RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now. By Jeff Yang, Phil Yu and Philip Wang. Now available everywhere from Harper Books: harpercollins.com/pages/Rise
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So and I are hurtling towards Episode 200 of . As usual, we haven't really thought or planned that far ahead. Any suggestions? What should we do to celebrate our 200th episode?
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Today’s (5/5) Google Doodle celebrates the life and work of late photographer, journalist and activist Corky Lee — the unofficial photographer laureate of Asian America. Rest in peace. google.com/doodles/celebr
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See you tonight at the VC x JANM Party in Little Tokyo! Kicking off the 39th edition of the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival and AANHPI Heritage Month.
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In Episode 196, and welcome , award-winning poet, museologist, and host of TEN THOUSAND THINGS, a podcast about modern-day artifacts of Asian American life.
theycallusbruce.libsyn.com/196-they-call-
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On the left is my 9-yr-old daughter during the 2007 strike. On the right is her today—a writer on the staff of a big-budget Amazon show and a strike captain. She is the reason we went on strike then, and here she is fighting for her generation and the next.
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Ah shit. Suehiro Cafe.
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I wrote about the eviction of Little Tokyo's Suehiro Cafe. I ask whether rail development is reproducing freeway racism, because it's most harmful effects are borne by Chinatown, Boyle Heights, Inglewood, Little Tokyo, Koreatown and others. latimes.com/california/sto
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I just got this message on IG and was given permission to share it.
I try not to be too self important, but like. These books fucking matter. She was horrified. She deserved to know. She wasn't protected as a child when no one told her. They were just setting her up.
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Another year, more of the same. When survey respondents were asked to name a famous Asian American figure, top responses were:
Don't Know 26%
Jackie Chan 12%
Bruce Lee 6%
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In Episode 195 of , we talk to and -- The Shib Sibs! -- about their new book AMAZING: Asian American and Pacific Islanders Who Inspire Us All. And they discuss The Good/Bad/WTF of working with your sibling.
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The belief that China is a threat has implications for perceptions of #AsianAmericans
Most Americans think of #China when they think of the AsianAms' countries of origin
Recall that 1 in 4 Americans believe that AsianAms are MORE LOYAL to their country of origin than to the US
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78% of Americans see #China as a threat. Among those who do...
83% believe that China is a military/national security threat
74% believe that China is an economic threat
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31% of Americans believe that #AsianAmericans should be subject to MORE SCRUTINY when working in areas considered critical to US global strategic competitiveness
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1 in 4 Americans believe that #AsianAmericans are MORE LOYAL to their country of origin than to the United States
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
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🚨 JUST OUT ➡️ The 2023 STAATUS Index
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
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Happy #AAPIHeritageMonth!
People usually trace Asian Am movements to 1968, but I found an old newspaper article that made me rethink that
Check out this thread about the 1907 launch of ’s Oriental Students’ Association, sixty years before the standard origin story 👇🏽
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1/ The standard story of the Asian American movement begins in the 1960s
But I just found an old newspaper article about an "Oriental Students Association" in 1907 California, with members from India, China, Siam, and Japan.
Here's the story 
secretdesihistory.com/oriental-stude
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In Episode 195, and welcome sibling duo and , two-time Olympic medalist ice dancers and authors of the new children's picture book AMAZING: ASIAN AMERICANS AND PACIFIC ISLANDERS WHO INSPIRE US ALL. theycallusbruce.libsyn.com/195-they-call-
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FYI: Season two of Catch! Teenieping is coming to Netflix on May 21. Look, this is exciting news in my household.
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As I say perennially: for some of us, every month is Heritage Month. May is just the month we officially make you celebrate with us. So yay go learn something. Or whatever.
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Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Yes, we get a month, as decreed by the U.S. government. May your celebrations be loud, proud and delicious.
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"Despite corroborating statements confirming Mr. Perkins' use of anti-Asian, racist slurs such as 'chink' and 'ching chong' [AT STUDENTS, IN THE CLASSROOM]... the WSD investigator still found no grounds for a determination of harassment."
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Baby-Sitters Club fans, you may not have known Hodges Soileau's name, but you definitely knew his work.
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Thank you to the BSC super fans for making this story happen. I’m so grateful to tell Hodges Soileau’s story. Here’s a link to the @washingtonpost story: wapo.st/3VderlE
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Bullying and hate continue to harm our youth. On May 18, we are honoring #VincentChin and empowering #AAPIyouth to speak up against injustice.
Join our special Gala ft. : acttochange.org/2023dayagainst
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Hey folks, you may have seen this elsewhere, but is doing a big sale on preorders right now!
Get your copy of THE GOLDEN SCREEN today, April 26, through April 28 at Barnes & Noble online, and get 25% off with this code: PREORDER25! barnesandnoble.com/w/the-golden-s
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Wow. Hari Kondabolu and Hank Azaria sit down and talk it all out on . Their first public conversation about Apu and The Simpson. Great discussion.
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One of my tweets from December 2021 just got flagged for sensitive content. So I appealed it.
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Beyond honored that was named 2022’s Best Edited Reference in Popular and American culture by the Popular Culture Association! Congrats to my fellow coauthors , and to our amazing editor !
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Airing tonight on PBS, also streaming on PBS YouTube and the PBS app
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FYI: The excellent documentary FREE CHOL SOO LEE is making its broadcast premiere on PBS' Independent Lens starting April 24. pbs.org/independentlen
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Beef producers and stars (finally) release statement on resurfaced r*pe self-account by David Choe in 2014 podcast.
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Listen to our conversation with filmmakers Julie Ha and Eugene Yi in Episode 169 of .
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FYI: The excellent documentary FREE CHOL SOO LEE is making its broadcast premiere on PBS' Independent Lens starting April 24.
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(Somehow, the conversation veers towards an excuse to discuss Korean reality shows, à la Physical 100, Singles Inferno. Again. Because why not.)
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On the latest , we welcome , host of the podcast K-POP DREAMING, a journey through the rise and history of K-pop in the U.S., mapped against Vivian's own Korean American coming-of-age in Los Angeles.
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