Asian Americana

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The @uscensusbureau misclassification of Hmong Americans as 'East Asian' is a serious error. #HmongVoicesCount and will not be erased. ✍️ Share this petition widely: bit.ly/HmongVoicesCou… @SEARAC

Listen to this half-hour conversation about comics, history, and @WeHerebyRefuse with Jon-Barrett Ingels on his Past Forward podcast. A companion to an interactive web project from Prof. Stephanie Takaragawa of Chapman University. pastforward.org/blogs/public-p…

📢 Statement: ʻAhahui Haku Moʻolelo (Hawaiian Journalists Association) and AAJA-Hawaiʻi (@AajaHawaii) express our condolences and thoughts for the lives lost and homes destroyed by the devastating Lāhainā wildfire. 🧵

Today, on the 35th anniversary of the Civil Liberties Act of 1988, my office formally apologized for its past role in the deprivation of Japanese Americans’ civil liberties during WWII.   The suffering caused by these actions is incalculable and the moral injustice is undeniable.

“They’re still very traumatized. Time helps to heal and it’s kind of fading away, but when they talk about it, it’s still like it was yesterday." Six months after the Monterey Park shooting, survivors have returned to dancing and pushed for gun control. bit.ly/3DB6a2J

"Whose stories do we tell? Whose stories do we hide and erase?"

Even though employment records for its construction may have been lost, Wallace Fong’s story has stayed with his family through generations. sfstandard.com/2023/07/30/mee…

Check out this SF Standard article inspired by our new collection and online exhibition celebrating Japanese American history. Thanks to Han Li @lihanlihan for the story! sfstandard.com/2023/07/22/jap… via @sfstandard

Leftover: The Enduring Legacy of Chinese Cuisine in Dallas -@dfwasianhistory 's first exhibition- isn't just about food, it's about how Asian Americans built a community in the city, definitely recommend a tour. dallasnews.com/arts-entertain…

Rhode Island State Archives: A catalog book shows the once vibrant Chinatown in Providence, Rhode Island in 1913. However, the local Chinese community has been gone for decades. (Little extra: The archivist Ken who helps me today adopted his daughter from Hunan, China in 2007!)

And also a photo exhibition about Southeast Asian/Cambodian American in Providence if you are nearby:

To meet overwhelming demand, we have added viewing times for @dfwasianhistory’s exhibition, “Leftover: The Enduring Legacy of Chinese Cuisine in Dallas” at @preservedallas this Saturday, 7/15, as well as 7/28 and 7/29: dallasasianhistory.org/leftover. #LeftoverDallas #OurLegacyIsHere

"The rise of Asiatown is a rather Houston story, one of cheap real estate, immigrant hustle, and communities mixing." A beautiful piece from @melissahungtx

TONIGHT! 🌟 @LiquorDreamsMov premieres on @POVdocs tonight, Monday, July 10th at 10pm local time! The film will be available to stream concurrently with broadcast on all station-branded PBS platforms, including PBS.org + PBS Video app. #LiquorStoreDreamsPBS

"How do you repay parents who have given you everything? You refuse to take over their business." 💛 @LiquorDreamsMov inc.com/alyssa-khan/so…

I had such a wonderful time talking with Candice (@ReelTalker) about our film, @LiquorDreamsMov and all the complexities of being a child of a liquor store owner, anti-blackness, + more.💛 Liquor Store Dreams premieres on PBS POV tonight at 10pm. huffpost.com/entry/liquor-s…

There are Asian Americans in Houston; we are in Texas, we are in places all over the country. Doing work about these communities is already *inherently* representative because they exist and are valid.