AAARI News

The Asian American/ Asian Research Institute (AAARI) is an integral part of The City University of New York (CUNY), engaged in university-wide scholarly research, teaching, and serving as a vital resource center for policies and issues that affect Asians and Asian Americans. AAARI unequivocally and emphatically condemns violence, hate crimes, and racism against the Asian-American … Read more

Dr. Sung is a pioneer in Asian American Studies and the founder of the Asian American/Asian Research Institute at the City University of New York

We urge you to support and join us by signing on to our statement and share this letter with your networks. It is unconscionable that members of the Asian and Asian American community are threatened by the dangers of Covid-19, and by the very fact that they are Asian or Asian American. This must to stop now!

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This Time Must Be Different The Asian American and Asian Research Institute (AAARI) unequivocally condemns the killing of George Floyd. Mr. Floyd’s killing demonstrated a depraved indifference to human life that has not only been a product of the systemic and historical racism of this country but as some have pointed out, anti-blackness. We stand … Read more

On Tuesday, January 29, staffers at the Achievement First High School in Bushwick started receiving racist, anti-Asian emails as well as violent threats. Along with an email on Tuesday morning telling an employee to go back to Hong Kong, the sender threatened to bomb and shoot up the school building at some point during the … Read more