A Google VP’s Father’s Day letter to his Asian American kids: 5 lessons to learn when you’re older (CNBC)
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Asian woman, 94, stabbed multiple times in San Francisco (NBC News)
Man who stabbed Asian American charged with attempted murder (The Indian Express)
Asian American woman assaulted in Culver City in possible hate crime (Los Angeles Times)
Politics
Outrage Over Pandemic Racism May Boost Asian American Voter Turnout in NYC (NBC New York)
The Editorial Board: Anti-Asian racism in America hurts UB’s budget and radiates through Western New York (Buffalo News)
‘Historic’ $200 Million To Combat Anti-Asian Hate Moves Forward As Part Of State Budget (LAist)
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Demands Higher Pay For Hill Staff To Increase Diversity (Huff Post)
Business
13 Amazing Asian American-owned Hotels in the U.S. (Travel + Leisure)
Seven Ways To Support Asian American And Pacific Islanders’ Advancement In The Workplace (Forbes)
Asian Americans are still viewed as ‘forever foreign.’ That’s keeping them out of the C-suite, this professor says (Market Watch)
Entertainment
Patton Oswalt’s ‘I Love My Dad’ Wraps Just In Time For Fathers Day; BuzzFeed Pride Fest Set; ‘Bad Detective’ And ‘A Rising Tide’ Deals; AIF Dates; More – Film Briefs (Deadline)
Asian American and Pacific Islander Inclusion Doesn’t Just Mean More of The Rock (Variety)
Samuel Goldwyn Films & Roadside Attractions Acquire North American Rights To Crime Thriller ‘Snakehead’ (Deadline)
Chrissy Teigen Apologizes For Vicious Past Tweets: ‘There Is Simply No Excuse’ (HuffPost)
The Chair: Everything you need to know about Sandra Oh's new Netflix series (Cosmopolitan)
‘Dad, I’m Sorry’ Crosses $1M At U.S. Box Office In Milestone For Vietnam-Produced Film (Deadline)
Music
St. Lenox’s Songs From Indie Asian-America (Flood Magazine)
88rising’s ‘California’ eloquently depicts the Asian American experience (Pop Inquirer)
South Korean Quartet's 'Super Silky Smooth' Rendition of 'All My Life' Impresses 'AGT' Judges (Yahoo! News)
Sports
Four Cyclists Share What Anti-Asian Racism Looks Like in the Bike World (Bicycling)
Why there are so few Asian Americans in major U.S. sports (Yahoo! Sports)
Alibaba co-founder and Nets owner Joe Tsai says Asians are ‘scapegoated’ in times of turmoil in U.S. (CNBC)
Health / Science
85% of Filipino Americans reported Covid mental health issues, more than any Asian group (NBC News)
Culture
Culture / Lifestyle
Vincent Chin's death in Michigan recalled amid spike in anti-Asian hate (Detroit Free Press)
For those tracking anti-Asian American hate, the work brings trauma and healing in community (The Mercury News)
Meet the Filipino American Civil Rights Icon Who Was Forgotten By History (Sporta Grind Entertainment)
What does it mean to be Asian in America? We're listening (Kuow)
'I'm So Tired of Being Scared': Two Asian American Women Explain Why They Bought a Gun This Year (KQED)
Family
Being a father is my favorite job, yet is more challenging now as a Filipino-American (Lansing State Journal)
A Google VP’s Father’s Day letter to his Asian American kids: 5 lessons to learn when you’re older (CNBC)
Congresswomen Lauren Underwood, Alma Adams, Pramila Jayapal and More on the Ways Their Fathers Shaped Them (Harper's Bazaar)
Food
So you're white and own an Asian restaurant: Let's talk (San Francisco Chronicle)
How Top Chef Star Melissa King Found Community & Confidence Through Cooking (The Zoe Report)
The Pioneer: Emerald Chinese Restaurant's Susan Lew (San Diego Magazine)
Food Tank’s 2021 Podcast List (FoodTank)
How Korean Food Led to Self-Love and Then True Love (Stop Asian Hate)
Art / Literature
The Asian American Arts Alliance Announces THE MEMORY OF WATER (Broadway World)
KRISTIN LEONG’S #AZNXBLM PROJECT DRAWS TOGETHER BLACK AND ASIAN AMERICAN ARTISTS (South Seattle Emerald)
What’s in a name? Asian American magazine fights to keep its identity (SF EXaminer)
Fashion
The untold American fashion history you need to know (I-D)
Inside New York City’s Chinatown, Where the Shirts Have No Name (Stop Asian Hate)
Peter Do Announces His First New York Fashion Week Runway Show (Vogue)
Beauty
How Our Fascination With Ethnic Ambiguity Affects Plastic Surgery Trends (Allure)
Beauty standards don’t define me (The Daily Californian)
David Yi Wants to Redefine Masculinity and "Beauty Beyond the Binary" (Pop Sugar)
Comfortable in My Own Skin (Stop Asian Hate)
Love
Stop Fetishizing Asian Women (Stop Asian Hate)
Poet Karina Hsieh Aims To Stop Asian Hate By Generating Love (Forbes)
Margaret Cho talks polyamory, pansexuality and her parents' gay bookstore (Today)
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