Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
After a rise in hate crimes against Asians in the spring, advocates have heard similar concerns from Asian American families and students about commuting from afar to school and what they may have to endure inside of the classroom when school buildings reopen Sept. 13. For some students, that anxious feeling is compounded by years … Read more
Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have faced hostility and surveillance, mistrust and suspicion
Anti-Hate Toolkit Launched to Protect AAPI Communities and Highlight Proactive Measures for Addressing Hate
The number of people who identify as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation’s four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to recently released census numbers. But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide … Read more
An immigrant from China, she once said her goal was “to invent a way of allowing myself to practice as a Chinese artist outside of a Chinese culture.”
The show, which was released back in May, is the creative vision of Sung-Ho Kim, a filmmaker and alumnus from Brooklyn College’s class of 1998. On Jul. 8, Kim joined an online Zoom event with Daniel Lugo, the president of the Brooklyn College Film Alumni Association, to talk about the show’s production and reminisce about … Read more