‘Fear and anxiety’: NJ Asians say they’re avoiding New York City after brutal killing
North Jersey is home to large swaths of Asian Americans. Areas such as Fort Lee and Leonia are 40% Asian.
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‘Nowhere is safe’: Asian women reflect on brutal New York City killings
Asian women who live in New York City say they’re standing back from the subway edge and walking home with pepper spray in their hands after the killings of Michelle Go and Christina Yuna Lee.
Call for Papers for Special Issue Responding to Ramseyer’s Article on “Comfort Women”
This special issue will focus on critical evaluations and responses to J. Mark Ramseyer’s controversial 2020 article “Contracting for Sex in the Pacific War” as well as a 2022 follow-up response he wrote in response to criticisms from scholars. In his 2020 article published in The International Review of Law and Economics, Ramseyer asserts that … Read more
Chinatown leaders to talk safety, attacks with mayor, NYPD and DA after deadly stabbing
Chinatown leaders will meet with Mayor Eric Adams, the NYPD and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg this week to determine what can be done to curb crime in their community and all attacks against Asian-American New Yorkers.
Caste Discrimination Exists in the U.S., Too—But a Movement to Outlaw It Is Growing
https://time.com/6146141/caste-discrimination-us-opposition-grows/
Eighty Years After the U.S. Incarcerated 120,000 Japanese Americans, Trauma and Scars Still Remain
Families were stripped of their rights and freedoms in February 1942, when FDR signed Executive Order 9066