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Tag: Japanese Americans
Asian American Pacific Islander
Diversityâs Day of Infamy
The recent revelation that Johns Hopkins, once thought to be a âgood guyâ, owned four slaves himself is one of those backward looks in time that brings about a major shame. However awkward, exposing the truth is always important.
December 15, 2020
News Roundup
Two Top Bellevue College Administrators to Leave After Mural Alteration
Bellevue College president Jerry Weber and vice president of institutional advancement, Gayle Colston Barge, will leave the institution after a controversy over an altered mural on display on campus, reports The Columbian. Though itâs not clear whether they have been fired or resigned, the two are leaving after Barge altered an artist description of a [âŚ]
March 3, 2020
Asian American Pacific Islander
American Minorities and Our Foreign Cousins
Racial nationalists, who equate ethnicity with belonging, can co-exist with each other. Their acceptance may be begrudging, but they can be sympathetic to one anotherâs sense of who should be where. They will avoid conflict if they stay in the appropriate place and donât claim the same territory. It is those whose race and nationality do not correspond, or who are cosmopolitan, who threaten an order deemed natural
September 3, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
Fitting In Doesnât Fix Discrimination
I have been studying the internment of Japanese Americans ever since I have been a professor. Yet I have had the most important insight, personally as an Asian American albeit not Japanese originally, only recently. To explain why the mass incarceration during World War II of 120,000 individuals on the basis of heritage, two-thirds of them native-born citizens of this nation, was wrong requires pointing out that the people who are most offended about the violation of civil rights are those who subscribe in the ideals of the United States.
June 27, 2019
Opinion
My Studentâs âAâ Paper
A student of mine wrote a great paper that I would like to share, explaining how racial considerations affect the ways we set up mass transit. He showed how the decision to demolish the Embarcadero Freeway after the 1989 earthquake in San Francisco involved ethnic concerns, as well as how the controversy a generation later about building a new underground light rail line threatened a commitment made to Chinatown.
September 24, 2018
Students
Harvardâs Asian Problem Does Not Justify the Blum Lawsuit
That lawsuit filed by White conservative Ed Blum using Asians as proxies to fight affirmative action may have revealed in discovery a complex and unique admissions process at Harvard. But using race to determine admissions is legal, and the suit doesnât justify changing current law.
August 7, 2018
LGBTQ+
Saigo Makes Diversity a Priority at Southern Oregon University
In the year that Dr. Roy Saigo has taken on the presidency of Southern Oregon University, the school has seen an increase in retention, enrollment and diversity.
November 3, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
Cal State Campuses Preserving Painful Piece of U.S. History
The archives of 15 California State University campuses are collaborating to digitize about 10,000 documents and 100-plus oral histories connected to the incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II.
July 5, 2015
Asian American Pacific Islander
Suyama Project Chronicles Japanese American Resistance During WWII
The University of California, Los Angelesâs Asian American Studies Centerâs Suyama Project aims to preserve the history of Japanese American resistance during World War II.
March 9, 2015
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