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Tuesday 25th July 2017,
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
AAPI students fight for immigration rights.
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
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
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
Historical marker at Granite City, BC makes no mention of Chinese miners who began working 25 years before the White miners
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
Members of the Brandeis Asian American Task Force present a letter to new campus president Ronald D. Liebowitz
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
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
Protestors in Los Angeles advocate for Ethnic Studies (2014)
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
Locke’s Main Street is only three blocks long (National Park Service photo)
By Ed Diokno
An important piece of Asian American history almost went up in flames last weekend. One of the old wooden buildings in the town of Locke, California caught fire and threatened the entire town of old, wood-frame structures built by
200 people pack a hearing to discuss changes in history books used in California
UPDATE: Early Friday morning after most people had gone to sleep, the California Instructional Quality Commission rejected a proposal to replace the word “India” with “South Asia” in history books used in California public schools, reports First Post.
The … Read more
Ex Describes Financier as Self-Hating Asian in Explosive Trial 
Fashion Spread Accused of Using Racist Imagery 
Study: East Asians Have A Different Measure of Success than Whites 
Chasing Lovely – Two Hapa Girls Sing about Things We Don’t Talk About 
Some Still Express Serious Doubts about Victim in Racist Airbnb Incident 
Ally said:
RE: First Asian American signs with Jay Z's Entertainment Company: Good for him! And am glad he never changed who he was nor ...
The other said:
RE: Ex describes Financier as self-hating Asian in Explosive Trial: You know he's the type of guy who projects his self hate ...
Michael S. Teruya said:
RE:Chasing Lovely: Two Hapa Girls Sing about Things We Don't Talk About: Hey, not all Asian-Americans are able to lead the fi ...
The other said:
RE: Mea Culpa: Article by Asian American White supremacist Likely Fabricated: Yeah, the article hit every anti AW talking poi ...
Richard Chen said:
RE: Mea Culpa: Article by Asian American White Supremacist likely Fabricated: Excellent journalistic credibility here so than ...
doug chang said:
RE:Fashion spread accused of using Racist imagery: **has Asian sellout wife** ...
Joe said:
RE: Of course, his wife is Asian and thinks it's okay, so that must mean all Asians should be ok with it. ...
pck01 said:
RE: Fashion spread accused of using racist imagery: After reading the response from Billy Kid Studio lemme just say this: Wow ...