“Love is not about a race, it’s about who you are.” One of the issues of being multiracial is feeling disconnected from one of your cultural heritage. You may be perceived as one race only because of your appearance, but if you aren’t close with your other cultural heritage, there’s always that disconnecting feeling from […]
Sexual Racism: Intimacy as a Matter of Justice The heading above refers to a 2015 article from Sonu Bedi, a professor at Dartmouth College. The article discusses why prioritizing individuals as romantic partners in ways that reinforce ideas of racial hierarchy and stereotypes, or in other words, “sexual racism,” is unjust. Sexual racism follows racial […]
America’s Issue on Racial Identity When Kamala Harris swore into office in 2020, she broke many barriers as the first woman, the first Black person, and the first person of South Asian and mixed-race descent to become the vice president of the United States. After her nomination, Harris’s biracial identity prompted plenty of discussion on […]
Atlanta Spa Shooting This picture above is of Robert Peterson sitting for a portrait outside of his home of his late mother, Yong Ae Yue, in Norcross, GA. A shooting spree happened on March 16, 2021, at three spas/massage parlors in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. Among the six Asian American victims, Yong Ae Yue was […]
“What are you?” – Chrissy Teigen, Naomi Osaka, Jason Momoa “What are you?” Some mixed-race people hear this question throughout their lives. Sometimes the answer may vary based on the individual. Even though this is a simple question, it is complex to answer the question. It is hard for a person who does not know […]
Sara Cronquist Sara Cronquist is a biracial Filipino and White woman. And through a YouTube video, she describes how she spent the majority of her life living with her mother and not knowing much about her Filipino family or culture. Her father’s side of the family is devoutly Catholic and would often send Christmas cards […]
Aki Leonard Gonzales Aleong Assing “Aki” Aleong is a Trinidad and Tobago-born American actor residing in California. During his acting career, he was type-casted into playing Asian characters of various nationalities. However, he is multicultural. He grew up with an African American mother and a Chinese father. From a young age, he was always interested […]
Amelia Singh Netervala The harsh restrictive immigration laws in America during the early 20th century brought together an unexpected racial pairing between Punjabi men and Mexican women. This union created a vibrant community filled with cultural diffusion. Netervala is one of the few remaining first-generation Punjab Mexican Americans. She came from a father originally from […]
Anti-Chinese Sentiment Dating backing to the early 1900s, shortly after many Chinese immigrants came to America, the Anti-Chinese sentiment manifested. Chinese migrant workers were exposed to prejudice on an everyday basis and referred to as “coolies.” This term describes a low-wage labor worker. Many Americans weren’t happy about Chinese immigrants working in America, and they […]
Click on the timeline to see its full size! Watch this video on Moksad Ali & Ella Blackman’s journey through an era of anti-Asian exclusion and Jim Crow!