U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives on March 7 honoring the lives of the victims of two mass shootings in California in January, including ones that took the lives of seven farmworkers in Half Moon Bay. The resolution was introduced along with Rep. Judy Chu, whose district […]
Congressional resolution honors victims of shootings in Half Moon Bay, Monterey Park
March 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment
Hate is here to stay
October 22, 2020 by Leave a Comment
President Donald Trump and his xenophobic agenda may be voted out of office Nov. 3, but a panel of civil rights advocates predicts that bias-related crimes and incidents will continue to be on the rise. Asian Americans have experienced the biggest increase in bias-related incidents, but the President’s implicit “permission to hate†has impacted all […]
A history book for our times
July 16, 2020 by Leave a Comment
America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States By Erika Lee (New York: Basic Books, 2019, 432 pp., $32, hard cover) Erika Lee’s new book, “America for Americans: A History of Xenophobia in the United States,†is one that speaks to our times. Well-respected among academics, Lee is among the foundational historians […]
Exhibit at JANM celebrates emergence of APA consciousness
September 26, 2019 by Leave a Comment
LOS ANGELES — “At First Light: The Dawning of Asian Pacific America,†a multi-media exhibit celebrating the emergence of a politically defined Asian Pacific American consciousness and identity, is now on display through Oct. 20 at the Japanese American National Museum in Little Tokyo. This co-production of Visual Communications and JANM chronicles the transformation of […]
Newsom, Bay Area officials deplore new immigration rule
August 15, 2019 by Leave a Comment
Gov. Gavin Newsom and an array of Bay Area officials on Aug. 12 deplored a new rule by President Donald Trump’s administration that will make it harder for low-income legal immigrants to extend their stays or seek permanent residency. “This is a reckless policy that targets the health and well-being of immigrant families and communities […]
RABBIT RAMBLINGS: Let’s get into the struggle
May 11, 2017 by Leave a Comment
What a year this is turning out to be. There is so much uncertainty that I feel at a loss for words to address the situation that our country is in. One thing is becoming clear: Americans are alarmed, taking to the streets and speaking up in surprising ways. And we Asian Americans are also […]
When it comes to hatred and prejudice, it’s time to See Something Say Something
January 7, 2016 by Leave a Comment
We live in anxious times. We probably always will. And I don’t say this lightly. I’ll never shake the memories of the times I sprinted out of my office in the Senate or rushed down the steps of the Capitol in panicked evacuation because planes had come too close and were possible terrorist attacks. Sometimes […]
A time to take a stand
January 1, 2016 by Leave a Comment
Between calls for banning Muslims from entering the United States to references to the mass incarceration of some 120,000 persons of Japanese ancestry in American concentration camps, politicians in recent weeks have evoked a sense of hysteria and fear-mongering that many have likened to that of the World War II-era. Japanese Americans, who are all […]
President Obama needs to stop repeating FDR’s worst mistake and end family detention now
August 20, 2015 by Leave a Comment
(Editor’s note: This blog was originally published on ACLU.org) The Obama administration has repeatedly characterized its newly constructed family detention camps as “an effective and humane†way to keep families together, and threatened in court filings that ending family detention would “require ICE to separate… children from their parents†by keeping the parents locked up […]
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Trying to regain hope in a time of fear and uncertainty
As the election polls started closing on Nov. 8, most of America was in a state of utter shock, as a presidential candidate who so easily stoked the flames of racism, sexism, xenophobia and misogyny was suddenly trust into the office of the presidency. A mere eight years after a movement for hope and change […]