Asian American Studies

Hello, everyone! For those of you who don’t know, I am a South Indian, from the Indian state called Kerala. Even though I have grown up in the United States, I have a special place in my heart for my country of origin, which is why I am so excited…

Hello, everyone! For those of you who don’t know, I am a South Indian, hailing from the Indian state named Kerala. Even though I have grown up in the United States, I have a special place in my heart for my country of origin, which is why I am so…

Hello, everyone! Last time, I spoke about the academic value of a multicultural education, specifically in terms of how students view and approach schooling. This week’s topic is going to be about education and culture as well but from a different viewpoint. Just last week, I found an article by…

If you are Filipino or know someone who is, then you might be familiar with how deeply they cherish their values. And in case you aren’t familiar with Filipino values, these would include being family oriented, a strong work ethic, a hopeless romantic, and having an optimistic mindset to name…

Shirley Tang, UMass Boston’s professor of Asian American Studies shares data From 1975–1979, the Khmer Rouge regime committed genocide and other crimes against humanity in Cambodia. An estimated 1.7 million Cambodian people lost their lives. Hundreds of thousands of Cambodian refugees fled violence and civil unrest in the years that…

Sahra Nguyen is the founder of Nguyen Coffee Supply, the first specialty single-origin Vietnamese coffee importer and roaster in the US. As a high school youth in Boston, Sahra co-led the Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth (CAPAY), a nationally recognized, pan-Asian American youth development organization housed in UMass Boston’s…

This piece touches on several ideas mentioned in The Asian Media’s Burden, which I wrote a few months ago. Not required reading, but related. I was speaking to one of my friends last week about Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, sharing our thoughts on everything from the…

Asian Americans aren’t a mono-lid. In previous posts, I’ve commented on the difference between various Asian Americans, in country of origin, in socio-economic class, in generation, and particularly the distinction between what is considered ABC/CBC and fob. The difference between the assimilated and the newly immigrated, those born in the…