans, South Asians and Southeast Asians on the eve of their New Year, Hindu Business Line reports. “(First Lady) Jill (Biden) and I send our warmest wishes to the South Asian and Southeast Asian communities who are celebrating Vaisakhi, Navratri, Songkran and the incoming...

Warnock & Ossoff Address AAPI issues before election

by Akemi Tamanaha, Associate Editor On Tuesday, Georgia voters will decide whether the Democratic or Republican party controls the Senate. The choice is between current Republican Senators Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue or their respective Democratic challengers Rev. Raphael Warnock and Jon Ossoff. Asian American and Pacific Islander voters...

COVID-19 could push 1 in 10 Indian Americans to poverty

A new report out says the pandemic could increase the poverty rate in the Indian American community from 6 percent to 10 percent. The American Bazaar reports the warning comes from Indiaspora, a non-profit from the Johns Hopkins’ Paul Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. Currently 4.2 million Indian Americans...

Indian American challenger expected to elected into NY state assembly

Jenifer Rajkumar, a second-generation Indian American lawyer, is expected to be elected into the New York state assembly representing Queens, News India Times reports. If she wins, Rajkumar will become the first legislator of Indian and South Asian descent in the NY state office. Rajkumar, whose parents immigrated from...

Spotify celebrates Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month

Titled Our Roots. Our Sound., Spotify this month launched a new campaign to empower Asian American and Pacific Islander artists and to mark AAPI Heritage Month . According to Billboard, Spotify's new campaign features playlists, podcasts, and artists from a diversity of Asian backgrounds. Playlists include Beast Meets West, which celebrates...

PBS breaking ground with Asian Americans

By Jana Monji, AsAmNews Contributor Imagine seeing your co-workers die and sending back their remains to their families and after surviving several years of hard labor, not being invited to the party. One hundred and fifty years later, descendants of this survivors were the honored guests at Promontory, Utah,...

Delta fined $50,000 for alleged discrimination against Muslims

The U.S. Department of Transportation fined Delta Air Lines $50,000 fine for two cases of discrimination against Muslim passengers on Friday. The two alleged incidents took place in 2016. The Council on American-Islamic Relations requested a federal investigation into one of them, involving a U.S. couple of Pakistani descent,...

Bangladesh Boulevard unveiled in New Jersey

The third largest city in New Jersey renamed a portion of Union Avenue Bangladesh Boulevard this weekend in a nod to its growing Bangladesh community. The Patterson Times reports an estimated 15,000 Bengalis live in Patterson, a city of 146,000. Hundreds filled the streets to mark the occasion of the street...

Alex Inc Falls Short

  By Olivia Wolf AsAmNews Staff Writer It's rare to see a show focused on a multi-racial family, thus it's not surprising that many AsAmNews readers have taken an interest in learning more about Alex Inc, a new comedy starring Zach Braff and Tiya Sircar. The show debuted last week and the second...

Multiracial Asian American Family to Debut on ABC Tonight

A mixed-race television family starring Zach Braff of the sitcom Scrubs and Tiya Sircar of NBC's The Good Place  makes their debut tonight in Alex Inc. Sircar plays a lawyer forced to deal with her husband's start up life (Zach Braff) after he quits his radio job to launch a...

Asian Americans Star In Leading Roles In New ‘Hamilton’ Tour

Asian American actors Joseph Morales, Shoba Narayan, and Marcus Choi are filling leading roles in the second national tour of the hit musical Hamilton. Morales who is Hawaiian will star as Alexander Hamilton in the hip-hop musical beginning in Seattle on February 6; he currently plays the alternate of Alexander...

Asian American Get out the Vote Effort Underway in Early Referendum on Trump Presidency

  Asians in Georgia? Come on, people. There are Asians everywhere these days. Asian American Pacific Islanders make up more than three percent of the population in The Peach State. A special election is being held there today to replace former Rep Tom Price (R-GA) who is now the nation's Health and Human...

Asian American Legal Defense & Education Fund: Asian Americans Faced Barriers to Voting

From AALDEF Many Asian American voters across the country, especially new citizens and first-time voters, encountered barriers and discrimination at polling places, including improper requests for identification, inadequate language assistance, no provisional ballots, being sent to multiple incorrect poll sites, and discrimination against American Muslim women wearing hijabs or niqabs. The...

AAPI Groups Open Election Hotline, Organize Poll Monitors to Protect Voting Rights

By Louis Chan AsAmNews National Correspondent Asian Americans Advancing Justice and Asian Pacific Islander American Vote have opened a national election hotline that will be available through election day, November 8. The hotline is available to answer your questions about voting, how to find a polling place, or to learn about any...

The Reality of Asian Privilege

By Sudip Bhattacharya AsAmNews Staff Writer Does Asian Privilege exist in the U.S.? The simple answer: Yes. However, the more complex one is below. My parents emigrated from India in 1987. They settled in New York City and my dad started a printing business. Unfortunately, he had to shut it down in less than...

Books for the Woke Soul

By Sudip Bhattacharya AsAmNews Staff Writer I woke up the other day, with a book beside my pillow, because A) I’m a nerd and sometimes, books make more sense than people, and B) I was reading past midnight, and passed out, the words hopefully sinking deeper into my skin. As of right...

Poll Monitors Keeping close Eye on New York Primary

The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), a New York-based national civil rights organization, will dispatch attorneys and volunteers to document voter problems and the availability of language assistance today in New York City during the primary. In addition to the New York Democratic and Republican presidential primaries, there is a special election...
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