California is expected to formally apologize for Japanese Internment Camp during WWII with the HR-77 bill. The infamous Executive Order 9066 forcefully expelled 120,000 Japanese Immigrants to the Manzanar Internment Camp in California, among others in remote places. The would-be human rights crisis in today’s standards was fueled…
Andrew Yang speaking at a rally. Picture by Sarah Rice for The New York Times “The opposite of Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.” “I’m Asian, so I know a lot of doctors.” “Many of you think this is impossible, that the Asian man is…
(AP Photo/Altaf Qadri) Peaceful protests conducted at three Indian universities regarding the country’s new Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) has resulted in violent government and police action across these campuses. On December 11, 2019, the Indian government, run by current Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),…
taken by Shafkat Anowar from manoanow.org Mauna a Wākea, known as Hawaii’s highest mountain, is a dormant volcano located on indigenous land. Due to its location and height, a collection of universities and research institutes – including a multitude of CSU’s and UC’s – are seeking out the…
It is important for the APIDA (Asian Pacific Islander Desi American) community at UCLA to understand the importance of the ruling from the Harvard Affirmative Action lawsuit on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019. Cornell Law School defines affirmative action as, “A set of procedures designed to eliminate unlawful discrimination…
(inspired by Professor Mai Ngai’s lecture) Anti-Immigration sentiment has always been prevalent in America. From the Chinese Exclusion Acts and neglection of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, to American imperialism in Southeast Asia and El Salvador, those who identify as Latinx and Asian seem to constantly be positioned…