The first Asian American ever elected to the Pulitzer Prize Board was Viet Thanh Nguyen. His achievement was groundbreaking — the first Asian American voting member on the final panel that chooses Pulitzer Prize winners. But he remains alone. Nguyen’s election came only in 2020, more than a century after the Pulitzer Prizes were first awarded, honoring the best in journalism, literature and the arts. Nearly two years later, Nguyen remains the only Asian American in that room.
When the pandemic started, many students and families in Stockton, California didn’t have a stable internet connection after school moved online. A majority of students borrowed Wi-Fi hotspots from their schools. Many still are.
All you really need to be hired as an English teacher in Asia is a passport from the right country, or in some cases just look white.
Asian American artists have already been working to break through harmful stereotypes and transform the myth of the model minority. Yet, with all the historical racial injustice and family trauma, it’s hard to realize that we are not alone in our work.
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In Vancouver, Canada, nearly half of the residents grew up speaking a language other than English. Walk down a busy street anywhere in town, and you’re bound to hear people speaking languages from all over the world. Among them are languages indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. Preserving heritage languages is important for two communities in the region: one, the indigenous Squamish people and the other, Cantonese speakers.
The lack of Asian language services offered in the American healthcare system has forced younger family members to shoulder the burden of navigating an often labyrinthine system.
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In the heart of New York City’s “World’s Borough,” a portal to the Philippines awaits. From the Mabuhay Mural to the many kabayan-owned businesses along 69th/70th Street and Roosevelt Ave, Filipino Americans have long considered Woodside, Queens their home.
When we think of thriving Asian-American communities, the cities that come to mind are New York, and San Francisco where they’re over 30% of the population. Smaller cities like Reno, Nevada don’t usually come to mind, but for two generations the Rosal family has created a flourishing community.
In a rural town in Eastern Oregon, Japanese-Americans like Mike Iseri have found and created a home. Hundreds relocated to Ontario after their release from internment camps in World War II, and most never left.
Mia Yamamoto has seen it all. She was born in an incarceration camp during World War II. At age 60 she came out as transgender after a 20-year career as a criminal defense attorney in Los Angeles. At age 78, Mia shows no signs of slowing down.
In Vancouver, Canada, nearly half of the residents grew up speaking a language other than English. Walk down a busy street anywhere in town, and you’re bound to hear people speaking languages from all over the world. Among them are languages indigenous to the Pacific Northwest. Preserving heritage languages is important for two communities in the region: one, the indigenous Squamish people and the other, Cantonese speakers.
Asian American artists have already been working to break through harmful stereotypes and transform the myth of the model minority. Yet, with all the historical racial injustice and family trauma, it’s hard to realize that we are not alone in our work.
All you really need to be hired as an English teacher in Asia is a passport from the right country, or in some cases just look white.
When the pandemic started, many students and families in Stockton, California didn’t have a stable internet connection after school moved online. A majority of students borrowed Wi-Fi hotspots from their schools. Many still are.