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A mother and race scholar seeks to answer her daughter’s many questions about race and racism with an earnest exploration into race relations and affirmative action from the perspectives of Asian Americans Before being struck down by the US Supreme Court in June 2023, affirmative action...

Find your voice, own your story, and elevate your professional life. In The Visibility Mindset: How Asian American Leaders Create Opportunities and Push Past Barriers, a team of dedicated creative professionals and educators delivers an incisive treatment addressing the importance of cultural upbringing in our lives and careers. In the book, you'll explore the varied realities and experiences of Asian Americans in the diasporic Asian community and how they have impacted the personal and professional lives of real people.

Asian American Sexual Politics explores the topics of beauty, self-esteem, and sexual attraction among Asian Americans. The book draws on sixty in-depth interviews to show how constructions of Asian American gender and sexuality tend to reinforce the social and political dominance for whites, particularly white males, even in the supposed “post-racial” United States.

An inclusive and landmark history, emphasizing how essential Asian American experiences are to any understanding of US history Original and expansive, Asian American Histories of the United States is a nearly 200-year history of Asian migration, labor, and community formation in the US...

The American Asian podcast is a show that talks about life in America for Asian & South Asian Americans. The podcast hosts, Arj and Sembo, cover a wide range of topics from culture, sports, food, love, relationships, languages, family, and movies - all from an Asian American perspective. They are both in their 30s and have a lot of exciting things to say about America and Asia. If you want to learn more about being an Asian or South Asian American, listen to the American Asian podcast. Don't forget to subscribe and show them some love!

If you are an Asian American who has experienced racial violence, verbal harassment, stereotyping, or microaggressions, you might feel like the world is unsafe. You may suffer from anxiety, depression, or painful memories as a result of this trauma. And if you seek help, you may find that Western-trained mental health professionals simply can't understand your pain and life experiences. This book provides culturally informed treatment methods to help you heal from and fortify yourself against race-based trauma-including intergenerational and historical trauma-and stress.

How did Yo-Yo Ma become a world-renowned cellist? Listeners will learn all about this musician and the significant events in his life in this low-leveled biography.

Lunar New Year, or the first new moon of the lunar calendar, is celebrated by people around the world and across different cultures. Within Chinese culture, the ushering in of a new year is celebrated through one of 12 distinct zodiac animals, each of which is known for its power to map a person’s behavior, character, and fate. In The Chinese Zodiac in Cultures and Traditions, you’ll gain insights into how cultures make sense of the passing of time and our relationship to it.

Every week co-hosts Don Sun and Katie Simpson will cover top political issues of the day, relevant Supreme Court Cases, literature, and American culture. Come to be informed, stay to be inspired!

From the past and the present, join us as we dive into the stories of Asian Americans. Follow us on Instagram: @aab_pod

Welcome to The Bittermelon’s Asian American Teen Podcast, where we dive into the most impactful and lasting moments in the history of Asians in America. Jack is the host of this podcast, and Amy is the co-host. If you are interested in the work we do, check out our website here: https://www.thebittermelon.org/. The Bittermelon would like to thank the Ossining Public Library, who has graciously allowed us to use their recording space and materials for this podcast. We would also like to honor the Lenape, the indigenous people who lived in what is now known as Westchester County, where this ...

The Asian American Athlete is a podcast that celebrates Asian American athletes and Asian Americans in the sports world.

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War. Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the...

In a quiet suburb of New Delhi, two next-door neighbors develop a friendship: one, a young woman engaged to be married, and the other, Nadine: a woman in her 60s living with her second husband. We follow these two women through their phone calls and visits together, diving deeper into Nadine's storied past: With her larger-than-life personality and proclivity to defy society's conventions, her insight weighs heavily on her young friend, about to face a major turning point of her own.

Desi doubts, by South Asian Americans for Change is here - and it's everything we hoped for and more. Co-hosted by Dr. Sonalee Joshi (PhD, Clinical Psychology) and Rupal joshi (lawyer, single mom, co-founder of SAAFC), this first-of-its-kind series blends personal storytelling with evidence-based research to tackle the mental health struggles so many in immigrant and communities of color experience. From guilt and shame, to finding your most authentic self, Sonalee and Rupal bring truth, warmth and #BigSisEnergy to every episode.

The Quirky Side Of Being Cantonese Chinese Asian American.

Hang out with theCoderBros while we have unscripted conversations with fellow Asian Americans, discussing life successes, Asian upbringing, and anything else in between. Hosted by Hansel and Wayne, aka theCoderBros, aka best friends who run a national franchise called theCoderSchool together, this weekly podcast is for the middle-aged, ex-yuppie (ex-yappie?) Asians looking for a fun way to learn, relate & reminisce. Whatever happened to the good old days of going out to Asian clubs, anyway? www.thecoderbros.com (Music credit, BenSound)

"Asian-American Actors Will Not Be Ignored" is from the May 25, 2016 Arts section of The New York Times. It was written by Amanda Hess and narrated by Kristi Burns.

"A sparkling travelogue and a poignant journey of self-discovery all in one. . . . Alka Joshi is simply the best!" —Kate Quinn, New York Times bestselling author of The Alice Network and The Rose Code From the New York Times bestselling author of The Henna Artist, this sweeping novel of...

When Donaldina Cameron arrives at the Occidental Mission Home for Girls in 1895, she intends to teach sewing skills to young Chinese women immigrants, but, within days, she discovers that the job is much more complicated than perfect stitches and even hems. San Francisco has a dark side, one where a powerful underground organization - the criminal tong - brings Chinese young women to America to sell them as slaves. With the help of Chinese interpreters and the Chinatown police squad, Donaldina becomes a tireless social reformer to stop the abominable slave and prostitution trade.