It began with faded photos of protest marches, people holding signs that said “Asian and Gay,” and ended with a pomegranate held up to the light. This is the story of API Equality LA’s event, Asian American Lesbian and Gay Pioneers in Los Angeles, and also, in a way, of the API LGBT community in…
DetailsWritten by Elaine Lieu The Pearl Harbor Attack was really what Roosevelt made it out to be: “a date which will live in infamy.” Immediately after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt knew that serious action was required to provide national defense. Rumors spread here and there, entirely focused on Japanese Americans and their loyalty…
DetailsBorn after the fall of the Khmer Rouge, Phatry Derek Pan, decided to create an online blog to commemorate the Cambodian genocide and bring awareness to the Cambodian American community. Pan hopes that current and future generations will have an easily accessible online resource to inform them on past historical events that created their community. In…
DetailsWhen Gunnery Sergeant Hartman said, “There is no racial bigotry here,” I knew that Full Metal Jacket would make me want to throw up in disgust. The film did not disappoint.
DetailsWorld War II conjures many words and places to mind: Pearl Harbor, Manzanar, the beach of Normandy, Hiroshima, perhaps even the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, the all-Japanese American team that emerged from the war as the most decorated regiment in the U.S. Armed Forces. Lesser known, however, are the Filipino and Filipino American veterans who…
DetailsNote: This quarter, Pacific Ties will be publishing online rather than in a print issue. We decided to focus our articles around war and violence in the API community. This article was written in response to The Hunger Games movie casting choices. Although the casting choices do not affect the API community specifically, the novels…
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