“On February 18, 2023, the Tucson Desert Art Museum will host a special roundtable event entitled “Asian-American Discrimination: Then and Now” to commemorate the annual Day of Remembrance for Japanese American Incarceration during World War II on February 19. The event will be held from 11 am to 1 pm and attendees are encouraged to … Read more
Happy New Year. It’s the Year of the Rabbit for us Asian Americans, according to our 12 animal zodiac calendar. Why 12 animals? Legend has it that the Emperor of China conducted a race to see which animal was the fastest, and this is the order of their arrival at the finish line: rat, ox, … Read more
The Tucson Chinese Cultural Center has organized two celebrations for Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage month for May. Zoom in on youtube.com for both events on May 8 and 15. Some Japanese American culture will be highlighted. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_Pacific_American_Heritage_Month Stay tuned for youtube.com links as mentioned in the flyer. As an Asian American who … Read more
The Japanese American Citizens League (JACL) of Arizona, along with several Asian Pacific Islander organizations sent a letter on April 9 to Arizona’s Governor Doug Ducey, against the anti-Asian violence across the nation. In Arizona a Filipino American man Juanito Falcon was attacked and killed in Phoenix in February. There have been a number of … Read more
In yesterday’s AZ Daily Star, they published an opinion piece on page A6 by an adopted Korean American journalist Kurt Bardella, which ran in the LA Times earlier: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-03-22/op-ed-the-question-every-asian-american-hates-where-are-you-from?fbclid=IwAR1Pg1DCP1IWXbfWsJ0oa8cG8_Wg25C6hCYEQHkMoUOrCpAbWLgCYnRXZwY He writes about the question that is dreaded by Asian Americans: “Where are you from?” It is dreaded because when asked by usually white people, it … Read more