California’s Attorney General apologizes to Japanese Americans
Rob Bonta called it a “grave injustice… motivated largely by racial prejudice, wartime hysteria and a failure of political leadership.”
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Fall 2023 CUNY Women’s Public Service Internship Program
The CUNY Women’s Public Service Internship Program (ETR-WPSIP) is designed to assist CUNY students seeking to develop job skills for a career in public service.
Job Op – Assistant Professor of Sociology (Tufts University)
The Department of Sociology at Tufts University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin September 1, 2024. We are looking for a colleague whose scholarly work examines the complexies of power, inequality, and justice outside the US.
Asian Representation in Movies Climbs 12.5% in 16 Years, Study Finds
Meanwhile, the percentage of white people with speaking roles has decreased from 2007 to 2022; but Hollywood still has a long way to go when it comes to diversity
Army veteran convicted of NYC hate crime rampage against Asian women sentenced to 1⅓ to 4 years in state prison
During a violent spree lasting nearly three hours, Steven Zajonc, 30, spewed racist insults when he punched, elbowed, and shoved seven women of Asian descent aged 19 to 57 in Midtown, Nolita and Greenwich Village, ambushing some from behind.
Man indicted for anti-Asian hate crime in NYC Koreatown attack
Prosecutors said the man yelled anti-Chinese comments before assaulting the couple, who are of Korean descent.