Model minority myth

Coming on the heels of the Atlanta shooting, TIME’s March-April 2021 cover speaks volumes on hate crimes that currently plague the Asian American community. The image, entitled ‘With Softness and Power’ “reflects the immeasurable strength of Asian American women who are the connective tissue of our communities, yet too often overlooked, fetishized, dehumanized and underestimated” according to creator Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya.

Sunisa Lee serves as proof that you can be an athlete and still love doing your nails, wearing makeup, or otherwise showing your femininity — and win.

And #MeToo has left them behind.

I joined Subtle Asian Traits after hearing about it from a high school friend about two years ago. Back then, SAT was still new and gaining traction among second-generation Asians…

"We need to determine what user information was shared with mail.ru and what may have been done with the captured data," Sen. Mark Warner said.

When Syreeta McFadden was young, she dreaded being photographed. Cameras made her skin look darkened and distorted. Now a photographer herself, she's learned to capture various hues of brown skin.

Asian Reporter “I’m Tricia Takenawa..”( Family guy). Tricia embodied the stereotypical characteristics of what Americans think Asian Americans are. Today’s American television casts or creates char…

"When people think of Black Lives Matter, they may not realize that what they’re actually observing is a re-assertion of the Black Liberation Movement of some fifty years ago." -James Lindsay

We must understand our own racial positioning in this country and deconstruct our desire to assimilate into whiteness.

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