Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
In celebration of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander (AANHPI) Heritage month, Eyewitness News profiles a high-ranking New York officer from China and CUNY alum, who is making an effort to enrich the department with more diversity and representation.
To discuss the importance of AAPI Heritage Month, CBS2’s Dana Tyler was joined by Frank Wu, president of Queens College, City University of New York. He’s an author, legal scholar and the first person of Asian descent to lead the college.
Eighty years later, Berk is part of an art installation at the Japanese American National Museum that uses augmented reality to open a window into the eviction of 120,000 Japanese Americans and immigrants from their homes.
Overall, about six-in-ten Asian adults (63%) say violence against Asian Americans in the U.S. is increasing, while 19% say there has not been much change and 8% say it is decreasing. This is down somewhat since last year, when 81% of Asian Americans said violence against them was increasing.
These books were published within the last year and explore Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences in the United States.
Food insecurity was the No. 1 concern cited by Asian American New Yorkers during the pandemic, according to findings of a recently released study by the NYU Center for the Study of Asian American Health.