Race & Equity

I Called Someone Racist Today

I called someone racist today. I explained the things they did which were racist. I…

Collective Relief and a Call to Action

I had to pull my car over because the tears were blurring my vision. As…

The video depictions of racial terror are today’s “Strange Fruit.” We Shouldn’t Share Them.

While we wait for the Derek Chauvin verdict, I can’t stop thinking about the role…

Oh, Small Peanuts

The first time I saw Americans, I was fifteen years old in China.  My brother…

Lives Depend on Ethnic Studies

The United States is built, in part, on a legacy of anti-Asian violence. The blaming…

A Filipinx woman (me) squats on the floor in front of an airport window, arms outstretched, hands resting on her luggage in front of her. She is holding her passport and boarding pass. Outside, and ANA jet is being prepped for flight.
We Can Never Be White Here: A Filipinx Immigrant Reflects on the Atlanta Shooting

The morning of March 18, 2021 found me awake and unable to sleep. I wanted…

The Value of Being Ordinary: Access to Energy is Not Like Youth Sports or GRE Scores

As an electrical engineering professor, I’m used to people thinking that access to electrical energy…

Displacement

Don’t assume that I am grateful to be here Six Asian women shot left for…

I Am a Brown Asian with Smooth Skin

SPRING 1984 Yellow fever. I learned about yellow fever from my first white boyfriend. When…

The Relationship Between Gentrification and Incarceration

Gentrification, also known as Urban displacement, is the process by which historically disinvested neighborhoods are…

Asian Women Have Bad Days, Too

The Atlanta shootings on March 16, 2021 make us wonder, how does a person get…

Sea of White Faces Across America’s Teaching Force

When “China virus” or “Kung flu” became racist substitutions for the pandemic, are we surprised…

Lessons Learned from Remote Learning

We are in the midst of one of the most challenging times in the history…

A Note on Anti-Asian Hate

I am a Southeast Asian Vietnamese American woman. I show up in every space that…

Hoop Dreams and Human Dignity

My grandparents were warriors. They fought against apartheid in South Africa in the 1950s and…