Stan Thangaraj on the city and the communities he loves, in an ocean of tragedy.
Category Archive: Asian American history
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?
The ugly spectre of anti-Asian racism, a mainstay of American history, is back in an even more intense and vicious form in the age of Corona.
The media did not take Andrew Yang’s path-breaking and radical campaign seriously. Seulghee Lee explains why so many got Yang so wrong.
Chia-Chia Lin’s novel captures the bittersweet flavor of Asian-American dreams – those broken and realized alike.
A divide-and-conquer strategy for plantation labor led to the building of an extraordinary interracial coalition in Hawaii, argues historian Miyako Martinez.
The constant emphasis on protecting the interests of “high-skilled” workers neglects everyone else and reveals the myopic biases of some migrants, argues anthropologist Stanley Thangaraj.