A guide to combating anti-Asian racism — from relationships to the workplace
Tough conversations about racism with people you care about can start with a simple line like, “Have you experienced something like this?”
Resources
How The Model Minority Myth Keeps Asian Americans Out Of Management
If you are Asian in America, you probably grew up with the idea that you had to keep your head down, get perfect grades, and work hard to achieve wealth and success.
Lehman Student, Fluent in 7 Languages, Scores Highly Selective Boren Award and Critical Language Scholarship
About 20 percent of Americans speak more than one language. Sofia Latif, a third-year Lehman student, speaks seven. Now, thanks to a pair of prestigious study-abroad scholarships, she’s being recognized for her linguistic skills—and is receiving some highly coveted opportunities to sharpen them.
The Containerization of Shipping and its Global Consequences with Marc Levinson and Liang Wu
RBI Director John Torpey talks to Marc Levinson, economist, historian, and journalist, and Liang Wu, doctoral candidate in anthropology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, about how shipping containers have become the new paradigm in international shipping, and what affect that has had on supply chains, markets, and those working in the shipping industry.
Nearly two-thirds of anti-Asian hate incidents reported by women, new data shows
Women reported nearly 65% of anti-Asian hate incidents nationally between March 2020 and March 2021, according to data released Thursday by a national advocacy coalition. Stop AAPI Hate reported a total of 6, 603 hate incidents, a broad term that can include hate crimes such as physical assaults but also incorporates verbal and online harassment, shunning, and … Read more
The Mental State of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Reflections on AAPI heritage and mental health awareness.