Previously novel phrases such as “social-distancing,” “quarantine,” and “flattening the curve” have been completely normalized by the COVID-19 pandemic. While the daily vocabulary of the average American has expanded to include such terms, many of these words and phrases were once mostly thrown around in a medical setting…
Internment (n.): the imprisonment of people, usually for political reasons and targeted towards a certain group of people. On February 19, 1942, following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, an order that allowed for the evacuation of anyone considered a…
Entrepreneurial niche (n.): a particular type of business APIDA ethnicities are known for specializing in. Usually associated with stereotypes, these small businesses have recently become targets for racism and vandalism. As we walk past small businesses and mom-and-pop stores in our neighborhoods, many of us in the APIDA…
Multiculturalism (n.): the coexistence of distinct, diverse cultures within a society. A word that can encompass various definitions, the above definition only provides a broad, basic perspective that speaks little about individual experiences. For many in the APIDA community, this means navigating a hyphenated label (such as Vietnamese-American,…
Dear UCLA Community. In all honesty, I had never heard of APIDA Heritage month until this year. When I started seeing social media posts and blogs about people’s stories at the start of May, I began to wonder – why hadn’t I heard of this before? Why is…