Asian Americans

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/12/2020
  

  Why Kamala Harris Matters to Me

  by Manisha Sinha

  Despite well-deserved criticism from the left of some of their policies, Mr. Obama and Ms. Harris represent the cosmopolitan, interracial democracy that a majority of Americans aspire to live in today. 

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• 4/12/2020
  

  The Other Pandemic

  by Alan M. Kraut

  The coronavirus will not succeed in doing to American society what fascism did to Europe in the 1930s and 1940s, but it has sparked a virulent wave of racism and intolerance, especially aimed at Chinese Americans.

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  4/8/2020
  

  The Long History of US Racism against Asian Americans, from ‘Yellow Peril’ to ‘Model Minority’ to the ‘Chinese Virus’

  by Adrian De Leon

  Self-isolation, social distancing and healthy practices should not be in the service of proving one’s patriotism. Instead, these precautions should be done for the sake of caring for those whom we do and do not know, inside and outside our national communities.

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• SOURCE: AP
  5/18/19
  

  Asian Americans push for Smithsonian gallery of their own

  “Museums preserve what’s important to society. They tell our stories, give historical context to contemporary issues and help us imagine a better future."

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  2/12/19
  

  Will Harvard continue to fail Asian Americans — or will it learn from the past?

  by Renee Tajima-Peña

  Harvard does not have an Asian American studies program. 

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  11-29-16
  

  The real reasons the U.S. became less racist toward Asian Americans

  Some people think that racism toward Asians diminished because Asians “proved themselves” through their actions. But that is only a sliver of the truth.

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• SOURCE: Los Angeles Times
  1-23-14
  

  Asian Americans and the Model Minority Myth

  by Ellen D. Wu

  Offering culture as a formula for success is risky, and the concept is a deeply flawed approach to solving social issues.

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• 11-18-13
  

  Is the "Yellow Peril" Dead?

  by Ellen D. Wu

  How Asian Americans became the model minority -- and why whites still consider them to be a threat.