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Education
Texas mom demands school district protection after harassment of her kids
“The district’s job is to protect all children, and it has failed miserably in that regard,” the mother says during a dist...
Ryan General
Australia
Asians in Australian public jobs aren’t being promoted due to ‘Asian penalty’: study
While it is expected to represent the diversity of the Australian population, recent findings reveal a concerning trend ...
Business
University of Chicago research center to pay $95,000 discrimination settlement to Asian job applicants
NORC at the University of Chicago has agreed to pay $95,000 to 107 Asian adults who applied as COVID-19 contact tracers in the early months ...
Bryan Ke
Culture
California a step closer to becoming 1st state to officially ban caste discrimination
California could soon become the first state in the country to officially ban caste discrimination. Moving forward: Sen. Aisha Wahab’s (D-CA...
Free legal assistance offered to California and Hawaii hate victims at the workplace
“f you’ve been the subject of hate because of your race, we want to make sure that we’re providing legal representation an...
Elon Musk says X will pay legal fees of users discriminated by employers for posting on the platform
X owner Elon Musk has offered to pay the legal bills of users who have been allegedly discriminated against by their employers due to their ...
Carl Samson
Government
Asian Americans win back basic right to water in California’s Siskiyou County
Asian Americans have won back the basic right to water in California’s Siskiyou County. Humanitarian crisis: On Tuesday, the Siskiyou County...
Michelle De Pacina
Canada
Heightened anti-Asian racism still a problem in Canada due in part to China tensions: poll
A new poll found that more than half of its Asian Canadian respondents believe that racism and discrimination remain a problem in Canada tod...
Bay area tech company sued for $20 million over ‘culture of prejudice against Asians’
A tech company based in San Jose, California, is facing a $20 million wrongful-termination lawsuit for allegedly firing an Asian employee du...
California committee passes bill banning caste-based discrimination
The Assembly Judiciary Committee in California has passed Senate Bill 403 (SB403), a bill aimed at banning caste discrimination in the state...
Ancestry releases new database containing historical records from Chinese Exclusion Act era
Ancestry, a genealogy company that keeps historical records, has released a new database containing information from the Chinese exclusion e...
Asian American groups call for resignation of SF Board of Education president
Asian American groups are calling for the resignation of San Francisco Board of Education (BoE) President Kevine Boggess for purportedly sup...
Civil Rights
Elite high school’s admission policy did not discriminate against Asian Americans, Virginia court rules
A Virginia federal court has ruled that Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology’s (TJHSST) admission policy aimed at student...
News
Nearly 75% of Chinese Americans experienced racial discrimination in past year, survey reveals
A recent study has revealed that nearly 75% of Chinese Americans have experienced some form of racial discrimination at least once in the pa...
Ana Yoo
Health
Meet the Gen Z entrepreneur who wants to help alleviate the mental health crisis through sound
With Travis Chen at the helm of the music therapy app SoundMind, thousands of users are lulled into a blissful trance, soothed by lush sound...
William Yuk
China
Texas bill proposes barring Chinese and N. Korean citizens from attending universities
On Friday, State Rep. Tony Tinderholt introduced a bill to ban undocumented immigrants, along with citizens from China and North Korea, from...
VA school district responds to AG’s demand they cease ‘illegal discrimination’ against Asian students
The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system has responded to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ demands for it to cease its “illeg...
Amid anti-Asian and anti-white claims, Pfizer amends fellowship to allow applicants ‘regardless’ of race
Pfizer reportedly amended its criteria for a coveted fellowship program accused of discriminating against Asian and white applicants. The “q...
Lawsuit accuses Google of firing exec after he rejected female boss’s groping advances
A former Google executive has sued the tech giant over claims that he was fired after allegedly being groped by a high-ranking female collea...
Issues & Racism
Asian Americans exposed to racism may experience ‘multiple medical symptoms’: study
Before you read: Asian Americans Suffer the Most from Racial Discrimination, Study Finds We Really Need to Talk About Mental Health for Asia...
Former Apple lawyer sues company for discrimination, colleague who allegedly sent her death threats
A former patent attorney at Apple is suing the multinational tech company for discrimination and for failing to protect her from a colleague...
Ex-CEO fired for alleged LSD use files discrimination suit, says startup sacked him for being Asian
Justin Zhu, co-founder and former CEO of Iterable, has filed a federal lawsuit against the company, citing anti-Asian discrimination. Zhu ...
Bay Area
Antioch mayor apologizes to Chinese American Navy veteran for discrimination 82 years ago
Antioch Mayor Lamar Thorpe has officially apologized to Alfred Chan, a 98-year-old World War II Navy veteran who experienced discrimination...
Retired Asian captains sue NYPD over alleged promotion bias
Four retired Asian police captains are suing the New York Police Department (NYPD) over alleged bias after they were passed over for promot...
Pfizer defends exclusion of Asian and white applicants in fellowship, says it’s ‘non-discriminatory’
Pfizer is standing by its fellowship program accused of discriminating against Asian and white applicants, saying it reverses “the effects ...
Texas A&M reaffirms support of diversity program accused of anti-Asian, anti-white discrimination in class-action suit
Texas A&M University (TAMU) passed a resolution on Monday endorsing its Accountability, Climate, Equity and Scholarship Faculty Fellows...
K-pop star Crush denies accusations he avoided dark-skinned fans at concert
K-pop artist Crush has responded to backlash surrounding viral footage that purportedly shows him avoiding Black fans during a recent perfo...
Asian women in US financial sector say bamboo ceiling prevented their career advancement, study reveals
The Association of Asian American Investment Managers surveyed more than 600 women who identify as Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders an...
Texas A&M faces class-action suit alleging discrimination against Asian and white men
Richard Lowery, a finance professor at University of Texas at Austin, filed a federal class-action suit against the Texas A&M Universit...
Amazon discriminating against Asians, whites in grant program, class action lawsuit says
A new class action lawsuit is accusing Amazon of discriminating against Asian and white applicants through its so-called “Diversity Grant.”...
Asian American attorney says she was passed up for promotions because of her race in federal lawsuit
An Asian American attorney based in Darien, Connecticut, has launched a federal lawsuit against her former employer for allegedly discrimina...
Pfizer excludes Asian, white applicants from 9-year scholarship program
Pfizer is excluding Asian and white applicants from its new nine-year program for scholarships and guaranteed employment. Open to undergra...
Indonesia
Indonesian university apologizes for discriminating against non-binary new student
Hasanuddin University, located in Indonesia’s South Sulawesi province, has come under fire after a viral video showed a faculty member dism...
Coronavirus
Airbnb hosts with ‘distinctively Asian names’ received fewer bookings during pandemic years, study shows
The rise of anti-Asian hate amid the spread of COVID-19 in 2020 resulted in fewer bookings for Asian American hosts on Airbnb, a Harvard st...
Missouri firm Cerner to pay $1.8 million for allegedly discriminating against Asian and Black applicants
Cerner Corp., a health information technology provider based in Kansas City, Missouri, has agreed to pay $1.8 million in settlements after ...
California’s Siskiyou County accused of discrimination against Asian Americans in new class action lawsuit
A federal lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Asian Americans Advancing Justice in San Francisco accuses California...