It’s impossible to escape the news of anti-Asian racism. Recently, a (now unemployed) Brentwood, Calif. realtor went viral after unleashing a racially-charged diatribe upon a mortified Asian American passerby. […]
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Remembering Vincent Chin, 35 Years Later
In 1982, in Detroit, Michigan, 27-year-old Chinese American Vincent Chin had just stopped at a McDonald’s on his way home from his bachelor party when two men brutally beat […]
American Sikhs Have Launched An Ad Campaign To Advocate Against Hate
Soon, ads pushing back against hate on American Sikhs will hit airwaves. Leaders and families in the U.S. Sikh community have launched a campaign, “We are Sikhs,” in the […]
Kore Pro-Am 2017: On The Green With LPGA Pros and Amateurs
Kore Pro-Am swung into action for its 11th annual year on Monday on the course at Journey at Pechanga. This year, 25 LPGA pros teamed up with community amateurs in the scramble-format […]
Indian American Community Gifts $100,000 To Bar Shooting Hero
An Indian American community group in Texas gifted a $100,000 check to Ian Grillot, the 24-year-old man who was shot and hospitalized after intervening to help two Indian men […]
Attack On Two Indian Men Shocks AAPI Community
Inside a Kansas City bar on Wednesday, two Indian men were shot by a man who yelled, “Get out of my country.” One man, Srinivas Kuchibhotla, died; the other, […]
Tracker Of Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Launched By Nonprofit
Spurred by reports of an increase in hate crimes against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the civil rights nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) has launched the first-ever online […]
Japanese Food Fair Raises Awareness For Earthquake Recovery
A food fair that promotes post-earthquake recovery in Japan is doing so by bringing Japanese cuisine and culture to America. Rising Tohoku Food Fair, held inside Mitsuwa Marketplace in […]
Kollaboration To Host Its Biggest Event Ever
Kollaboration, a non-profit organization with a mission is to support the Asian Pacific American community in arts, will be combining two of their major annual events into one inspirational […]
Japanese American doctor honored for AAPI mental health advocacy
A prominent Denver-based Japanese American doctor has been chosen to be honored with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Award for Health Equity for her outstanding advocacy of mental health […]
Ohio teacher put on leave for racist comment: ‘You Chinese are supposed to make computers’
A Fairfield, Ohio, high school teacher has been put on paid administrative leave and is being investigated after making racially charged comments toward a student of Asian heritage. The comment, […]
East West Players is out to promote diversity in theater across America
East West Players, the Los Angeles-based Asian American theater company billed as the nation’s longest-running of its kind, will put on a series of four Think Tanks with theater […]
‘Horsetown USA’ says no to Hindu center
Norco, Calif. – The Southern California city of Norco markets itself as “Horsetown USA,” and it’s not unusual for cowboy hat-wearing residents to head out for lunch or run errands […]
Hundreds of strangers have come together to pen an open letter to their Asian immigrant parents
“Dear Mom, Dad, Uncle, Auntie: Black Lives Matter to Us, Too,” an open letter, penned by hundreds of internet strangers who came together on Google Docs following this week’s […]
Long-Awaited Korean American National Museum Designs Unveiled
by JAMES S. KIM | @james_s_kim editor@charactermedia.com The Korean American Museum (KAM) has seen its share of temporary locations, financial struggles and internal strife during its 20-year history in Los […]
