Artwork by Arisa Nakamura Japanese American Remembrance Trail and Classroom Companion In the early 1900s, Seattle’s Japantown —Nihonmachi — stretched from 4th Avenue South to 23rd Avenue South, a bustling…
The Multiple Layers of Acceptance and Belonging
This article was posted on August 17, 2017 in AsAm news https://asamnews.com/2017/08/17/discussion-of-being-half-black-in-japan/
Undocumented Filipinos Are Living a Special Nightmare in Trump’s America
[Read Alyssa Aquino's article: http://fpif.org/undocumented-filipinos-are-living-a-special-nightmare-in-trumps-america] Surprising numbers of undocumented immigrants are coming from Asia. Filipinos are one such group. Many US residents simply do not realize that the annual limit…
The 1992 LA Riots: 20/20 Hindsight and the Korean American Community
"“If the African American community and the Korean community had been communicating in 1992, the pain, agony and anger felt by both communities might have been avoided,” Laura Jeon, President…
How the entire nation of Nauru almost moved to Queensland
From The Conversation, online publication By Jane McAdam "Nauru is best known to most Australians as the remote Pacific island where asylum seekers who arrive by boat are sent. What is…
Memory and Renewal: Tanforan Assembly Center
2017 marks 75 years since the first Japanese Americans we forced into assembly centers and then to concentration camps throughout the United States. Here in Western Washington American citizens and their…
“It Was All Good Fun”– Or Was It? How Many Offensive Comments and Stereotypes Can Fit in One News Segment?
There are almost no words to describe this segment from Fox News, The O'Reilly Factor. [Update-- Asian American groups are taking on the news agency to get a formal…
A Season to Vote
"The Asian-American voter pool is remarkably diverse, ranging from Pakistanis and Indians to Chinese and Koreans." That is the ethnic breakdown in the state of Virginia in an…
A Unique Culinary Blend– Only in America
In 2006, following hurricanes Katrina and Rita, New Orleans was a ghost town. In the 9th Ward, houses stood empty as the families who had lived in them for generations…