Asian elders are less happy, get less support than elders of other races, study shows (NBC News)

Monday (Mar. 28) review of Asian American news & newsmakers

Headlines

“Asian elders are less happy, get less support than elders of other races, study shows” - (NBC News)

Notable AAPI Headlines

• Amid Opposition, Laurie Cumbo Named New York City’s Culture Czar (NY Times)

• Asian elders are less happy, get less support than elders of other races, study shows (NBC News)

Entertainment

• Gemma Chan to Star in and Produce Biopic of Hollywood Legend Anna May Wong (Collider)

• Steven Spielberg sparks online outrage for implying that the 'Squid Game' actors are 'unknown people'

• Indiana Jones’ sidekick Ke Huy Quan is back with Michelle Yeoh in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ (DateBook)

• ‘7 Days,’ Written and Directed by a Doctor, Is a Touching Pandemic Rom-Com That Actually Shows COVID (IndieWire)

• ‘Licorice Pizza’ director’s justification of anti-Asian scenes misses mark, critics say (NBC News)

• Actor John Cho channels his childhood self in debut novel 'Troublemaker' (NBC News)

• TV series 'Pachinko' reveals the lingering weight of colonization, showrunner says (NBC News)

• How A24’s After Yang Depicts the Film’s Futuristic Asian Culture Through Fashion (GQ)

• The Quiet Ascent of Justin H. Min (GQ)

• Stephanie Hsu Is Everywhere All at Once (WhoWhatWear)

• Why ‘Pachinko’ is not a K-drama (CNN)

• The cast and creator of 'Kung Fu' reveal how the show nails the specificity of the Asian American experience — and tease what to expect from season 2 (Insider)

Culture / Lifestyle

• On Solidarity: An Asian American Perspective (Community Works)

• Asian American Women Fight Back (The New Yorker)

• Asian American mothers confront multiple crises of pandemic, anti-Asian hate and caregiving (The Conversation)

• A Chinese cowboy searches for the future of the colorful Texan tradition (Houston Chronicle)

• How American Culture Ate the World (New Republic)

• 7+ Books That Explore Complicated, Differing Experiences of Women in U.S. History (The Mary Sue)

• Too American or too Asian? How this Iowan learned to love all sides of herself (Des Moines Register)

• What White Men Say in Our Absence (The Cut)