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CUNY FORUM Volume 10:1

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Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.

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CUNY FORUM Volume 9:1

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Economic and structural inequality, racial scapegoating, and anti-Asian xenophobia all played a role in violence against Asian Americans, then, and continue unabated to today in 2021. Against the backdrop of the continuing global Covid-19 crisis and anti-Asian violence and hate in the United States, we present to you the reader some signals of hope and reclamation on the local and national level: Asian Americans recognizing and reclaiming their place in the larger civil society despite immense institutional and ideological barriers.

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武侠 电影 / Wuxia Flick

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武侠 电影 Wuxia Flick Produced by Corona Studios, Unlimited, 2020. Trailer: A decade before, the world in 2009 Was divided into diseases of pigs and birds— Split into desires with stunted names Like SARS, AIDS, FLU that flew From tongue to lavender tongue, that entered through moist boba pearls Of saliva, blood & unprotected sex, … Read more

CUNY FORUM Volume 7:1

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The latest Fall/Winter 2019-2020 special issue, guest edited by Stephen Lee and Elizabeth Hanna Rubio (University of California, Irvine), centers on the experiences of Asian Pacific Islanders (APIs) and in doing so, contributes to a small, but growing body of literature within Asian American and U.S. immigration studies that explores what it means to be Asian American and living under the threat of immigration-related consequences such as deportation. The contributions in this volume of CUNY FORUM touch upon a variety of themes: Politics, Identity, and Social Movements.

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2019 CUNY Conference on Citizenship, Belonging, and Identity in the Age of White Nationalism

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Taking into account considerations of immigration, race, gender, and diaspora, AAARI’s 2019 annual conference asks: What does the meteoric rise of Trumpian racist white nationalism say about the nature of systemic racism in our country today? Why is it now primarily and explicitly rooted in anti-Mexican and anti-Muslim nativist racism, and where do Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) — their diverse ethnic groups — fit (or not fit) in these citizenship orders? How has the higher education research community and the activist community collaborated and how can they continue to strategically collaborate together?

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CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1

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CUNY FORUM Volume 6:1 (Fall 2018 to Winter 2019, ISSN: 2329-1125, 100 pages, $15.00) features three sections, each examining through essays, commentaries, and research: 1. Crossing Out/In Our Communities; 2. To Serve the People and Lose Your Sexuality?; and 3. Translating There to Here

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