Category: Asian Diaspora

  • Meet Anthony Ocampo, the Professor Who Wrote a Book on Why Latinos and Filipinos are Primos Remezcla 2016-07-12 Kevin Nadal Anthony Ocampo As one of the few Filipino American psychology professors in the US, it can get lonely. I am the only Filipino American professor on my campus and one of the few tenured Filipino…

  • FACING FORWARD: A Panel Discussion on Mixed-Race/Ethnic Japanese Americans and Community Japanese American Service Committee of Chicago 4427 N. Clark Street Chicago, Illinois 60640 2016-07-19, 18:30-20:00 CDT (Local Time) The Japanese American Service Committee Legacy Center Presents A “Memories of Now” Seminar Series Presentation Co-sponsored by the Chicago Japanese American Historical Society (CJAHS) and the…

  • Book Review: Loop of Jade Never Imitate: Trying to avoid society’s pigeonholes 2016-07-11 Jackie Law Loop of Jade, by Sarah Howe, is the author’s debut poetry collection. It includes explorations of family, history, migration and inheritance. Within each work is an inherent restlessness tinged with longing. History, fable, Chinese culture, and modern life are skilfully…

  • “JewAsian” is a qualitative examination of the intersection of race, religion, and ethnicity in the increasing number of households that are Jewish American and Asian American.

  • Prize-winning Hong Kong-born poet Sarah Howe makes verse of city’s Basic Law South China Morning Post 2016-07-07 Clare Tyrrell-Morin Having played down her Chinese side while growing up and studying in the UK, Howe, now at Harvard, has turned to it again as she makes an ‘erasure poem’ out of Hong Kong’s mini-constitution We meet…

  • Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture by Jennifer Ann Ho (review) American Studies Volume 55, Number 1, 2016 pages 165-166 DOI: 10.1353/ams.2016.006 Jeehyun Lim, Assistant Professor of English Denison University, Granville, Ohio Racial Ambiguity in Asian American Culture. By Jennifer Ann Ho. New Brunswick, NJ: Rutgers University Press. 2015. Jennifer Ho’s Racial Ambiguity in Asian…

  • Mixed-race in Oregon The Asian Reporter Portland, Oregon Volume 26, Number 12 (2016-06-20) ISSN: 1094-9453 page 6, columns 2-3 Dmae Roberts, Writer, Producer, Media and Theatre Artist I received some exciting news this month. I was selected as one of the speakers for the Oregon Humanities Conversation Project, a program that brings people together to…

  • These 2 Ads Might Say Everything About How Global Racism Really Is Multiracial Asian Families: thinking about race, families, children, and the intersection of mixed ID/Asian 2016-06-26 Sharon H. Chang sigh. SIGH. Siiiiiiiiigh. Alright that’s done. I want (pause) — well I don’t want, but feel like I need to show you two TV ads…

  • Interview: Shawna Yang Ryan New Bloom: Radical perspectives on Taiwan and the Asia Pacific 2016-06-20 Brian Hioe, Editor Photo credit: Anna Wu Photography On May 6th, New Bloom editor Brian Hioe interviewed Shawna Yang Ryan through Skype. Ryan is most recently the author of Green Island, which depicts Taiwan’s White Terror and authoritarian era. Ryan…

  • Merle Dandridge on “Blasian” Identity and Oprah Winfrey Network’s new summer original series “Greenleaf” CAAM: Center of Asian American Media 2016-06-20 Mitzi Uehara Carter Merle Dandridge started her career on Broadway with leading roles in Spamalot, Aida, Rent, Tarzan, and Jesus Christ Superstar. Not only does she have singing chops, she shines on screen. Dandridge…