Headlines

AAPI Headlines

• Number of Asian Americans leading major cities could grow by 3. That's big, advocates say. (NBC News)

• US man faces hate crime charges after rampage at three Asian-American stores (South China Morning Post)

• Asian Business Owners Knock Out Man Allegedly Harassing Them in Their Store in Ireland (Yahoo! News)

Politics

• Why Asian Americans often appear underrepresented in polling and research (ABC News)

• Andrew Yang's Strengths and Weaknesses as He Runs for Mayor (Gotham Gazette)

• Erika Moritsugu, Biden’s new liaison to Asian Americans, fights for influence in the White House

Business

• 7 Insights For Marketers Hoping To Connect With Chinese Americans (Forbes)

• Longtime trade reporter creates publication to amplify marginalized voices (Spectrum News 1)

• Attacked at work, rejected for jobs and harassed by colleagues (CNN Business)

• The Myth of the 'Asian American' Client (Morning Star)

Entertainment

• HOLLYWOOD’S NEW CROWN PRINCE OF MUSICALS (The Atlantic)

• COMIC: Director Jon M. Chu's Long Journey From Home Videos To 'In The Heights' (Public Radio Tulsa)

• Vincent Chin Limited Series in the Works From Participant (The Hollywood Reporter)

• Jon M. Chu regrets characters' depictions in ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ (NBC News)

• Why 'In the Heights' is so personal for Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jon M. Chu (ABC 7)

• Simu Liu Is Still “Proud” of Kim’s Convenience—And Ready to Take On Marvel (Vanity Fair)

• Exploring Being Asian and Queer with Filmmaker Nick Neon (Chopso)

Music

• What Happened To The First Asian American Rapper Signed To A Major Label? (BuzzFeed.News)

• Out of Black Liberation, Asian American Jazz (JSTOR Daily)

Sports

• Saweetie Connects With Esports Organization Gen. G To Host Education Workshops For Asian Americans (Uproxx)

Health / Science

• The Atlantic’s Ed Yong Wins 2021 Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting (The Atlantic)

• Data Finds Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health Diagnoses (VeryWell Health)

• Impact of Racism on Mental Health: We Are Not Coronavirus (Medscape)

Culture

Culture / Lifestyle

• Pandemic led to spike in attacks on Asian Americans (SC Times)

• ‘Understated Indian dad’ reaction to journalist’s Pulitzer Prize goes viral (Indy 100)

• ‘White Supremacy’ Doesn’t Explain Minorities Attacking Asian Americans (The Daily Signal)

• Social Realities of Indian Americans: Results From the 2020 Indian American Attitudes Survey (Carnegie Endowment for International Peace)

• How Trump Fueled Anti-Asian Violence in America (The Diplomat)

• Covid-19 Coronavirus Has Ripped Covers Off The Asian American ‘Model Minority’ Myth (Forbes)

• 'They Would Call Me Dragon Lady': The Complexity of Speaking Up as an Asian American Woman (Inc.)

Family

• Pandemic parenting slang: are you a curling dad or a crunchy mom? (1843 Magazine)

Food

• 30 of the best Sacramento restaurants that opened during COVID (SacBee)

• How Hot Fried Chicken Made a Fine Dining Chef Rethink Everything (Esquire)

• SF’s Most Exciting New Ramen Restaurant Is Moving Out of the Living Room (KQED)

• A New Food Zine Joins the Fight Against Asian Hate (Food & Wine)

• From General Tso's to pad thai: A history of America's favorite Asian takeout dishes (Today)

Art / Literature

• Alexandra Huỳnh nods to her Vietnamese background as Youth Poet Laureate (NBC News)

Fashion

• Want To Support Asian Americans In Fashion? Start In The Garment District (Refinery29)

• 17 Emerging AAPI-Owned Fashion Brands to Support Always (HelloGiggles)

Beauty

• K-Beauty YouTuber Posts Last Video About Cancer Journey Before Passing Away at 30 (Next Shark)

• REVEA: REINVENTING THE BEAUTY INDUSTRY WITH PRECISION SKINCARE (Beauty Matter)

• Trendy Asian beauty routines’ cultural history gets erased in America, and some are fighting back (South China Morning Post)

Love

• Inside The Exhibition Box: How White Sexual Imperialism Has Trapped Asian American Women (Refinery29)

• ‘Reclaiming my sexuality’: How Asian women are reshaping their sexual narrative (Global News)

• East Asian Women Say Fetishization and Stereotypes Affect How They Date (Teen Vogue)

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