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· Naomi Gleit
Facebook VP Naomi Gleit explores what it’s like to grow up fully both Asian and Jewish in America
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Medium and reposted with permission. Growing up in Brooklyn, I had a lot of friends from different backgrounds — many that were white, a few that were Asian, but none that were both, like me. I felt like I was the only one…
· Maina Chen
Korean Journalist Called ‘Ch*nky’ While Reporting on Jewish Hasidic Community in NYC
ABC reporter CeFaan Kim was accosted with racial slurs while reporting on Jewish Hasidic schools open in a Brooklyn “red zone” on Tuesday. Kim was on scene at one of the schools, Bais Yaakov D’Chassidei Gur on 51st St. in Midwood, to report on the “blatant violation of state…
· Carl Samson
DC Casts Deaf Trans Chinese-Jewish Actor in ‘Titans’ Season 2
DC Universe has cast transgender activist Chella Man for the second season of its live-action series “Titans.” Man will play the role of Joseph Wilson, also known as Jericho, a Titan capable of possessing anyone through eye contact.
· Ryan General
Federal Court Rejects White Supremacist Dylann Roof’s Request to Fire Jewish, Indian Lawyers
A White supremacist’s request to replace his attorneys because they’re Jewish and Indian was rejected by the federal court hearing his case. Dylann Roof, who was sentenced to death in January for killing nine black parishioners in Charleston, South Carolina church two years ago,…
· Ryan General
Why Jewish People Eat Chinese Food on Christmas
Feasting on Chinese food has become customary for a lot of Jewish people in America during Christmas, and many may still be wondering why. Aside from the obvious points that Jews celebrate Hanukkah, not Christmas, that they don’t enjoy “Christmas Hams” because they can’t eat…
· Michelle De Pacina
Man hurls racist, anti-Semitic remarks at an interracial couple on morning walk in Houston
Andy Tran, who is Asian, and his fiancée, who is white, were on a morning walk with their dogs in Westchase, Houston, when a man started hurling hate speech at the couple on Tuesday. The man, who wore a green shirt, hurled racist remarks used against Asian and Black people. The…
· Carl Samson
New York City Mayor Eric Adams urges support for police after subway shootings: ‘Raise your voice’
On Tuesday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams urged constituents to voice support for the police as violence continues to plague the city. “I need you to raise your voice. Everyone silently tells us to support the police. We cannot do this with a whisper,” he said at an event…
· Ryan General
Zachary Noah Piser becomes first Asian American actor to play Evan full-time in ‘Dear Evan Hansen’
Filipino American actor Zachary Noah Piser became the first Asian American actor to take on the title role of Evan full-time in “Dear Evan Hansen.” “Dear Evan Hansen,” which tells the story of a high school loner named Evan who struggles to connect with his classmates, was…
· Ryan General
Queens girl, 14, may be paralyzed after being hit by stray bullet from gang-related gunfire
Kaitlyn Lau, 14, was shot in the neck from gang-related gunfire as she was walking home from school in the Queens’ neighborhood of Fresh Meadows last Wednesday. The shooting, which remains under investigation, reportedly started after four men exited from two cars that pulled up…
· Celine Pun
South Asian Americans are hyped for the return of the Mexican Pizza
Taco Bell recently announced the return of their Mexican Pizza to participating stores across the United States, Aruba, Costa Rica and Dominican Republic on May 19. Taco Bell was one of the few fast food restaurants that offered vegetarian and halal customizations during the 80s…
· Michelle De Pacina
NYPD data: 32 percent drop in reported anti-Asian hate crimes in 2022
Newly released data from the New York City Police Department shows that reported hate crimes against Asians have decreased from this time last year across New York City. There were 32 reported hate crimes against Asians from January 1 through April 10 of 2022, which marks a 32%…
· Jane Nam
Noam Chomsky, 93, issues warning: ‘We’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history’
With the ongoing climate crisis and the looming possibility of nuclear war, Noam Chomsky, 93, often hailed as one of the world’s most important intellectuals alive, warns that “we’re approaching the most dangerous point in human history.” The renowned linguist and social critic…
· Daniel Anderson
K-pop boy group Epex’s new song under fire for reference to Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht
Twitter is in a frenzy over K-pop boy group EPEX’s new song “Anthem of Teen Spirit,” which makes direct reference to the Nazi-led massacre, or pogrom, known as Kristallnacht. Kristallnacht, also called “Crystal Night,” “Night of Broken Glass or the November pogrom, was an event…
· Ryan General
Neo-Nazi group disrupts reading of ‘The Communist Manifesto’ at Rhode Island library
A group of alleged neo-Nazis and fascists reportedly harassed a reading group at a nonprofit library in Providence, Rhode Island, on Monday night. The incident occurred while Red Ink Community Library was hosting a reading of “The Communist Manifesto” by Karl Marx and Friedrich…
· Ryan General
‘But what if that’s what they sound like?’: Clips of Joe Rogan mocking Asian accents add to controversy
Alex Paterson, a senior researcher for progressive media watchdog group Media Matters took to Twitter to call out podcast host Joe Rogan for the “hateful things” he has said on “The Joe Rogan Experience” over the past year and a half. Paterson created a Twitter thread of clips…
· Elizabeth Lee
Lunar New Years past and present: how rice cake soup cured my holiday dread
Heading into the first couple months of the new year, all holiday-induced stress and winter sales jingles begin to wind down. Any empty hype around self-deluding resolutions makes way for the work we decide matters enough to us to actually do it. And the peppermint-infused…
· Khier Casino
SF officials vow to increase law enforcement after new data shows 567% increase in anti-AAPI crimes
San Francisco city officials say that they are increasing security and community support after a new report revealed hate crimes targeting AAPIs in the city jumped 567 percent in the last year. Preliminary police data showed that 60 hate crimes were reported in San Francisco…
· Sarah Yukiko
US is ‘better off with fewer Asians, less Asian immigration,’ says tenured UPenn professor
University of Pennsylvania (Penn) tenured law professor Amy Wax made racist statements denouncing Asian immigration to the U.S. following a conversation with Brown University economics professor Glenn Loury. In her online response to one of Loury’s fans, Wax wrote of Asians’…
· Bryan Ke
Iowa City School District approves student day off for Lunar New Year to be ‘respectful of different cultures’
Iowa City’s Community School District Board of Education has officially added Lunar New Year to its academic calendar as a day off for students and families who celebrate the important Asian holiday. “Respectful of different cultures”: The decision was approved during a school…
· Maina Chen
The world owes a debt to Kiyoshi Kuromiya for his trailblazing HIV/AIDS activism
As a self-proclaimed “Forrest Gump of activism,” Kiyoshi Kuromiya was present for many of the U.S. social justice movements in the ‘60s through the ‘90s, which included the Vietnam War, gay rights and the Stonewall era, the Civil Rights movement and the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Born…