asian americans
‘This Is Not a True Story’ recapitulates anti-Asian micro-aggressions in purgatory
September 28, 2023LOS ANGELES — Western (i.e., Caucasian) artists have a seemingly irrepressible urge to fetishize, generalize, and stereotype all other cultures and people—Indigenous peoples, Asians, Latinos/as, Africans—and even some now regarded as “white” but who were once...
Read moreCalifornia’s new A.G. announces ‘Racial Justice Bureau’ to combat hate surge
May 14, 2021State Attorney General Rob Bonta says California is "in a full-on state of crisis, a full-on state of emergency when it comes to hate violence against the Asian Pacific Islander community."
Read morePolice will not keep Asian communities safe from violence
March 23, 2021Vulnerable members of Asian communities will not be kept safe by increasing police patrols in Asian neighborhoods and the continued bloating of police budgets.
Read moreThe stain that won’t wash (or be whitewashed)
March 18, 2021The latest from People's World cartoonist Greg Kearney.
Read moreAnger mounts as police cover for Atlanta murderer of Asian women
March 18, 2021The anti-AAPI hate crimes also expose a sliver of the horrible social and economic conditions faced by AAPI communities, made worse by the pandemic.
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