Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In this era of big data, algorithms have become an essential part of most institutional processes. But often even those commissioning them don’t understand the driving data points. And too often, the underlying data can be correlated with information on income, race and gender — discriminating against and harming communities of color and others.
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Asian Americans are facing an alarming rise in racist and violent attacks across the country, but Asian American women specifically say they are living in fear every day. CNN’s Amara Walker reports.
In the sparse Utah desert, the vital contributions of these 19th-century laborers are finally coming to light
The time has come for me to step down as executive director of the Asian American / Asian Research Institute. I have delayed my departure for nearly two years because it was imperative to support our Asian American faculty, staff and students during the twin crisis of the pandemic and the horrific, violent and murderous attacks against our community. It was also important to ensure that AAARI did not lose an inch of ground in the hard-fought effort to elevate Asian American issues at CUNY.
Drawing on ten years of research across five continents, prize-winning historian Mae Ngai narrates the story of the thousands of Chinese who left their homeland in pursuit of gold, and how they formed communities and organizations to help navigate their perilous new world. Out of their encounters with whites, and the emigrants’ assertion of autonomy and humanity, arose the pernicious western myth of the “coolie” laborer, a racist stereotype used to drive anti-Chinese sentiment.