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Culture
TikTok sketch depicts difference between Asian American and Asian reactions to cultural appropriation
TikTok user Read Choi depicted the difference between Asian Americans and Asians in their reactions to perceived cultural appropriation. I...
Michelle De Pacina
Military
Asian American veterans honored at ceremony in New York’s 107th Infantry Memorial
Veterans honored fellow Asian Americans who fought for the United States during a wreath-laying ceremony held on Thursday at the 107th Infa...
Ryan General
News
Indian activist accused of being anti-Black for opposing affirmative action admissions policies
Indian activist Asra Nomani has been accused of being anti-Black for her reaction to the Supreme Court hearings on two affirmative action c...
‘There remains much work to do’: Biden’s Advisory Commission on AANHPI releases inaugural report
U.S. President Joe Biden’s Advisory Commission on Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (AANHPI) released its inaugural r...
Carl Samson
SF DA Jenkins to Asian Americans at town hall: ‘You are now seen and heard’
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins addressed a crowd on Tuesday night to discuss the recent attacks on older Asian Americans. ...
New book reveals Sen. Tammy Duckworth’s fiery response to Biden’s concerns about her as possible VP pick
A new book titled “This Will Not Pass: Trump, Biden, and the Battle for America’s Future” by New York Times political writers Jonathan Mart...
Daniel Anderson
‘There’s no judgment’: NYT reporter defends writing Asian Americans are ‘overrepresented’ in figure skating
Amid a fiery backlash that included accusations of anti-Asian bias, New York Times sports reporter Andrew Keh has defended his use of the wo...
Editorial Staff
California’s Asian Republican congresswomen urge community to vote GOP to fight anti-Asian attacks
In an op-ed for the Lunar New Year, California Reps. Michelle Steel (R-48) and Young Kim (R-39) addressed issues faced by the Asian America...
Opinion
Asian American women are being used to ‘prove’ white male supremacy is a ‘myth’ — Here’s why that’s wrong
Editor’s Note: The views expressed herein are those of the author and do not necessarily represent the opinions of NextShark. Asian American...
Sarah Yukiko
‘Asian Americans’ 5-Part Documentary Series Unanimously Chosen for Peabody Award
The Peabody Board of Jurors recently named the five-part documentary series “Asian Americans” as the recipient of the Peabody Award for the ...
Bryan Ke
On Anti-Asian Hate Crimes: Who Is Our Real Enemy?
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published on Medium and reposted with permission. In recent weeks, there have been over 20 att...
Michelle Kim
NY Congresswoman Introduces Bill to Ensure Students Learn Asian American History
U.S. Rep. Grace Meng (D-Queens) introduced a bill on Tuesday that promotes the teaching and learning of Asian Pacific American history in sc...
Asian American Students Who Don’t Get in Their First-Choice University End Up Just Fine, Study Says
A new study has contradicted claims that Asian American students are harmed if they fail to get into their first-choice college or universit...
‘Fight the Virus. Fight the Bias’ Campaign Seeks to End COVID-19 Racism Against Asian Americans
A campaign that aims to quash racism against Asian Americans amid the COVID-19 crisis has launched on the internet this week. Produced by &#...
68% of Asian Americans in California Now Fear They are Targets of Racism, Surveys Reveal
A series of surveys revealed that members of the Asian American community are wary of both race relations and the COVID-19 situation in the ...
The Silence of Asian Americans on Black Injustice
We can’t breathe. On May 25, 2020, George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man died after having his neck crushed under the weight of white ...
Ernestine Siu
Why People Gaslight Asian American Struggles
Editor’s Note: The opinions expressed in this piece are solely of the author. Amid the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak, San Francisco en...
Leanna Chan
New Nielsen Data Basically Reveals That Asian Americans Are DOMINATING Everything Right Now
After years of hard work and breaking barriers, Asian Americans have become one of the fastest-growing ethnic or racial groups in the U.S. a...
Food
Ice Cream Shop Releases Delicious Asian-Inspired Flavors to Fight Hate Against Asians
In celebration of the Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, a small ice cream shop based in Washington, D.C. is offering five Asian America...
Andrew Yang, Daniel Dae Kim Join #AllAmericans to Help Communities Hit Hardest by COVID-19
Asian American leaders and others have joined hands to launch a cross-cultural campaign that aims to unite all Americans in support of margi...
100 Racist Attacks on Asians Reported Each Day With Women 3X More Likely to Be Targets
Less than 10 days from its inception, the Stop AAPI Hate initiative has already received over 670 direct reports of discrimination against p...
NYC School Board Member Under Fire After Using ‘Yellow Folks’ in Email Thread
Chanting “Asian, not yellow!” dozens of demonstrators stormed the local parental board meeting to demand the removal of a Community Educatio...
3 Suspected Burglars Targeting Asian American Households in Texas Arrested
Three men were arrested in Plano, Texas in connection with a series of home burglaries targeting Asian Americans. The burglars are said to h...
Jin Hyun
Two Men Face ‘Very Lengthy’ Jail Sentence for Targeting Asian-American Businesses
Two men who terrorized Asian American business owners in Atlanta in 2017 have now both been convicted by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Atlan...
Entertainment
Must-See Doc Reveals the 46 Best Asian American Music Videos from the Last 46 Years
Members of the Pacific Arts Movement, known previously as the San Diego Asian Film Foundation, has produced a new documentary on the history...
Asian Americans are Now the Largest Racial Group in 2 Bay Area Counties
Asian Americans have now become the largest racial group in two Bay Area counties. The ethnic demographic now makes up the biggest populatio...
Feature
Nearly 50% of White Republicans Get Uncomfortable When Hearing People Speak Foreign Languages
A considerable fraction of White Americans are bothered by people speaking foreign languages, a new survey from the Pew Research Center show...
Most Asian Americans Don’t Want to Give Prisoners the Right to Vote, Poll Shows
Majority of Asian Americans do not want to give prisoners the right to vote, a new poll has revealed. According to The Hill and Harris X sur...
Andrew Yang Fears the ‘increasingly insecure White majority’ May Start ‘shooting up a bunch of Asians’
Andrew Yang reportedly believes that America may be close to seeing some people shoot Asians — and that they could be White people becoming ...
Instagram
Why Korean Americans Smoke Socially More Than Other Asians
Editor’s Note: This post is sponsored by the California Department of Public Health. Smoking cigarettes is huge in Asia. ...
TobaccoFreeCA
Remembering the 1996 ‘Hey Arnold!’ Christmas Special That Made Asian Americans Cry
Children’s holiday specials are usually filled with cheer, Yuletide mischief, and light-hearted conundrums. However, this wasn’t...
Why Asians are ‘Schrödinger’s Minority’
There’s a classic thought experiment in quantum physics wherein a cat is placed in an enclosed box. In the box is a radioactive sample with ...
Ziye Wang
Uncategorized
Asian Americans Suffer the Most from Racial Discrimination, Study Finds
A recent study found that racial and ethnic discrimination has far-reaching negative effects on minority adolescent development, with Asian ...
Civil Rights
Asian American Celebrities Join Forces To Get Out the Vote
Chinese-American comedian Kristina Wong, along with other Asian American entertainers and public figures, came together in a recent YouTube ...
Stephanie Ngo
Harvard Admits That White College Applicants Had ‘Stronger’ Recommendations Than Asian Americans
Asian American applicants are supposedly failing to get into Harvard University partly because of weaker recommendations suggested by a scho...
Politics
Asian American Voters Have the Highest Rejection Rates in Georgia
State and local election officials in Georgia are facing a lawsuit after it was revealed that there are high rejection rates of absentee bal...