Stopasianhate

Global K-pop sensation BTS accepted a warm invitation by the White House to bring awareness to anti-Asian hate and discrimination in the United States. BTS members have publicly stated that they themselves have suffered the mental effects of race-based hate directed at them. But why did the U.S. president feel…

And a lit review on Affiliative (vs. Appropriated) Ethnoracial Identity Utilitarian First Names I mentioned in class that a few of my besties adopted Americanized/ Westernized first names when they came to the United States to avoid name based discrimination. One response to such a strategy is that people should use their real…

“Inspiration for what you will work on will come in many different forms” ~Jennifer Ho By: Stephanie Suazo Don’t forget to check out our other blogs here on Medium! For today’s blog, we will discuss Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! We want to honor those who are Asian or Pacific Islander descent. We have provided some interesting topics below…

I have been witnessing the murder of innocent black civilians online since Trayvon Martin. At the time I naively thought that George Zimmerman would be convicted and hopefully die in jail. The case had been so public and everyone I had encountered online, on Twitter and Tumblr, was convinced this…

It’s no secret that hate crimes toward Asians has been on the rise since the start of the pandemic (March 2020), but it took almost a year, plus a tragedy in Atlanta, for the leaders in the US to realize this is an issue that they have to address. As…

Back in May 2020 when I wrote an op-ed called “The Other Pandemic: How Xenophobia is Putting Asians at Risk,” I explained the detrimental effects of America’s former president calling COVID-19 the “Chinese virus.” Little did I know, that was only the beginning. A study from UC San Francisco observed…

Linjie Deng has been painting since he was six, but his big break was the 239 art lovers who collected his Chinese seal and Calligraphy artworks for a total of $80K within 7 days in 2015 in China. With that $80K, Linjie made an investment in his MFA degree from…

As a teenager and 1st generation immigrant, I rarely spoke Mandarin in public, even so much as speaking very quietly with my parents when people were around, because of the constant racism I faced in my rural town and desire to fit in. I made myself smaller in order to…