Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Journalist Dolly Li and Professor Adrian De Leon guide audiences in explainer-style videos with informed and and empowering perspectives, helping to break down common microaggressions and reveal the stereotypes, racism and xenophobia behind these statements. Episodes examine the rise in anti-Asian sentiment amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the “model minority” myth and the hyper-sexualization of Asian … Read more
Louisa Francis Bihinang, Mariana Vilana, Antonio Estudillo, Suyon and Maura. These are a few of the Filipinos and Indigenous people who died after they were brought to the U.S. for the 1904 World’s Fair as part of the largest “human zoos” of the time. And Janna Langholz wants to make sure their names aren’t lost … Read more
While some are celebrating this change, others are wondering whether the new guidelines are too unlimited, so to speak, too soon. In other words, is this a case premature relaxation?
Indian American New York Assemblymember Jenifer Rajkumar has introduced a new bill in the State Assembly – Bill #A07062 – which establishes Diwali as a school holiday in New York. The holiday would be observed in school districts with significant populations that celebrate the festival.
Serena Wang (Ph.D. ’21, Music) says that her dissertation, New Chinese Music in New York City: From Revival to Musical Transnationalism, explores two generations of Chinese composers in New York City whose “training in Western music here provides them with tools that they can apply in their own ways.” Wang explains, “While they are influenced … Read more
Doctoral candidate Khánh Lê (Urban Education) says that his dissertation, Cùng với nhau chung tay: A Collaborative project with Vietnamese youth, for which he recently received a Graduate Center dissertation fellowship, is based on his lived experience. He was born in Vietnam, spent time in a refugee camp in Thailand, and arrived in Philadelphia with … Read more