Headlines

Notable AAPI Headlines

• Janet Yang Becomes First Asian Elected as Film Academy President (Variety)

• San Francisco beating of 70-year-old Asian woman: Police seek 11-year-old, 3 other young suspects (Fox News)

• Bay Area Nonprofit, Asian American Residents Sue Siskiyou County (NBC Bay Area)

• Texas man sentenced to 25 years after attacking Asian family, including slashing 6-year-old (USA Today)

• Man Charged With Killing Worker Over Duck Sauce Found Dead, Police Say (NY Times)

Entertainment

• Op-Ed: For Filipino Americans, seeing ourselves in a summer movie is a wonder (LA Times)

• Sundance Institute Partners With The Asian American Foundation On New Fellowship And Scholarship For AAPI Artists (Deadline)

• Is Bullet Train Guilty of Whitewashing? (Den of Geek)

• Jo Koy & Easter Sunday Helped Me Better Understand My Filipino Family (Refinery 29)

• Houdini called him a ‘super magician’ and an American pretended to be Chinese to copy his act. Who was Ching Ling Foo? (SCMP)

• Michelle Yeoh becomes Dr. Yeoh as first Asian artist to receive AFI’s honorary doctorate in fine arts (NextShark)

Culture / Lifestyle

• Sania Khan's Killing Sparks Conversations About the Stigma Around Divorce in South Asian Communities (Time)

• What It Means To Be Asian In America (Pew)

• Q&A: Why and how Pew Research Center conducted 66 focus groups with Asian Americans (Pew)

• In Chinatown and the Bay Area, Residents React to Pelosi’s Trip (NY Times)

• Martial arts and Asian American identity (Penn Today)

• Meet the Jews of color exploring what it means to be Black, Asian, Latino — and Jewish (Forward)

Politics

• U.S. Senate confirms first South Asian American judge on 9th Circuit (Reuters)

• Nancy Pelosi’s Taiwan visit sparked international tension, but isn’t likely to shake up her popularity with Chinese American voters at home in San Francisco (The Conversation)

Business

• Google Adds New ‘Asian-Owned’ Tag for Business Listings in Search and Maps (Social Media Today)

• 20+ Great Asian-Owned Shops and Boutiques in Greater Philadelphia (Visit Philadelphia)

• Google Search and Maps update adds new identifier for Asian-owned businesses (Techradar)

• American Dreamers: Andy Fang, Co-Founder Of DoorDash, On How A Class Project Turned Into A Massive Food-Delivery Service In America (Forbes)

Music

• BTS could perform while doing military service (BBC)

• Raja Kumari Brings West Coast Rap to India (NY Times)

• The Composer Huang Ruo on Illusion and Betrayal in ‘M. Butterfly’ (NY Times)

Sports

• Boston’s Racist Sports Culture is Changing (Sampan)

• Decade in the making: Newsome inches closer to Gilas Pilipinas goal (Rappler)

Health / Science

• How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes (NPR)

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Family / Education

• A school superintendent where I live said Asian Americans get good grades because they’re wealthy. She has no idea what my family went through (Fortune)

• Texas schools need course highlighting Asian Americans, advocates say (Dallas Morning News)

• How Should Asian American History Be Taught? A Scholar Explains (Education Week)

Food

• ‘Food is our love language’: exploring south-east Asian roots with meal kits (Guardian)

• Where do we stand with MSG? (Salon)

• Chef Vicky Lau on Celebrating Ten Years of Tate Dining Room And Her Evolution (Prestige)

• 'Sweeter than honey': Inside the underground quest for the perfect mango (Courier Post)

Fashion

• This Hmong American Fashion Designer's Star Shines Bright (Mpls St. Paul)

• When fashion meets art: Onitsuka Tiger turns its London flagship into a gallery (The Value)

• A Beginner’s Guide to K-Pop Fashion Stars (Vogue)

• DESIGNER KIM SHUI IS CROWDSOURCING A GARMENT FOR HER NEXT NYFW RUNWAY SHOW (Nylon)

Beauty

• How Tatcha’s founder built a globally renowned beauty brand ‘without a plan’ (Emirates Woman)

• Makeup Trends From Douyin Are Going Viral On TikTok, So I Tried It (Buzzfeed News)

• The 15 Top Korean Models To Follow on Instagram (Next Luxury)

Art / Literature

• How a tiny Chinatown bookstore became a hub for authentic Asian American stories (CNN)

• ‘Pachinko’ author Min Jin Lee credits success to hallyu, rise in global popularity of Korean culture (NextShark)

• Who’s Rog?: Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (‘DDLJ’) Accused Of “Whitewashing” Broadway Musical Adaptation (Deadline)

Love

• EME Hive’s Livestreaming Feature Revolutionizes Online Dating for Asian Singles (DatingNews)

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