Asian Americans: Now and Then: Asian-American Experience, Issues,and Resources
Exploring the fastest emerging but the least discussed ethnic groups in the U.S.
PBS Voices - A People's History of Asian America
A People’s History of Asian America is a series of thoughtful visual essays and explainers, hosted by Asian studies scholar and poet, Dr. Adrian De Leon, and Emmy award-winning journalist, Dolly Li. Each episode seeks to enlighten the American public by unpacking big questions that complicate/humanize the Asian narrative in America.
Economically Divided: Asian Americans' Income Gap
- Asians have led the Largest Income Gap in the U.S.NYT reports on the income gap among Asian American ethnic groups.
The Slants: a trademark fight for the Asian American Band
Tiger Parents!?
Guides and Legal Assistance: Racial Profiling and Hate Crimes
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) (Los Angeles, CA)FOR LEGAL HELP: hotline priority assistance to low-income persons in the following areas of law: family, immigration, consumer, public benefits, employment, housing, & civil rights.
English:
888.349.9695
需要協助嗎:
800.520.2356
도움이 필요하십니까:
800.867.3640
Tagalog:
Tiếng Việt:
ต้องการความช่วยเหลือ
855.300.2552
714.477.2958
800.914.9583 - Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York, NY)(212) 966-5932, info@aaldef.org
- Asian Pacific American Labor AllianceAsian Pacific American Labor Alliance (APALA), AFL-CIO, is the first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workers. Backed with strong support of the AFL-CIO, APALA has more than 20 chapters and pre-chapters and a national office in Washington, D.C.
- Japanese American Citizens League (JACL)The Japanese American Citizens League is a national organization whose mission is to secure and safeguard the civil and human rights of Asian and Pacific Islander Americans and all communities who are affected by injustice and bigotry.
JACL’s Asian Pacific American Hate Crime Response Guide - https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/When-Hate-Hits-You.pdf
JACL’s Anti-Asian Sentiment on Campus Guide - https://jacl.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Brochure-Anti-Asian-Sentiment-on-Campus.pdf
Trackers: Racial Profiling and Hate Crimes Against Asian Pacific Americans
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice Stand Against Hatred Hate Incident TrackerAlso available in Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese
- Stop AAPI Hate incident reporting websiteAvailable in English, traditional and simplified Chinese, Korean, Thai, Japanese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Khmer, Hmong, Punjabi and Hindi.
- Crime, race, safety: what’s really happening in Oakland Chinatown? & Rising crime, calls for solidarity: a deeper look at what’s happening in ChinatownDetailed accounts from various community members of what has been happening in Oakland Chinatown. These give a nuanced picture. (2/12/2021)
Articles on Xenophobia, Anti-Asian Violence and Asian & Black Solidarity
- America’s Anti-Chinese Bigotry Has a Very Old StenchHistorical overview of anti-Asian bigotry and how it is written into our government policies and language. (2/25/2021)
- Anti-Asian Racism Isn’t NewOpinion piece on the history of anti-Asian sentiment in America, and how instances of racism against Asian Americans are perceived. (2/18/2021)
- Attacks on Asian Americans Demands New SolutionsOverview of attacks and information on how Asian Americans are used as a tool to wedge and reinforce white supremacists' beliefs and drive anti-Black racism. (2/22/2021)
- Attacks on Asian Americans Renews Criticism the U.S. Undercounts Hate CrimeShares statistics about the underreporting of hate crime and how a federal database formed from a 1990 law does not compel localities to comply or submit data consistently. (2/21/2021)
- Black and Asian unity': attacks on elders spark reckoning with racism's rootsGood overview of the Bay Area incidents, the larger context of increased anti-Asian violence during COVID, conflicted feelings within Asian communities about how to reply, and how systemic racism, white supremacy and anti-Blackness shape this conversation (2/21/2021)
- Crime, race, safety: what’s really happening in Oakland Chinatown? & Rising crime, calls for solidarity: a deeper look at what’s happening in ChinatownDetailed accounts from various community members of what has been happening in Oakland Chinatown. These give a nuanced picture. (2/12/2021)
- Hate Crimes Against Asian Americans Are on the Rise. Many Say More Policing Isn't the AnswerAddresses the lack of coverage by mainstream media of anti-Asian violence, the uptick of xenophobia during Trump’s term, and how anti-Asian sentiment isn't solved with more policing. (2/18/2021)
- N.Y., Calif. lawmakers promise resources, protection in wake of attacks on Asian seniorsBreaks down the creation of anti-AAPI hate legislation in California to fund “Stop AAPI Hate, an online system where victims of bias, hate or violence can report their experiences”. (2/23/2021)
- Swallowing Our BitternessArticle outlines a structure to start on the cultural concept of “swallowing bitterness” and how that teaches and reifies generations of AAPI to accept what is happening as acceptable. (2/19/2021)
- This Is What No One Tells You About Being Asian In America In 2021Personal essay addresses the 1,900% rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans since the start of the pandemic. (2/18/2021)
- What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About AmericaAddresses the complexity of being Asian American, of being “white adjacent” and the heart wrenching need for and complication of ally ship with BLM, as it relates to Anti-Asian elder violence perpetrators. Comes with historical context and a nice dose of the development of the concept of being an American. (2/21/2021)
- ‘Words matter’ as Asian American leaders urge action against hate crimesHate crimes are increasing and have been on an upward trend for the last four years. (2/23/2021)
Academic Resources
- Discrimination in AmericaReport on Experiences and Views of Asian Americans : a survey conducted for National Public Radio, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
- Michigan State University's Asian American Studies Research GuideA thorough study guide for all aspects of Asian American life - documentary films, feature films, newspapers, journals, images, primary resources, and more...
- South Seatle Community College on Asian-American HeritageEncyclopedia, newspaper, magazines and journal resources, books & video catalog, weblinks to Smithsonian, Asian news and media and more...
Online newspapers and jounals
- World Journal, NY (digital edition)Chinese language daily published in NYC.
Asian American Organizations in NY
- Asian Americans for EqualityAdvocates for affordable housing, education, financial assistance and training to empower people. Also serves as navigator for Affordable Care Act.
- Asian American FederationRepresenting a network of community service agencies in the Northeast - in the fields of health & human services, education, economic development, civic participation, and social justice..
- Asian American Federation /Member AgenciesList of non-profit community services for Asian Americans in NYC area.
- Asian American Law Fund of New York, Inc.Established by the Asian American Bar Association (NY) to support non profit, charitable and education purposes -- work on fund raising and pro bono programs.
- New York Asian Women's CenterEmpowering women to live free from domestic violence and other forms of abuse.
Patent and Trademark Fight
- Matal, Interim Director, US Patent & Trademark Office v Tam, US Supreme Court 137 S. Ct 1744 (2017)Asian Band name too disparaging to trademark? US Supreme Court ruled against the US Patent & Trademark Office
Harvard Admissions Controversy :Asian Disputes
- Justice Dept sided with Asian American applicants --NYT latest reportJustice Dept backs suit accusing Harvard of discrimination against Asian American applicants.
Resources for Asian and Pacific Islander Entrepreneurs
- The Best Resources for Asian and Pacific Islander Entrepreneurs - July 16, 2021OnlineMBA.com article