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What Kind Of Asian Are You? Where Are You Really From?

2013-05-24T19:35:42Z

"What kind of Asian are you?"

"Where are you really from?"

Up there with shouts of "ching chong" and slant-eyed taunts, these questions are a ...

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Erwin de Leon: How Not to Welcome a Brown Person

2013-05-19T14:01:05Z

I was at a recent convening of middle-class, well-educated liberals. This being a Washington, D.C., area group, it was predominantly white, with a spa...

Read more: Asian Americans, Latinos, Washington DC, Race, Liberals, Latino Voices News

Hong Mei Pang: Why I Share My Status as an Undocumented Asian-American Youth

2013-05-17T12:08:18Z

I finally understood -- that the core of the American Dream exceeds the cliché of pulling oneself up by the bootstrap; it requires that we forge a multi-faceted community that reaches out to those in need.

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration Reform, Undocumented Immigrants, Undocumented, Children of Immigrants, American Dream, DREAM Act, Impact News

Allison Singh: College Admissions and the Asian-American Parent

2013-05-14T13:10:57Z

The Ivies, MIT, Stanford, Caltech, Berkeley. Maybe Duke, if all else fails... maybe. That's the "List" -- the typical college list for parents of high-achieving Asian-American students. With over four thousand colleges to choose from, why do so few make the cut?

Read more: Asian Americans, College Admissions, Asian Parents, Parenting, Asian Students, Ivy Admissions, Ivy League, Ivy League Admissions, College News

Josh Burstein: Asian Jewish Americans for Obama (VIDEO)

2013-05-08T18:54:13Z

When it comes to "The Issues" such as comprehensive immigration reform, Obama's grassroots efforts demonstrate a commitment to all constituencies, no matter their religion, race or creed.

Read more: Asian Americans, Community Organizing, Obama Campaign, Organizing for America, Jewish, Barack Obama, Video, Comedy News

Sayu Bhojwani: For Immigrant Women, Path to Congress Is Slower

2013-04-29T17:33:37Z

Given the current and future demographics of the U.S., Democrats and Republicans have to expand their networks, not just to more diverse communities but also down the ballot. to local and state races where the pipeline to Congress begins.

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigraton, Women, Policy, Latino Politics, Women in Politics, Immigrants in Politics, Immigrants, Politics News

Ben de Guzman: Immigration Reform, Not Just for Some but for All

2013-04-22T13:18:08Z

AAPI LGBT communities are affected across the entire immigration system and addressing the complexities of this legislation is critical to achieving a fair and humane system -- changes we must see.

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration Reform, Families, Gay Issues, Politics News

Deepa Iyer: We Are Not Newcomers or Bystanders: Asian Americans and the Struggle for Immigration Reform

2013-04-10T16:53:00Z

Despite common perceptions, Asian Americans are neither newcomers nor bystanders in the struggle for equality of immigrants in the United States. We are inheritors of a history of restrictive and racist immigration policies

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Mee Moua: The Time Is Now to Reunite Families

2013-04-10T13:19:51Z

When Meeran came to the U.S. with her family, her older sister was left behind in Pakistan because she turned 22 before her visa was approved. Their petition was filed in 1986. She turns 40 this year.

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration, African, Caribbean Immigrants, Latino, Family Reunification, Politics News

Michael Fauntroy: GOP Minority Outreach Is Doomed to Fail

2013-04-07T16:06:52Z

The Grand Old Party's fundamental problem is not outreach. It is policy. As long as the GOP is dedicated to being more conservative today than it was yesterday, then its minority outreach is doomed to failure.

Read more: Asian Americans, Conservatism, Republicans, African Americans, Election Autopsy, Republicans Minorities, Gop Autopsy, Republicans Latinos, Politics News

Julia Huang: Pew Research vs Asian Americans

2013-04-04T17:08:50Z

Pew's response has only highlighted the glaring problem that for 20 years Asians have been regularly excluded from all of their research studies, not just this latest one on digital aptitude.

Read more: Asian Americans, Asian Americans Internet Use, Pew Internet and American Life Project, Pew Research, Asian Americans Social Media Use, Media News

Gregory Cendana: Immigration Reform Must Uncover Recruitment Schemes of Temporary Workers

2013-04-02T13:44:16Z

The national debate around immigration policy reform has largely ignored a disturbing trend in businesses: the modern-day indentured servitude of temporary workers.

Read more: Immigration Reform, Workers, Apala, Aflcio, Asian Americans, Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, Immigration, Workers Rights, Politics News

Kathy Ko Chin: Health Reform's Success Depends on Language Access

2013-03-22T12:53:43Z

March 23 marks the third anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. As we celebrate this year's birthday, let's make sure that all communities, including those who don't speak English, are able to benefit.

Read more: Asian Americans, Health Insurance, Obama Health Care, Asian Americans Health Care, Pacific Islanders, Pacific Islanders Health Care, Affordable Care Act, Health Care, Health Care Coverage, Health Care Reform, Affordable Care Act Language, Health Care Language, Health Care Reform Language, Healthy Living News

Mee Moua: The Right to Vote, Under Attack

2013-03-19T18:19:31Z

Whether its Alabama trying to revert to the Jim Crow era by refusing minority voters protection from discrimination or Arizona trying to deny citizens their right to vote, the Supreme Court has important decisions to make in order to protect our democracy, and we hope it makes the right ones.

Read more: Latino, Civil Rights, Shelby County v Holder, Asian Americans, Arizona v. ITCA, Congress, Arizona, African Americans, Voting Rights Act, Voting Rights, Voting, Politics News

Erwin de Leon: The Value of Family Visas

2013-03-18T16:46:57Z

If some lawmakers have their way, immigrants, under immigration reform, would no longer be able to sponsor their siblings, just their spouses and children.

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Congressional Asian Pacific American Caucus, Immigrant Families, Comprehensive Immigration Reform, Politics News

Deepa Iyer: Respecting the Family Unit in Immigration Reform

2013-03-14T12:38:09Z

Today, the House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on "The Separation of Nuclear Families Under U.S. Immigration Law." The hearing's title invites the question: How do we define a family?

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration Reform, South Asians, Family Immigration, Immigrant Families, Politics News

Preeti Vissa: America's Racial Wealth Gap Is Fixable

2013-03-11T12:21:14Z

America's yawning racial wealth gap gets mentioned only rarely in political and policy discussions -- perhaps the only thing rarer is for a political leader to suggest that this problem can actually be fixed.

Read more: Latinos, Education, Homeownership, Asian Americans, Race, Racial Discrimination, Wealth Gap, African Americans, Politics News

Jonathan Kim: ReThink Review: 21 & Over -- Long Duk Dong Avenged?

2013-03-01T08:10:25Z

21 & Over isn't high art, but it delivers, and I can't help but feel heartened that it seems to recognize that young audiences today would rather see racial stereotypes skewered instead of perpetuated.

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Jeremy Bird: The Case for Battleground Texas

2013-02-27T16:49:27Z

Grassroots voices were enormously successful in 2012 and 2008. So where do we go from here? How do we continue to engage Americans in the democratic process and make our politics better reflect our population? One of the answers is in Texas -- a state that is at a political crossroads.

Read more: Latinos, Texas, Women, Youth, Battleground States, Asian Americans, Democrats, Barack Obama, African Americans, Voting, Politics News

Ian Reifowitz: New Report: Second-generation Immigrants Successfully Integrating

2013-02-19T15:33:24Z

I do believe it is vital that America has a unifying national identity and that immigrants feel a sense of community with their fellow Americans -- and vice versa. And by no means is everyone who expresses concerns about how well we're doing on those fronts is a bigot or a demagogue.

Read more: Immigration Reform, Americanization, Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans, Immigration, Integration, Hispanics, Assimilation, Politics News

Preeti Vissa: Race and Obama's Second Term -- Part II: Solutions

2013-02-11T09:03:07Z

In a nation where "minorities" will soon be the majority, inequality is an invitation to disaster. So let me propose two additional agenda items for the president.

Read more: Foreclosures, Latinos, Economy, Homeownership, Asian Americans, Race, African Americans, Diversity, Politics News

Joe Peyronnin: The Same Old Party

2013-02-10T19:41:37Z

The GOP can try to repackage their party by reaching out to all demographics. But, for many Americans, the GOP is just the same old party.

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Daisy J Lin: They Tried To Bind My Grandmother's Feet -- Fortunately, She Was A Rebel

2013-02-10T08:45:39Z

The shoes my grandmother refused remind me not to take my freedom for granted -- freedom to roam, freedom to pursue my passions and just as importantly, freedom to make my own mistakes.

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Mee Moua: The Case for Family-Based Immigration

2013-02-06T17:10:07Z

Imagine waiting decades to be reunited with a close family member. Yet that is exactly what many immigrants -- especially those from Asian nations -- are doing.

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Chain-Migration, Family-Immigration, Politics News

Ken Atchity: Good News From the Melting Pot

2013-02-06T14:59:49Z

I don't know about you, but I'm tired of bad news about how America is going to hell in a hand basket and that, with Obama back in office, "I have great doubts about the future of our country."

Read more: Asian Americans, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Hispanics, Diversity, Freedom of Religion, Politics News