A poem, “Swimming,” explores themes of crossing borders, survival, and resilience.
API Stories
Opinion | India | Culture | Hindu | Holi | Indian | spring | color | festival of colors | Rangwali Holi | cultural appropriation | color run | Holika
Each spring, millions of Indians and Hindus celebrate Holi. But as Western forces try to capitalize on the colorful tradition, there are ways to enjoy it without engaging in cultural appropriation.
“We all have a story to share, and I believe knowing someone’s story creates connection.”
“Leaning more into my heritage keeps me rooted and reminds me that we are all deeply connected, and how we treat each other, and how we show up deeply matters.”
In memoir and nonfiction, these authors navigate big themes and resist stereotypes.
Asian Americans were conveniently written out of history about the Old West. But they were present—and prolific.
“Within me, I hold two cultures, two ancestries that sometimes feel at odds with each other. But when they exist in me, they create something that is simultaneously both and neither.”
A look back at inter-racial solidarity between Black Americans and Asian Americans, from Nobuko Miyamoto in “Not Yo’ Butterfly.”
Opinion | Gun Violence | Racism | Misogyny | Georgia | Asian Americans | Atlanta | Atlanta Spa Shootings | Mass Shooting
A Korean-American organizer in Georgia reflects on the Atlanta spa shootings, and how the shooter was motivated by an American legacy of racialized misogyny and fetishization.
Harmful stereotypes and the sexualization of Asian women in this country date back to at least the 19th century.
As attacks on Asian communities rise, so must understanding and solidarity between Asian and Black communities to challenge the real enemy, White supremacy.
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