After her 1993 debut, CBS reporter Connie Chung became a household name. Many young Asian Americans do not recognize her name, let alone want to pursue journalism. The Model Minority Myth will continue to kill our creativity if we don’t work to reshape our community’s narratives.
UCLA APIDA student organizations work to ensure everyone feels like they belong. What they do with the community they build is just as important, as many organizations foster camaraderie alongside raising awareness about issues regarding social justice in the APIDA community on and off campus.
Asian women are often applauded for “aging so well.” Is it possible for us to grow old without being haunted by the pressure of desirability?
At 5 p.m. on Jan. 18 in Physics and Astronomy Room 1425, the UCLA Asia Pacific Center and the International Institute at UCLA presented a guest lecture, given by Pei-chia Lan, on the inner workings of intra-Asian guest worker migration. This lecture was given to Asian American Studies…