George Takei to Executive Produce Jamie Ford’s Story about Incarceration Camps

posted by Randall

Actor and activist George Takei will executive produce a movie based on the Jamie Ford best seller, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, reports Deadline… Read more

The Forgotten Asian American Hero Behind Loving V.S. Virginia

posted by Sophia Whittemore

By Sophia Whittemore
AsAmNews Intern
 
If any of you have seen the movie Loving, the story detailing an interracial couple’s struggles to have their marriage recognized, then you’ll know just how important that case was for the sake of the nation. I know it’s certainly important. If interracial marriage was illegal, then my Indonesia-born … Read more

Blog: This Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, Remember Our Stake in Immigration Justice

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By Helen Mun

 

May is an important month for Asian America:  Asian Pacific American Heritage Month is a time when our voices and narratives are centered and celebrated on social media, in museums, in schools. May is also an important month for Asian American history: in 1843, the … Read more

Japanese American Prisoners from Santa Anita Race Track Hold Reunion

posted by Randall

The traumatic experience of being incarcerated behind barbed wire for simply being Japanese is still a tough subject to talk about for some who lived through it .

200 Japanese Americans held a reunion at the Santa Anita Racetrack this past weekend to renew friendships and relive memories.

They were imprisoned there before being transferred … Read more

Students Call for Hmong American Studies at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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A group of Hmong American undergraduates are organizing to lobby the University of Wisconsin, Madison, to launch a formal Hmong American Studies program, reported the Wisconsin State Journal.

Wisconsin is home to one of the largest Hmong American populations in the country, but the students face an uphill climb at a time the state … Read more

Vice: Historical Records Wiped Clean of Chinese Miners

posted by Randall

The contributions of Asians is often excluded from history books.

In parts of British Columbia, its as if these Asians didn’t exist at all.

Vice reports there’s barely a trace of Chinese miners, even … Read more

Justice: Students at Brandeis Lobby New University President for Asian American Studies

posted by Randall

Students at Brandeis University didn’t waste a minute pushing a proposal for an Asian American Studies program before the campus’ new president.

Just minutes after the inauguration of Ronald D. Liebowitz as the new president, the Brandeis … Read more

BuzzFeed: 15 Memorable Facts about Filipino American History You Should Know

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By Ed Diokno

Kevin Nadall,  a Buzzfeed contributor, has come up with one of that seemingly never-ending lists, “15 Memorable Facts About Filipino American History You Should Know.”

He asked Filipino Americans from all over the country to share what they want the world to know about Filipino Americans.

He got the responses … Read more

Governor Brown Signs Ethnic Studies Bill in California

posted by Louis Chan

By Louis Chan
AsAmNews National Correspondent
 
With little fanfare, Governor Jerry Brown of California has signed a bill requiring every school district and charter school to offer an ethnic studies class in high school.
 
The bill becomes effective in the 2020-21 school year, giving … Read more

Fire Threatens Historic Town Chinese Laborers Built in the California Delta

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