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Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Communityfrom Asian American Studies Program, list of online articles and resources.
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Prof. Derek Chang on anti-API bias.Podcast of May 4, 2021 episode of All Things Equal on WHCU radio.
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Out and Asian: How Undocu/DACAmented Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Youth Navigate Dual Liminality in the Immigrant Rights MovementOpen access article by Loan Thi Dao, Asian American studies Program, U. Mass., 30 June 2017.
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Angry Asian ManBlog about Asian America with comments and articles from men and women on their Asian-American experience; podcasts; photo gallery.
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Encyclopedia of Asian American Issues Today by [The two volumes cover] the major issues confronting the Asian American community as a whole, and the specific ethnic identities within that community -- from established groups to newer groups such as Cambodian and Hmong Americans. The volumes offer 110 entries on the current state of affairs.. and outlooks for future for Asian Americans. The set is divided into 11 thematic sections including diversity and demographics; education; health; identity; immigrants, refugees, and citizenship; law; media; politics; war; work and economy; youth, family, and the aged.Call Number: E184.A75 E53 2010 + (REF; in Asia reading room)Publication Date: 2010 ( Santa Barbara, Calif. : Greenwood Press) -
Straight A's: Asian American College Students in Their Own Words by Call Number: LC2633.6 .S77 2018 (online also: click on title)Publication Date: 2018 (Durham : Duke University Press)In Straight A's Asian American students at Harvard reflect on their common experiences with discrimination, immigrant communities, their relationships to their Asian heritage, and their place in the university. They also explore the difficulties of living up to family expectations and the real-world effects of the "model minority" stereotype. Their examinations of race, ethnicity, gender and sexuality, and culture directly speak to the Asian American experience in U.S. higher education. -
Asian American Delinquents and Gangs by ..."we begin with a review of the standard explanations for delinquency and gang activity that have been offered by academics... we then work through these explanations by providing accounts by individuals in Chinese, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Hmong, Korean and Indian communities. Some of the conventional explanations appear to be less important in these communities, but others take on more prominence."Call Number: HV6439.U5 H56 2018Publication Date: 2018 (Beau Bassin, Mauritius : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing) -
Asian Americans in Dixie: Race and Migration in the South by Extending the understanding of race and ethnicity in the South beyond the prism of black-white relations, this interdisciplinary collection explores the growth, impact, and significance of rapidly growing Asian American populations in the American South. Avoiding the usual focus on the East and West Coasts, several essays attend to the nuanced ways in which Asian Americans negotiate the dominant black and white racial binary, while others provoke readers to reconsider the supposed cultural isolation of the region...Publication Date: 2013 (Urbana : University of Illinois Press) -
Whiter: Asian American Women on Skin Color and Colorism by Heartfelt personal accounts from Asian American women on their experiences with skin color bias, from being labeled "too dark" to becoming empowered to challenge beauty standards. In Whiter, thirty Asian American women provide first-hand accounts of their experiences with colorism in this collection of powerful, accessible, and brutally honest essays. Featuring contributors of many ages, nationalities, and professions...Call Number: E184.A75 W45 2020Publication Date: 2020 (Asian American women on skin color and colorism)
