Asian American / Asian Research Institute
The City University of New York
Tonight, as part of Metrofocus’ Exploring Hate initiative, Frank Wu, Queens College President, author of “Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White” and one of the voices driving this conversation both nationally and on campus joins us.
With the rise of Anti-Asian violence and pandemic-related hate crimes, the Asian and Asian American Research Institute (AAARI) at CUNY released their statement calling for the university to address their systemic neglect against Asian Americans. AAARI demands CUNY implement Asian American Studies university-wide, include Asian Americans in discussions of race-based discrimination, have more Asian American leaders, and … Read more
The UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge, and the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development jointly announce the release of Crisis to Impact: Reflecting on a Decade of Housing Counseling Services in Asian American and Pacific Islander Communities. The research examines the state of housing for low-income AAPIs since … Read more
Senators Tammy Duckworth and Mazie Hirono had said they would support only “diversity candidates” until President Biden addressed the dearth of Asian-Americans and Pacific Islanders in his administration.
How many Asian Americans have to be killed before other people realize there is a pattern? The past year of pandemic has seen every type of violence directed toward Asian Americans, from name calling that leads to spitting on pedestrians and shoving the elderly to the ground hard enough to break bones to stabbings and … Read more
City College of New York/CUNY alum and detective noir author Henry Chang reads an original piece about Chinatown-his home, and remembers the late Queens College/CUNY alum and photographer Corky Lee in this The New Yorker documentary piece.