Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Other states like California, New York, Hawaii, Florida, Arizona and Virginia have also designated January 30 as “Fred Korematsu Day.” In January, the New Jersey governor signed a bill officially designating the day as a remembrance of Korematsu.
The fellowship is designed to enhance Black, race and ethnic studies scholarship and teaching at CUNY and is part of a $3 million, Mellon Foundation-funded initiative.
CUNY SPH doctoral student Thinh Vu was awarded the Cancer Epidemiology Education in Special Populations (CEESP) fellowship for the second consecutive year. Vu will receive $14,400 to conduct research on mental health symptomatology among cancer inpatients and their family caregivers at the largest oncological hospital in Vietnam.
South Carolina joins the ongoing stream of lawmakers across the country pushing to bar Chinese citizens and businesses from owning property, according to WLTX.
Even after Wong Kim Ark successfully took his case to the Supreme Court 125 years ago, Asian Americans struggled to receive recognition as U.S. citizens
The heated rhetoric surrounding China has undergone a shift from the pandemic’s early days, when xenophobia linked to Covid-19 was unambiguous.