Bowen Yang makes history with Emmy nomination (NBC News)
weekly recap of Asian American news & newsmakers
Headlines
AAPI Headlines
NYC’s MoCA reopens despite protest against gentrification (AsAm News)
Critical Race Theory Has No Idea What To Do With Asian Americans | Opinion (Newsweek)
Politics
A Commerce Department Unit Abused Its Authority, Targeted Asian-Americans, Report Says (The Wall Street Journal)
Young Asian Americans a critical voting bloc in 2020, research shows (The Fulcrum)
President Biden nominates lesbian to ambassador-level post in historic first (Metro Weekly)
Business
Do Asian American applicants lose out to diversity push at elite colleges? (University Business)
Asian American travelers won't let AAPI hate steal joy: 'Can’t wait to get back out there' (USA Today)
South Korea leads technological innovation in US agriculture (The Daily Guardian)
Entertainment
Asian-American history comes alive on No-No Boy’s ‘1975’ (OPB)
'Never Have I Ever' Complicates Its Asian American Characters. That's The Whole Point (NPR)
Bowen Yang Is a Very Extra Hamptons Dad In New Bonobos Campaign (Paper)
Justin Chon Confronts a Broken American Dream in Blue Bayou (Vanity Fair)
Henry Golding 'Realigned' His Priorities After Welcoming Daughter Lyla: 'It's Been an Absolute Joy' (People)
Pixar drops trailer for 'Bao' director Domee Shi's 'Turning Red' (Yahoo! News)
The Emmy Nominations Are Out, and They Are Super Gay and Trans (Advocate)
Music
WYNN NIGHTLIFE RESIDENT DJ KIM LEE IS BACK FOR MORE WITH ‘BLING EMPIRE’ (Las Vegas Weekly)
Sports
The 'Magnificent Seven' Team USA Gymnasts of 1996: Where Are They Now? (People)
Naomi Osaka Barbie doll sells out shortly after launch (CNN Style)
ESPN's Stephen A. Smith apologizes for criticizing Shohei Ohtani's use of interpreter (NBC News)
Yes, Shohei Ohtani is the face of baseball. Just ask baseball (Yahoo! Sports)
Health / Science
How science overlooks Asian Americans (Science News)
Virgin Galactic VP becomes third Indian woman to reach outer space (AsAm News)
Culture
Culture / Lifestyle
Asian American Cultural Awareness Day celebrates diversity, denounces hate in Atlantic City (Press of Atlantic City)
'Inconvenient Minority' author: How are Asian Americans succeeding if US is systemically racist? (Fox News)
Illinois Bill Requiring Asian American History Education to Address Hate, Discrimination (NPR)
‘Historic investment’: California allocates millions to fight anti-Asian hate (NBC News)
Family
The Joy of Being a Bad Asian (Medium)
Food
What David Chang Thinks Anthony Bourdain's TV Shows Were Really About (Mashed)
Kraft Heinz partners with 'Top Chef' alum to launch food-focused platform (Marketing Dive)
This corporate lawyer gained 2.3 million TikTok followers in the last year, “veganizing” Korean recipes (The Counter)
Panda Express is piloting Beyond Meat orange chicken in select locations (Tech Crunch)
Art / Literature
The best books of 2021—so far (Fortune)
Fashion
Beauty
David Yi on Masculinity, Makeup, and Why Pretty Boys Do It Better (Interview Magazine)
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