Asian Americans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
Asian Americans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
weekly recap of Asian American news & newsmakers
Headlines
AAPI Headlines
Asian Woman Fatally Shot a Week Before Her Birthday in Georgia (Yahoo! News)
Asian Grandmother, 67, Allegedly Beaten Up During Violent Robbery in Boston (Next Shark)
EXCLUSIVE: 89-year-old Asian woman robbed of priceless mementos while moving in Oakland (ABC 7 News)
Politics
NYC mayoral candidates come out swinging in feisty TV debate ahead of Democratic primary (Daily News)
Andrew Yang struggles to name favorite Jay-Z song on 'Ziwe' (CNN Politics)
Are comments that Yang isn't a 'real New Yorker' racist? Experts weigh in (NBC News)
Business
100+ AAPI-owned businesses to support in 2021 (CNBC)
Designer Vera Wang on starting her company at 40: ‘I thought maybe it’s just too late for me’ (NBC Make It)
Young Chinese take a stand against pressures of modern life — by lying down (The Washington Post)
Led by ex-Amazonians, Acquco raises $160M to buy and scale e-commerce businesses (Tech Crunch)
Meet EASTERN PEOPLE, a New Clothing Collective for Asian Cultures (NextShark)
Entertainment
Exploring Being Asian and Queer with Filmmaker Nick Neon (Chopso)
Filipino Boy Stuns ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judges with Rendition of ‘All By Myself’ (Next Shark)
Marvel's Newest Captain America Is a College-Age Filipino-American Woman (CBR)
Simu Liu opens up about abrupt 'Kim's Convenience' cancelation (Rappler)
America is not what we were told it was': Director Jon M. Chu on hope amid despair (NBC News)
Kelly Marie Tran on championing diverse perspectives in Hollywood (Today)
'I didn't need to apologize for being Asian:' Since its start, YouTube allowed creators to celebrate Asian joy (Yahoo! News)
Music
The Linda Lindas Perform ‘Racist, Sexist Boy,’ Discuss Song’s Origin on ‘Kimmel’ Read More: The Linda Lindas Play + Discuss 'Racist, Sexist Boy' on 'Kimmel' (The Loudwire)
The Lookout: Asian American Advocacy Through Music and Special New Collaborations To Wrap Up APAHM (Character Media)
Meet Patricia Chin, the Jamaican Woman Who Escaped Political Violence and Helped Bring Reggae to the World (Next Shark)
Sports
Grand Slam leaders pledge to address Naomi Osaka's concerns (Axios)
NBA's Treatment of Jeremy Lin Has Not Changed Since 2010 (Yahoo! Sports)
Asian Americans voice support for Naomi Osaka (AsAmNews)
Health / Science
Filipino American nurses, reflecting on disproportionate Covid toll, look ahead (NBC News)
Culture
Culture / Lifestyle
Asian Americans: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO) (Youtube)
The Cost of Being an ‘Interchangeable Asian’ (The New York Times)
How the Asian American movement began at Berkeley, sparked creativity and unity (Berkeley News)
New research shows reporting of anti-Asian hate helps victims cope with bias incidents (NBC News)
'Hit, hit, hit!': Sassy San Francisco rapping grannies dis Asian hate in new song (ABC 7 News)
How can Black and Asian American communities build power? Unity. (Berkeley News)
Family
'I know the power that a young girl carries in her heart': Malala unveiled as new Vogue cover star (CNN STYLE)
Like many Asian mothers, I’m learning to ‘untiger' myself (sbs)
Food
Where Philly’s Chinatown Community Leaders Go to Eat (Eater Philly)
2 TikTok Food Bloggers on Why the Cultural Appropriation of Asian Food Is Personal (Popsugar.food)
Authentic to me': 2 Asian American food entrepreneurs on mixing tradition and innovation (Yahoo! News)
Art / Literature
Nha Trang's Whale Worship Festival, as Portrayed in This Stunning Graduation Project (Saigoneer)
Rachel Heng on Societal Cruelty (The New Yorker)
Jun Maeda's Debut Novel is a Queer Romance about Depression (Anime News Network)
Fashion
Asian Designers Weigh in On the Fashion Industry’s Challenges (Sourcing Journal)
Transgender celebrity Jin Xing becomes new face of Dior’s signature fragrance in China (Snyde)
Albino teenager, 16, who was abandoned outside an orphanage in China as a baby because of the way she looked is a rising modelling star and has even featured in Vogue Italia (Mail Online)
Beauty
This Photo Shoot Featuring Asian Women Is Stunningly Diverse (Huff Post)
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