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· Bryan Ke
Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article indicated the man’s ethnicity was allegedly Hmong. The claim was made and documented by the Facebook user as we reported, but we’ve altered our headline to not single out any one specific community. A Minnesota man streamed…
· Bryan Ke
Kendall Jenner and her company, Kendall Jenner Inc., were reportedly slapped with a $150,000 lawsuit after being sued by an Asian American photographer for copyright infringement. In the court documents acquired by The Blast, New York-based photographer Angela Ma accused the…
· Editorial Staff
Three teens have been arrested in the Twin City area of Minnesota for allegedly kicking an elderly woman of Asian descent in the head at the Dale Street Metro Station, reports WCCO Radio News. Investigations began after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
· Lindsey Yoo
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. In the early days of COVID-19, commentators often chose to describe the novel coronavirus as an affliction that would not discriminate. “While the well-connected certainly have better access to…
· Carl Samson
Over a dozen U.S. senators have urged the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take “concrete steps” to address the growing number of hate crimes against Asian Americans amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Describing the situation as “alarming,” the senators reminded the department of the…
· Ryan General
An unprovoked attack on a young Asian woman in Vancouver about a month ago remains under investigation by local authorities. According to Vancouver Police, the victim was assaulted by a still unknown suspect as she was waiting at a bus stop near Granville and West Pender streets…
· Maina Chen
Local NYC grocer Patrick Mock has been spearheading an initiative to provide free food to the elderly, homeless, frontline and essential workers in need of a meal. Operating out of 46 Mott Bakery since April 20, Mock, 26, has one to three volunteers coming every day to help,…
· Carl Samson
For much of the previous decade, Asian Americans saw the lowest unemployment rate of any racial or ethnic group in the U.S. They also had the highest median household income, which translated to figures that reinforced perceptions of them as the “model minority.” Unfortunately,…
· Ernestine Siu
Simmone Park, like many Asians around the world, struggled with coming to terms with her dual identity as a North Korean Canadian woman. As a speaker and standup comedian, Park had an honest and vulnerable conversation with NextShark where she opened up about her journey of…
· Bryan Ke
A British Asian actor called out a racist while shopping at a neighborhood store in London, England after claiming the man “was scared that I was Chinese.” Jason Wong, 34, was out shopping in a newsagent in Queen’s Park in London when a stranger suddenly approached him and asked…
· Ryan General
Minutes after being released from police custody for her involvement in a racist incident, an Australian woman was caught on film racially attacking another person. Angela Weedon can be seen hurling ethnic slurs at a male photographer outside the Sydney Police Center on Monday…
· Carl Samson
“Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu has lambasted an internet scam calling for Asian actors to audition for roles in the upcoming sequels of the 2018 blockbuster film. The false notice, which arrived in the form of a sketchy press release, reportedly came from a Twitter user…
· Carl Samson
One man in London found himself knocked flat on the ground after allegedly using racist language in an encounter with a man of South Asian descent. The incident, which appears to be filmed by the South Asian man, reportedly occurred near the East London Mosque in the Borough of…
· Bryan Ke
A 15-year-old teen in Addison, Texas donated 11,000 masks to a local hospital using money she raised from crowdfunding and hopes the gesture helps dispel the bias against Asian Americans due to COVID-19. After noticing the shortage of personal protective equipment in hospitals,…
· Kimberly Nguyen
May is officially Asian Pacific Heritage Month! While going out to immerse yourself in AAPI culture may not be an option, you can still visit these virtual museum collections. Here is just a small sampling of the vast amount of information we can learn from history:
· Carl Samson
While many are becoming aware of stories of hate against Asians from news reports, about one in three Americans have reportedly witnessed another person blaming the group for the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether they did something to help, however, is unclear.
· Bryan Ke
The NYPD released photos of a man who broke an Asian woman’s cellphone and hurled racist remarks related to COVID-19 towards her in Queens. The incident occurred in the vicinity of Wetherole Street and 66th Avenue in Rego Park on April 26 at 11:45 a.m., according to AM New York.
· Ruoshan Dong
It’s a quarter past midnight. There are about a million jumbled thoughts racing through my scrambled mind, but one common theme interconnects them all: I am completely, utterly, devastatingly unprepared for my chemistry test tomorrow. I can’t tell the difference between an…
· Lesley Ann
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Lumiscript. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely those of the author. Two days ago, I sat down in the midst of the quarantine monotony and watched one of my favorite movies — “Crazy Rich Asians.” As I sat and…
· Carl Samson
China Mac has been vocal against the racist violence Asian Americans have been experiencing amid the COVID-19 pandemic — and he wants others to step up too. The Brooklyn-born rapper, whose real name is Raymond Yu, slammed President Donald Trump in March for using the term…
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