Latest Publications
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The Tragedy in Uvalde Should Make Us All Abolitionists
If the police kept us safe, we would be safe by now. But we are not. The fear with which we live is fundamental to the American experience.
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Injustice by Design, Solidarity by Choice
The 1992 Los Angeles Uprisings, or Saigu, traumatized many in the Black, Korean, and other communities. 30 years later, what have we learned?
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Honoring Shaoxiong “Dennis” Zheng’s Life Means Centering Healing and Transformative Justice
Safety is actively cultivating the kinds of relationships that center healing, accountability, and community.
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Why Ethnic Studies is Vital for Our Children
The majority of curricula taught in U.S. history classes is based on a white-centered narrative. [this article was selected for inclusion in Asian American Advancing Justice’s Wholestory Education campaign]
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For Asian Americans, Claiming American Identity Means Rejecting the Model Minority Myth
Reflections on Asian American racialization and what are the things we need to hold to claim an American identity.
Stories and Articles
Unknowable Truths | When Death is Life-Affirming
“To bring out your dead is to say that these deaths are not unimportant or forgotten, or, worse, coincidental. It is to say that these deaths are systemic, structural.” - Grace Hong
How do we decide that another is non-human?
The dominant media elevates white and wealthy people not only as the standard to strive for, but as the standard for what it means to be human.
Skilled vs. unskilled is a construct to justify exploitation
U.S. immigration policies are oppressive precisely because their writers wielded their powers to draw a boundary line through humanity and to determine who was deserving and who was not.
Did the look on the white man's face heal my lineage?
The impact traveled like waves, reverberating up and down the line, allowing me to reach back in time, touching on some of the soul wounds in my lineage.
When “apologies”are weaponized
It is not ok to say “I am sorry” in that tone. It is not ok to weaponized your “apology.” It is not ok to center your white fragility.
Where there are more BLM signs than Black people
Berkeley is often held up as a symbol of progressive politics. But its story is more complex.