It’s not lost on me that many electeds in San Francisco are simply latching on to the first available Chinese American person, usually conservative, and then saying all Chinese Americans want tough on crime pro-police politicians like them (and ignoring other types of #AAPI people who do not want those things)
Me: I don’t understand why anyone eats the frozen food at Trader Joe’s
Also me: *makes a meal from frozen foods from Japan, China, India and Korea’
Culturally relevant convenience food that hits your flavor profile is important (I don’t love the Chinese or Thai stuff at TJ’s, it just tastes weird to me)
"Historical photographs showcase the history of Asian American resistance movements from the 1960s to the 1980s, demonstrating the strength and resilience of the Asian American community among tenants, students, and laborers...They also remind us of the civil rights and labor rights won by Asian Americans with the sheer power of the collective."
"ABC News' Juju Chang travels to Camp Amache, a former Japanese internment camp, that's on its way to becoming a National Historic Site, as the stories of those once kept there are brought to light."
It's easy to make. You can now buy the fried dough ("yow til") at 99Ranch, as well as the preserved duck eggs ("pei don"). Otherwise, you just need the long grained rice (boiled to a thick & smooth consistency which requires some practice to get right and some sliced green onions & sesame seed oil to top it off.
It's at the top of my list of Cantonese comfort food. Yum!!! 🤗
There’s a part of my soul that deeply needs Chinese bakery bread. My fave in the city is Yummy Bakery, my fave in east bay is Napoleon Super in Oakland Chinatown
"In Hollywood today, not only are Asian and Asian American narratives more prominent than ever, but they are also being told in increasingly dynamic ways through the artful use of Asian languages."
One day I will write a short story about how in Reno, Nevada, it’s still 1990s Hong Kong (all cantopop stars past their prime are still booking huge shows in Reno. Their fans are largely elderly Cantonese gamblers. I’ve been to a few such shows, it feels like a different era and time and space)
"After The Markup first reported on how Ohlala regularly translated misleading far-right websites like The Gateway Pundit and Newsmax into Vietnamese, more than a dozen Vietnamese community members asked The Markup to dig further. They wanted to know why she was broadcasting in Vietnamese and why her videos were so heavily pro-Trump. Several community members also shared suspicions that she was a Russian agent..."
One of the reasons for the invisibility of #AntiAsianRacism is inextricably connected to #ModelMinorityMyth. The myth focuses on #stereotypes of #Asians as hard-working, independent, intelligent & economically prosperous.
Stereotypes hide many issues & disappears the realities of working-class #AsianWomen’s lives.
In this talk, speaker Molly Bui explores the dangers of #Asian#Fetishization. This talk contains references to sex and sexual violence against #AsianWomen.
This talk was presented to a local audience at #TEDxYouthBloomington, an independent event.
Lots of other white men, including some of my husband’s [#journalism colleagues, were quick to comment that we shouldn’t jump to conclusions. Well, that’s bullshit. Even for people who did recognize the shootings as an act of #racism, I had to explain to them that it’s not just racism. It’s a #racialized#misogyny that’s very, very specific to #AsianWomen. ]
"The UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute analyzed Census Bureau data within the last two decades. This included the 2000 census count as well as American Community Survey 5-year estimates on population characteristics from 2010 and 2022. Their analysis indicates people in the United States who identify as Latino and Asian American or Pacific Islander, or 'AAPI Latinos,' rose from 350,000 to 886,000 in that period."
#JusticeLeague is the heart and soul of DC, and over the years their roster has included its fair share of amazing #Asian members. Some of them have even joined multiple versions of the League! We couldn’t let this month wrap without highlighting our favorites. From a sword-wielding mercenary to a brilliant scientist, here are five remarkable #AAPI#superheroes who have been members of the Justice League.
"For more than 50 years, Asian American studies has been a recognized field at American colleges and universities. But outside of California, students who want to study it as a major or minor are usually out of luck.
Since it's AAPI month, we wanted to highlight Bravespace, a beautiful and impressive project by @Smithsonianmag. Take a listen through a collection of original songs, sounds, and meditations created by Asian American women and non-binary artists and musicians https://apa.si.edu/bravespace/#AAPI#AAPImonth
A new book, “Corky Lee’s Asian America,” edited by the artist Chee Wang Ng and the historian Mae Ngai, collects hundreds of pictures that Lee shot from the early nineteen-seventies to the end of his life. It also includes essays from scholars, family members, writers, artists, friends, and activists. “In endless frames of film,” Renee Tajima-Peña, a filmmaker and a professor at U.C.L.A., writes, “he gave us the gift of our collective memory."
I want to start something in San Francisco where, if you’re a queer #AAPI person in need from anywhere including abroad, we’ll activate your peers and elders to help you. Coming to San Francisco to get married? Someone will help you figure out the applications. A bunch of us will come to your wedding. Need immigration advice? Want to join a hiking club? That’s definitely what I wish I had.
I’m at a thing where I’m meeting a gazillion queer and trans #AAPI elders who were here when we had no visibility at all. One of them, a 70 yo Filipina queer woman said, ‘one of the newscasters commented on live TV that even the Asians are marching’ (at the March on Washington)
All very inspiring, but even more inspiring is seeing so many ways to just.. be. I never saw what it might be to be an older queer person. Here I see them all the time. I wrote about this:
The #AAPI community often forgets the #PI. Today Vince Cristomo, the first Chamorro to come out publicly as gay and HIV+, and the current director of aging services at SF AIDS Foundation, is getting the George Choy Award of Recognition today. The award is given by the GLBTQ+ Asian Pacific Alliance
In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, I want to recommend Japanese-American Kishi Bashi’s song film “Omoiyari.”
It’s described as “a musical journey to understand WWII era Japanese Incarceration, assimilation, and what it means to be a minority in America today.”
The film is streaming on Paramount+ and the record is available on most platforms. Both are amazing.