Asian American History

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  3/1/2021
  

  The Muddled History of Anti-Asian Violence

  The COVID pandemic has led to increased hostility and violence targeting Asian Americans. Younger activists, who want to define these attacks as crimes of bias, struggle to convince the wider society that these individual incidents are part of a historical pattern of racism. 

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• SOURCE: The Nation
  2/23/2021
  

  Japanese Internment, Football, and a Legendary Team

  Dave Zirin's Edge of Sports podcast hosts Bradford Pearson, the author of "The Eagles of Heart Mountain," the story of a group of interned Japanese American teens whose football team dominated the state of Wyoming. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/21/2021
  

  What This Wave of Anti-Asian Violence Reveals About America

  by Anne Anlin Cheng

  Trump could not have rallied the kind of hatred that he did without this country’s long history of systemic and cultural racism against people of Asian descent.

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• SOURCE: Bitter Southerner
  2/18/20201
  

  Forgotten Camps, Living History: Japanese Internment in the South

  by Jason Christian

  Camp Livingston, deep in the Louisiana pines, used to be the site of a World War II Japanese internment camp. Drawing from the memories of internees, the research of two Louisiana State University librarians and other historians, and the activism of survivors and their descendants, this story uncovers a buried piece of American history.

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• SOURCE: Bitter Southerner
  2/9/2021
  

  Houston Hip-Hop and Chinese Chicken

  by Alana Dao

  The story of a restaurant run by Chinese immigrants in Houston is the story of the growth of the diverse Gulf coast metropolis and its fusion of ethnic cultures.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  1/29/2021
  

  Corky Lee, Who Photographed Asian-American Life, Dies at 73

  Corky Lee viewed his camera as a weapon in the fight against stereotyping and discrimination against Asian Americans, and documented many important moments in the histories of Asian communities in New York and the US. 

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• 12/6/2020
  

  Recognizing an Unrecognized Chinese American WWII Veteran

  by A.J. Wong

  In December, Congress honored all Chinese American World War II veterans with the Congressional Gold Medal, and some of their families will be eligible to receive a replica medal in their names. Hoy You Lim (林開祐) was killed in action in France in 1944. None of his survivors could complete the paperwork to receive his medal. The granddaughter of another Chinese American veteran wants to recognize his service. 

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• SOURCE: WGBH
  11/27/2020
  

  The Legacy Of Tunney Lee: Preserving The History Of Boston's Chinatown

  An interdisciplinary panel of scholars discusses the contributions of the late MIT urban studies professor Tunney Lee to historic preservation and the relationship of immigrant communities to urban environments.

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  11/30/2020
  

  The Country’s Oldest Chinatown is Fighting for its Life in San Francisco

  Tourism to San Francisco has fallen by half since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, and tourist spending has declined even further, impacting many of Chinatown's businesses as well as its social life. 

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• SOURCE: The Conversation
  11/18/2020
  

  Patsy Takemoto Mink Blazed The Trail For Kamala Harris – Not Susan B. Anthony

  by Judy Tzu-Chun Wu

  Patsy Takemoto Mink, elected in 1972 as the first woman of color in Congress, deserves recognition as a pioneering advocate for gender equity and the rights of Americans Caribbean and Pacific territories, and for preparing a path for Kamala Harris's election as Vice President. 

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• SOURCE: WAMU
  11/7/2020
  

  ‘Game-Changer’: Kamala Harris Makes History As Next Vice President

  Historian Manisha Sinha contends that Kamala Harris's ascent to the vice presidency helps to make the case for America as an interracial democracy of men and women including immigrants.

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• SOURCE: KJZZ
  11/5/2020
  

  ASU Professor Explains 'Interracial Racism' And The History Between Asian And Black Americans

  Asian American studies scholar Karen Kuo discusses the complex relationship between Asian and African Americans and sources of solidarity and division among minority groups. 

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• SOURCE: Made by History at The Washington Post
  10/29/2020
  

  The History of Hmong Americans Explains why they Might Decide the Election

  by Melissa Borja

  Hmong refugees were resettled in the United States after participating as US allies in military operations in Laos. American policy of dispersing refugees in small groups away from coastal areas created Hmong communities in Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota. 

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• SOURCE: Zocálo Public Square
  10/6/2020
  

  Does a New Wave of Anti-Asian Racism Require a New Way of Fighting Back? 10/7

  Historian Lon Kurashige joins US Senator Mazie Hirono and other guests to discuss rising racism against Asian Americans and Asians in America. 

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• 9/13/2020
  

  Prop 16 and the "Chinese Virus" Bring Two Views of Asian American History into Conflict

  by Hao Zou

  Many Chinese Americans oppose California's Proposition 16, which would reinstate race-based affirmative action in state university admissions. This support stems from a meritocratic interpretation of Chinese American experiences that is challenged by the xenophobic "Chinese Virus" discourse around COVID-19.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  8/13/2020
  

  In Women’s Suffrage, a Spotlight for Unsung Pioneers

  The New York Times will run a special section highlighting the contributions of lesser-known champions of suffrage and the political rights of women. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  6/26/2020
  

  The Asian American Response to Black Lives Matter Is Part of a Long, Complicated History

  “Asian Americans owe so much of their presence in this country to the Black struggle for freedom — from birthright citizenship to the ability to tell our stories in education and the culture to the civil rights we enjoy,” says author Jeff Chang.

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• SOURCE: Smithsonian Magazine
  5/26/2020
  

  How a New Show Tears Down the Myths of Asian American History

  Executive producer Renee Tajima-Peña says the program is about “how we got where we are and where are we going next.”

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• SOURCE: TIME
  5/22/2020
  

  In 1968, These Activists Coined the Term 'Asian American'—And Helped Shape Decades of Advocacy

  Activists' decision to form a broad organization uniting many Asian ethnicities helped create a stronger political movement. 

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• SOURCE: The New Yorker
  5/14/2020
  

  A New History of Being Asian-American

  New Yorker critic Hua Hsu questions whether the PBS documentary series will simplify the experiences of Asian Americans through a lens of celebration that obscures ongoing conflict and prejudice.