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Asian American Pacific Islander: Page 7
Asian American Pacific Islander
Weaving Scientific Breakthroughs
When spider silk biologist/geneticist Dr. Cheryl Hayashi was the recipient of the prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2007, she saw it as an affirmation that it’s okay to work on something that might seem offbeat.
Asian American Pacific Islander
Dr. Mark Redondo Villegas: A Cultural Scholar
Now in his second year as an assistant professor at Franklin & Marshall College, Dr. Mark Redondo Villegas is propelling students and colleagues to explore issues of race and identity.
Asian American Pacific Islander
Cilantro and Prejudice
Cilantro is a good example for showing the stupidity of racial stereotypes. The herb, also known as coriander and Chinese parsley, is a staple in some cuisines to the surprise of diners of varying backgrounds who report it tastes like soap. It turns out that whether you like this seasoning or want to spit it out depends on your genetics — your heritage.
Asian American Pacific Islander
A Lottery for Harvard and Other Elite Schools?
As we wait for the judge’s decision, one interesting essay has been published in Quartz by Natasha Warikoo, an associate professor of education at Harvard. Warikoo suggests Harvard save time, money and anxiety by running a lottery. That’s right. A lottery.
Asian American Pacific Islander
The Biggest Diversity Case in 2018 Could be the Biggest of 2019
The Harvard case, in which Asian Americans sued Harvard for discrimination, could determine access to higher education for all people of color for decades to come. It also easily defines where Asian Americans stand on diversity. And just who the good guys are, isn’t exactly clear at first.
Students
2018 Higher Education Highlights
Like the year before, 2018 has proven to be an important year for issues relating to diversity, equity and higher education. Most notably, this past year we witnessed up close a number of racial incidents on campus involving law enforcement being called on students and staff of color.
Asian American Pacific Islander
Medical Experts Push for Cultural Competency Awareness
Dr. Francis Lu is a medical messenger. He travels to medical schools around the country spreading the importance of “cultural competence.”
Asian American Pacific Islander
How Do We Persuade the New Asian Alt-Right?
I write to ask my progressive friends, especially those sympathetic to Asian Americans, to help me answer a question often asked by Asian American students about their Asian immigrant parents. More specifically, many students whose elders are Chinese immigrants — who may not identify as either “Asian” or “American,” much less “Asian American” — have given to me the most difficult query: how can they discuss race and civil rights at home, with family members who are, in their words, “racist” toward African Americans and Latinos.
African-American
Birthright Citizenship is Under Attack…Again
Birthright citizenship unites people of color. The principle is under attack again. The two professors who wrote the book suggesting the Supreme Court was wrong to recognize the rule insist they are not motivated by race.
Asian American Pacific Islander
At the Harvard Affirmative Action Trial, We’re About to Hear From the Less Than Perfect — Who Got In
With the news of pipe bombs and hot rhetoric, the trial in Boston over Harvard’s use of affirmative action has been anything but a racial hot-button for the president’s base. Maybe they need the Cliff Notes?
Asian American Pacific Islander
Report Puts Focus on Mental Health Services for Asian Americans
A new report lists multiple ways in which lawmakers and other thought leaders across the country can help Asian American communities obtain improved access to mental health services.
Asian American Pacific Islander
Remembering Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien, Champion of Affirmative Action
This past week, I was moved by the memorial for the late Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien. The first Asian American to head a major research university, University of California Berkeley, which he led from 1990 to 1997, he was remembered again on the tenth anniversary of the naming of an East Asian Library in his honor.
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