Asian entrepreneurs give back to their communities
July 5, 2022
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JULY 5, 2022
Hey, everyone!
We hope your Fourth of July celebrations went well. Here’s a brief overview of what you may have missed over the weekend.
Business Insider interviewed eight first-generation Asian immigrants who built their businesses and success through their childhood values. These entrepreneurs (Priyanka Ganjoo, Rooshy Roy, Lily Liu, Deepica Mutyala, Vanessa Pham, Alexandra Dorda, Sandro Roco and Jake Deleon) are filling the market with Asian culture through the food and beauty industries, all while giving back to their communities.
At the McNay Art Museum in Texas, an exhibition titled“Reflecting Selves: Asian American Artists in Texas,”showcases five LGBTQ+ Asian Texas artists. Their work examines the model minority myth, colorism and the LGBTQ+ Asian experience through various mediums, including photography and traditional Asian art forms.
The CDC reports that cancer is the leading cause of death within the Asian American community. However, Asian American women remain the demographic with the lowest screening ratesand face linguistic and cultural barriers. Because the Asian American community is so diverse, experts express the need for more tools to accommodate patients with misconceptions about treatment and testing.
In South Korea, young politicians between the ages of 19 to 23 are facing cultural challenges as they attempt to assimilate into their new positions. Shut out from professional networks made of older politicians in their 50s and 60s, the youth are also running into dismissive attitudes from their elders and distrust among their constituency due to their ages.
Travel and Food 🥘
As countries continue to open up, many nations are seriously reevaluating their tourism industry, such as Bhutan, which is charging tourists a daily $200 fee to visit. The government explained that this change comes with their plan to continue reducing their carbon footprint and preserving their natural landscape.
Customers are aligning Asian American chefs to their heritage and not in an uplifting way. These chefs want to be more than just their Asian foods and styles. Still, they say that their ethnicity and race often reduce them to stereotypical categories of “fusion” or traditional Asian cuisine, leaving them feeling uninspired and frustrated.
What else is on our minds? 🧠
I read this over the weekend: The New York Times interviewed these young women who are anti-abortion and asked their perspective on Roe v. Wade. Their analysis and advocacy are undoubtedly fresh and provide a thought-provoking unique point of view into the lives of those who would presumably be the ones on Roe’s side.