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· Bryan Ke
A 59-year-old transgender Filipino American has still not been found after she went missing at the Dallas Fort Worth International Airport in Texas while on a layover on the way to Mexico almost one year ago. What happened: Paula del Mundo, a nursing assistant at the James A.…
· Ryan General
An employee of an ice cream parlor in England reportedly berated an Asian family, calling them “monkeys” while chasing them out of the store. Harrowing experience: 40-year-old father Mohammed Abubakar Qasim shared on Facebook how he and his three children received verbal abuse…
· Editorial Staff
A California woman struggled to keep her dentures intact as she hurled xenophobic and racist insults during a Trump rally. The woman, who sported Trump 2020 pins, was caught on video on Saturday in Beverly Hills.
· Carl Samson
A new study has contradicted claims that Asian American students are harmed if they fail to get into their first-choice college or university. In 2015 and 2016, the Coalition of Asian American Associations (CAAA) and the Asian American Coalition for Education (AACE),…
· Ryan General
A new study has found that Asian American college students experience a higher rate of depression than students of other racial backgrounds. Signs of depression: Published by the Journal of American College Health, the research found that college students of Asian heritage…
· Carl Samson
The first Asian American president of a major U.S. university has died at the age of 95. Fujio “Fudge” Matsuda, who led the University of Hawaii (UH) from 1974 to 1984, passed away in the morning of Aug. 23 surrounded by his family.
· Carl Samson
For the first time since COVID-19 arrived in the U.S., the New York Police Department created an Asian Hate Crime Task Force to address the surge of abusive incidents against Asian Americans. Since March 21, the department has made 17 arrests from 21 anti-Asian hate crimes in…
· Carl Samson
Amid the COVID-19 crisis, U.S. adults who have greater trust in President Donald Trump are more likely to engage in discriminatory behavior against Asian Americans, a new study revealed. Trump, who has referred to SARS-CoV-2 as the “Chinese virus” and “Kung Flu,” routinely…
· Carl Samson
Some experts have criticized the Department of Justice over its recent announcement that Yale University “illegally discriminates” against Asian American and White applicants, claiming that the move must be politically-motivated. Last Thursday, the federal executive department…
· Carl Samson
A group of teenage boys shoved an Asian woman into Ireland’s Royal Canal last week in what authorities are now treating as a possible hate crime. The incident, which was caught on camera, took place while Xuedan “Shirley” Xiong was walking near Ashtown in Dublin around 7 p.m. on…
· Ryan General
Following a two-year investigation into Yale University’s undergraduate admissions process, the Department of Justice has deemed the practice to be discriminatory toward Asian and White students. The DOJ’s findings: The investigation, which was based on a complaint by Asian…
· Maina Chen
Kamala Harris was chosen to be Joe Biden’s running mate in his 2020 presidential campaign. Despite the delays in Biden’s announcements, Biden held true to his promise made in late July that he would choose a woman as his VP pick. The Democratic presidential candidate told…
· Maina Chen
As the powerful and lightning-quick Wing Chun saga of the “Ip Man” tetralogy starring Donnie Yen reached its conclusion, the location featured in the fourth film was none other than San Francisco in the ’60s. While the “Ip Man” films dramatized incidents that end up in…
· Bryan Ke
An independent recording artist apologized after being filmed going on a xenophobic rant and quoting the infamous line “cash me outside” at a manicurist inside an Asian nail salon in Pompano Beach, Florida. What happened: Corina Monica, an up-and-coming singer who was born in…
· Ryan General
A man who allegedly spit on an Asian woman and blamed her for the COVID-19 pandemic was recently apprehended. The suspect, identified as 39-year-old Billy Rosario, was arrested for screaming racial slurs at a fellow passenger on a Bronx subway at around 8 a.m. on July 31.
· Ryan General
A pregnant Asian American woman and her young daughter were allegedly attacked by a female panhandler in Philadelphia last week.
· Editorial Staff
An emerging half-Chinese, half-Ghanaian artist in Singapore has shed light on her own experiences of racial discrimination in the country — including from her own relatives. Keyana, 17, first appeared in the public eye as a model three years ago. In May, she released her debut…
· Leanna Chan
Earlier this year, almost every MUA was sporting the “fox eye” — a makeup look meant to mimic the look of “fox-like,” almond-shaped eyes. Although popularized by supermodels and celebrities such as Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner and Megan Fox, the trend has received some serious…
· Khier Casino
A Filipino-Thai fisherman got into a heated argument with “Karen’s husband Ken” who threatened to call the police on him and his friends if they refused to move from their fishing spot. Bobby Aperocho, of Daly City, and his fishing buddies arrived at the spot at around 3:30 a.m.…
· Bryan Ke
Editor’s Note: This article has been updated to report that the Congressional Gold Medal has yet to be given to Joe Chew at an official ceremony, but Sacramento County Supervisor Sue Frost acknowledged the award at a meeting. Joe Chew, a 98-year-old veteran from Sacramento,…
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