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18 MILLION RISING

Activating Asian America.

Sometimes home isn’t what it seems. Brooke Luu on being “Việt Kiều” (Vietnamese in DNA only): “I was made to feel like an outsider. They knew right away. Some looked at me in mystery, others with envy…I wasn’t disappointed I took the trip, but it...
Sometimes home isn’t what it seems. Brooke Luu on being “Việt Kiều” (Vietnamese in DNA only): “I was made to feel like an outsider. They knew right away. Some looked at me in mystery, others with envy…I wasn’t disappointed I took the trip, but it wasn’t what I expected.” – Alice (Illustration by Matt Huynh)

“And those that defend these depictions say things like, “you ought to be proud of the icon on the side of the helmet; for he is a handsome depiction of your people.” NO! I reject this image and standard-bearer. I will not be held captive by these false ideas, pictures and words. I get out and break free from the identity it wants for me. I know now that racism and assimilation played and continue to play dual roles in exploiting these images to dictate a false ideal.”
— Maggie Hundley, “Hot Summer Oklahoma Sun”
zoeyandjasper: “ Guess which one of us likes to work out? (Here’s a hint, it rhymes with Shmasper.) xoxo Zoey and Jasper ” Be still, my heart: this week’s cutest single-theme blog is here. - CM
zoeyandjasper:

Guess which one of us likes to work out? (Here’s a hint, it rhymes with Shmasper.) xoxo Zoey and Jasper

Be still, my heart: this week’s cutest single-theme blog is here. - CM

What’s missing from this picture, taken on the occasion of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad? Chinese American workers. This year, for the National Parks Service’s annual re-staging of the photo, Corky Lee is trying to convene 145 Asian...
What’s missing from this picture, taken on the occasion of the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad?

Chinese American workers.

This year, for the National Parks Service’s annual re-staging of the photo, Corky Lee is trying to convene 145 Asian Americans to re-insert the memory of the thousands of workers who labored, and often gave their lives, to complete the railroad. If you can make it out to Salt Lake City May 10, you can join in. - CM

Apparently a bunch of Asian Americans (and allies) delivering petition signatures is a security “code red” at American Apparel. Very scary! - CM
Apparently a bunch of Asian Americans (and allies) delivering petition signatures is a security “code red” at American Apparel. Very scary! - CM

As a kid, Arun Venugopal ate with his hands at home but rarely in public. He says, “I grew up in Texas in the 70s and 80s and didn’t want to be thought of as some kind of culinary barbarian, the Indian kid who ate like a third-world savage.” Hand-eaters of America, unite and claim your identity in public! Happy Foodie Friday! - Alice

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