Racial diversity among Bay Area elected officials increased during the 2020 election cycle but new data shows wide disparities still exist across the region. The proportion of people of color holding top local offices increased from 26 percent in 2018 to about 34 percent after the 2020 elections, according to a report released this week […]
Diversity among Bay Area elected officials improves, but disparities still exist
September 2, 2021 by Leave a Comment
Massive crowd gathers to celebrate workers’ immigrants’ rights
May 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Chanting, “We want justice for our people,†waving signs and cheering, more than 1,000 people gathered peacefully in Oakland’s Fruitvale neighborhood May 1 in honor of May Day and in support of immigrant rights. A broad coalition of groups joined in the tenth annual observance of International Workers Day by Oakland Sin Fronteras, a labor […]
‘There are no do-overs’ – Advocates sound alarm on 2020 Census
April 27, 2017 by Leave a Comment
With the 2020 Census three years out, civil rights groups and census experts are sounding the alarm that pending actions by the Trump administration and Congress could severely hamper an accurate count of all communities. “Congress’ failure over the past few years to pay for rigorous 2020 Census planning, and now the Trump Administration’s insufficient […]
People of Color and the poor will be hardest hit by ACA repeal
January 5, 2017 by Leave a Comment
President-elect Donald Trump’s threat to repeal and replace Obamacare is bad news for millions of Americans, but the poor and people of color are going to be hit hardest, say health care advocates. “The winners and losers from repealing Obamacare will depend crucially on the details of whatever replacement plan materializes,†said Larry Levitt, senior […]
ENTERTAINMENT RE-ORIENTED: #Thiswas2016
January 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment
“When the house is going up in flames, does what’s on the TV matter?†That’s the question I kept asking myself as I sat down to write this year-end column. In October, Michael Luo, then an editor for The New York Times, was accosted on the street by a woman yelling, “Go back to China!†[…]
Mixed-heritage Japanese Americans seek bone marrow matches
October 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Last January, Paul Ota felt a pain in his chest. Maybe, he thought, he had pulled a muscle at the gym. Upon visiting his doctor, though, Ota was diagnosed with advanced non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer that can start in a person’s lymph nodes. After six rounds of chemotherapy and surgery to destroy the […]
Federal review of SFPD finds racial disparities in stops and searches, lack of accountability
October 27, 2016 by Leave a Comment
A U.S. Department of Justice report released Oct. 12 found racial disparities in traffic stops and searches, problems in the handling of use of force incidents and a lack of transparency or analysis of office discipline cases in the San Francisco Police Department, among other issues. The report, produced by the department’s Community Oriented Policing […]
Grief, diversity and gratitude — An interview with filmmaker J.P. Chan
September 18, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Since he burst on the scene in 2005, J.P. Chan has been a regular on the Asian American film and independent film circuits. His acclaimed short films, including “Digital Antiquities,†produced as part of the PBS anthology series “Future States,†are mostly subtle, thoughtful studies of human relationships, often with a strong Asian American […]
ENTERTAINMENT RE-ORIENTED: TWO STEPS FORWARD, ONE STEP BACK: People of Color Dancing at the Box Office This Winter
December 10, 2009 by Leave a Comment
This holiday season’s top box office earners include a surprisingly large number of films about people of color. The controversial “Precious,†a gritty story about an obese, pregnant black teen, cracked the top 10 and “The Blind Side,†an “inspirational†story about a rich white lady who takes in a troubled, black teen, and turns […]
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