Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
The justices heard two cases concerning admissions programs that take into account race to foster educational diversity. The conservative supermajority appeared ready to reconsider decades of precedents and to rule that the programs were unlawful.
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with David Kaplan, former legal affairs editor for Newsweek, about two landmark affirmative action cases being argued on Monday.
In her CUNY FORUM essay, writer Vina Orden discusses quincentennial commemoration of the Magellan-Elcano circumnavigation across the Pacific to South America, and presents a critique of colonial Spanish and Filipino history, utilizing Luis H. Francia’s play, “Black Henry,” as a radical work of imagination and jumping off point to deconstruct colonial history.
The inspirational rise of Ralph Clement (John Jay College ’20) from immigrant to New York City Police Department (NYPD) Deputy Inspector is the epitome of the American dream. “I actually came here as a Dreamer. My mom and I went to Canada first, and from there we hid in the back of an 18-wheeler, crossing … Read more
“These states are reducing all the great practices of 2020 that made voting more accessible,” Christine Chen, executive director of the nonpartisan organization Asian and Pacific Islander American Vote, said.
This Postdoctoral Researcher position offers an exciting opportunity to pursue collaborative and independent research in the area of race, digital politics, and critical disinformation studies. The researcher is expected to join an interdisciplinary team of engaged researchers investigating Asian-American community media, contemporary and historical narratives and visuals of racial trauma and “hate”, and media manipulation … Read more