Subway Platform Barriers Will Be Tested at 3 N.Y.C. Stations (NY Times)

Wednesday (Feb. 23) review of Asian American news & newsmakers

Headlines

“Subway Platform Barriers Will Be Tested at 3 N.Y.C. Stations” - (NY Times)

Notable AAPI Headlines

• ABC issues apology for mistaking NYC Asian American activist for Michelle Go (NextShark)

• Justice Dept. Is Set to Modify Trump-Era Program Aimed at Fighting Chinese Threats (NY Times)

• Subway Platform Barriers Will Be Tested at 3 N.Y.C. Stations (NY Times)

• Globally Renowned Taiwanese Chain Din Tai Fung Announces First NYC Location (Eater NY)

Entertainment

• Licorice Pizza Director Responds to Backlash Over Character with Fake Asian Accent (People)

• “Teen Wolf” Star Arden Cho Was Reportedly Offered “Half” the Salary of Other Cast Members for Revival Movie (Teen Vogue)

• ‘Shang-Chi’ changes script on Asian masculinity in time of increased anti-Asian hate (Sup China)

• DC's Milestone Universe Introduces New Asian-American Superhero (Comicbook)

• Review: East West Players revives a disturbingly timely ‘Assassins’ (LA Times)

• With ‘Turning Red,’ Domee Shi wants to tell the story of your childhood (MacClean’s)

• Asian American and Pacific Islanders Share Their Inspirations and How They Rise (CM)

Culture / Lifestyle

• A Chinatown Running Group Wanted To Lift Up The Asian American Community After Being Shaken By Christina Lee’s Death (BuzzFeed News)

• How I Learned to Embrace My Freckles and My Asian American Identity (Vogue)

• Who Gets To Be A ‘Real American’ Has Always Been About Exclusion (538)

• Looking at the City’s Growing Asian American Population (WTTW)

• A new training program helps Korean American pastors address domestic violence in their pews (NBC News)

• ‘Air rage’ is complicating travel in North America and Europe – but not so much in Asia (CNBC)

• 'Asian' and 'Asian American' are completely different things — don't get them mixed up (LA Loyolan)

• Why Asian Americans like me are the rising new parental power (New York Post)

• First World Problems (Reason)