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It focuses mainly on four groups that are also the focus of college-level ethnic studies: Chicano/Latinos, African Americans, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders and Native Americans.

Tina Tchen, Min Jin Lee, and Sung Yeon Choimorrow discuss the ‘unique way that Asian-American women experience sexual harassment.’

Prominent Asian American lawmakers, scholars and advocates, including actor and producer Daniel Dae Kim, testified Thursday on the rise in hate crimes and discrimination against Asian Americans before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

NAPAWF joined other Asian American organizations to deliver a letter to the president calling for emergency safety and relief to the Asian American community. Signed by more than 183 national organizations, the letter urgently calls on the Biden administration to establish and fund an interagency task force to combat anti-Asian hate, especially addressing the disproportionate … Read more

The killings have sent waves of grief through the Asian-American community, amid a rising spate of attacks against Asian Americans in recent months and a broader increase in anti-Asian hate in the U.S. during the coronavirus pandemic. The situation in the U.S. is one facet of a global increase in anti-Asian attacks, and for East and South East Asian (ESEA) communities around … Read more

Last week, Graduate Center Professor Celina Su (GC/Brooklyn, Urban Education/Political Science) gave an interview with the San Diego Union Tribune on the rising violence against Asians, Asian Americans, and Pacific Islanders. In an in-depth conversation, Su discussed the history and roots of the racist attacks, why they are increasing, their effects on her and others, … Read more