By Ally Wang Recently, the discussions about supportive housing heat up within the community. Some people strongly oppose it, while others believe any opposition is against humanity. Setting aside ideological positions, I want to share my personal thoughts based on what I have seen. I am a highly compassionate person in other’s mind. I always keep changes […]
The psychology of Asian American and Pacific Islander identity and wellness. Reviewed by Monica Vilhauer, Ph.D. Key points Belonging and critical consciousness shape well-being and civic engagement among AAPI individuals. Racism, trauma, and misrepresentation create enduring structural and psychological barriers. Community care, rooted in culture, mentorship, and solidarity, builds resilience and fuels justice. The Asian
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Was Apple’s Asian supervillian a set of harmful stereotypes, or just bizarrely crafted and terribly written? By Curtis Evans In the waning weeks of the dreary Depression year of 1931, twenty-eight-year-old Yee Gow Suen of the little Mississippi Delta town of Dermott, Arkansas (Pop. 2942 in the 1930 census), an avid young reader of American pulp crime
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This is part one of a two-part series on the City of Isleton, and its exemplary community engagement and resourcefulness in pursuing downtown revitalization. The second part focuses on Isleton’s participation in the Sacramento Area Council of Governments’ Rural Main Streets Technical Assistance Program, as well as its upcoming work with CivicWell and the Caltrans Sustainable
By Annette Poizner In North America, May is a time of cultural celebration, honoring both Jewish Heritage and Asian Heritage. It is a good time to reflect on the camaraderie and shared resilience of two ancient communities: Jewish and Chinese. A few years ago, amid a disturbing rise in anti-Asian hate during the pandemic, nearly
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By: Nick Evans An Ohio Senate committee heard from opponents Tuesday of a measure placing restrictions on foreign ownership of land. The sponsors argue keeping foreign governments — particularly China — at least 25 miles from military installations and critical infrastructure is a matter of national security. But opponents contend the bill casts too broad a
The era of academic exchange that began in the 1970s was born out of diplomacy. “People were curious about us, inviting us to their homes,” one former student recalled. By Kurt Streeter In 1987, when Haipei Shue arrived in the United States as a graduate sociology student at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, he received the
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By Michael Barnes Scanning the American-Statesman archives for evidence of the earliest Chinese American families in Austin — inspired by May being Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month — I came across some fleeting references to Chinese news and culture during this newspaper’s first years. One 1876 article that included a reference to young
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By Junyao Yang The very first Chinese laundry in the United States opened in 1851, in San Francisco’s Chinatown, on the corner of Washington and Grant streets. That place, with a “Wash’ng and Iron’ng” sign, is long gone. But it’s now memorialized in a new exhibit at the Chinese Historical Society of America. “Challenging a
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By Crystal Valencia Few have studied the experiences of children of immigrants who move to their ancestral homelands—countries with which they share cultural ties but haven’t necessarily had direct contact. In her new book, Chasing the American Dream in China: Chinese Americans in the Ancestral Homeland, Associate Professor of Sociology Leslie Wang addresses this gap,
UMass Boston Professor Publishes New Book, Chasing the American Dream in China Read More »