“”The phantom Yellow Peril,’ said Nayland Smith, ‘to-day materializes under the very eyes of the Western world.’” Sax Rohmer, 1913 Mirroring the words of Nayland Smith, the infamous Dr. Fu Manchu first materialized on paper in Sax Rohmer’s book “The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu” (1913). I heard about…

At the beginning of October, UCLA announced the launch of a $3 million federally-funded study focused on the reproductive health of Asian immigrant women. Throughout the duration of this five-year study, researchers hope to gather data pertaining to the reproductive health of immigrant and ethnic groups. Asian immigrant…

The anti-Asian hate spike during the pandemic is just a continuation of American patterns

Review of 2022 film “Natchathiram Nagargiradhu” (directed by Pa. Ranjith)

Ingredients 6 bananas (plantains)24 egg roll/lumpia wrappers¼ cup brown sugarOil1 tsp flour1 tbsp water Growing up, I don’t believe I took part in the idea that is traditional Thanksgiving. The hallways at home were never lined with the wonky-shaped hand turkeys I made at school. Never in my…

“Culturally responsive education” and “critical race theory” became buzzwords in 2020 due to inequalities that the pandemic and racial tensions in the U.S presented. Schools across the country started to rapidly change their curriculum to be more inclusive. While this shift was necessary to mitigate the racial tensions…