Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
This interactive map is the product of more than a decade of research from the Endangered Language Alliance, a group that seeks to document and preserve smaller, minority, and Indigenous languages across New York City.
Newly spurred to action to combat bias, they generate subway posters, leverage social media, stage Zoom webinars. “Our community couldn’t take being invisible any longer,” one artist says.
A New York woman has raised more than $125,000 in two days to pay for safe and verified ride shares following a spike in anti-Asian attacks. News NOW speaks to Maddy Park, founder of Cafe Maddy Cab, about her experiences of fearing for her safety and what she hopes to achieve through fundraising.
Hate crimes against Asian people have surged during the COVID-19 pandemic, but they go back a long way in the U.S.
When the luxurious British passenger ship Titanic sank into the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, thousands of people fell into the frigid waters. Only one of the lifeboats that escaped the sinking ship turned back to search for potential survivors. In the darkness, the rescuers found a young Chinese man clinging to a wooden door, … Read more
After anti-Asian American violence spiked during the past several months — including in Indianapolis — people nationwide have been protesting and gathering to condemn that violence. Demonstrators hold signs that say “Stop AAPI Hate” and “Asians are Humans” and “Not Your Model Minority.” And when a gunman killed six Asian American women and two others … Read more