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By: Colleen Smith For teachers looking for resources to celebrate and honor Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month, consider exploring a range of primary sources available through the Library’s digital collections. This free to use and reuse set highlights images that show experiences and contributions of Asian American and Pacific Islanders, while living in the United States.  Detail […]

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A racist confrontation at a North Vancouver café has sparked widespread community support after surveillance footage captured a customer verbally attacking the café owner and telling her to “go back to your country.” Stop Anti-Asian Hate Crimes Advocacy Group is deeply disturbed by the recent racist incident at a café in North Vancouver. Any form

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By Xintian Wang By Josh Johnson via Unsplash What does it take to be seen as “truly American”? For many, the answer still begins with birthplace. But for Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, it suggests a far more complicated reality: citizenship alone does not guarantee belonging; visibility does not always bring understanding; and public perceptions

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By Mark Segraves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mqjMazQCkY A mural going up in the heart of downtown D.C. celebrates women’s suffrage and the Chinese American community as the nation prepares to celebrate America’s 250th birthday. The mural of Chinese American suffragette Mabel Ping-Hua Lee is being painted on the side of Chinatown Garden on H Street. “It’s a great honor,

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By Jessica Xiao Hallmark image promoting All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong A new Hallmark Channel film All’s Fair in Love and Mahjong has drawn criticism from multiple prominent Asian Americans in the media industry. The promotional poster, which was shared on Instagram on Friday, did not feature any visibly Asian cast members or Chinese cultural elements despite

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Interview by Haiden Bergquist  https://youtu.be/tTjAApgK5DU Poetry and Text by Flo Oy Wong Featured Image: They Weren’t Supposed, 1994, 19 x 31″ mixed media (rice sack, sequins, threaded text, silkscreen image). Photo: Bob Hsiang. In 1991, Flo Oy Wong, artist, poet, and educator, was the first Asian American woman appointed by President Helen Klebesadel to the

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