Asians and Child Labor Used as Punchlines at the Oscars
Rock used the three children as props for a crass and stereotypical Asian joke—that we are hardworking and good at math—at the Academy Awards Feb. 28.
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“Standing in Solidarity” Campus Event on March 11
On March 11th, UCLA students from Professor Glenn Omatsu’s class on Asian American and Pacific Islander Labor Issues, will hold a community event designed to inspire and inform peers about the ongoing fight for justice.
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Sri Srinivasan: Increasing Desi American Representation in the Supreme Court
Srinivasan, who emigrated from India to Kansas at a young age, would be the first Asian-American and Indian-American Supreme Court justice and the first immigrant on the Court in more than 50 years.
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Editorial: APIDA Communities Should Support Peter Liang’s Conviction and Address Anti-Blackness
Protesting Liang’s conviction, at the expense of Akai Gurley’s life, perpetuates the idea that some lives are worth more than others.
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The Bindi Is Not a Fashion Trend
Coachella is a time for young people to set and follow trends, to stick out and blend in, a mixture of hippie culture and international fashion trends. But this experimentation leads to one of the most striking issues facing the South Asian community—cultural appropriation.
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Hawai’i: A Not So Sweet Paradise
The popular image of Hawai’i as a racial paradise often overlooks the fact that Hawai’i was once a kingdom with sovereign rights, but later became colonized by the US as the fiftieth state.
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