The Fourth of July Hmong Freedom Celebration, known simply by attendees as J4, is the largest gathering of Hmong people in the United States. Since the late 1970s, tens of thousands of Hmong from across the United States and the world gather in St. Paul, Minnesota for the annual summer sports and culture festival.
Category Archive: Asian American history
In June 1942, Kenji and just over one hundred other children were taken from their parents and relocated to Manzanar.
Stan Thangaraj on the ways that metaphors can muddy our understanding of history and power.
Pandemic life has shown us that loneliness and togetherness are closer to each other than we once thought.
Seulghee Lee discusses pernicious misconceptions about anti-Asian hate and violence — notions often promoted by Asian American intellectuals themselves.
Stan Thangaraj on the city and the communities he loves, in an ocean of tragedy.
Mindy Kaling’s new Netflix series raises a vexing question: even if we agree that representation matters, what counts as good representation?
Why are certain stories and storytellers amplified while others are ignored or silenced?