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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Talks about Experiencing Racism with Coach Wooden (5/18/17)

By John Wooden — 2017

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar talks about his book, Coach Wooden and Me: Our 50-Year Friendship On and Off the Court, including Coach Wooden’s reaction to witnessing racism.

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Asian American Christians Grapple with Bias in Their Own Churches

In the past year and a half, Asian American Christians have been calling out the anti-Asian bias they see in their own congregations.

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Sarah Ngu
2021
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Keeping Love Close

What does love look like in a time of hate? Asian and Asian-American photographers and essayists respond.

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Celeste Ng
2021
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America Is in the Heart: A Personal History

First published in 1943, this classic memoir by well-known Filipino poet Carlos Bulosan describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant laborer following the harvest trail in the rural West, and his coming to terms with America.

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Carlos Bulosan
2014
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Asian Americans Are Viewed as More American If They Are Gay

New research finds that an Asian American who presents as gay signals that he or she is fully invested in American culture.

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Tom Jacobs
2019
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Is It Self-Care, or Is It Capitalism?

So many of the little rituals I have each day—like my makeup or skincare routine—do help soothe and/or rejuvenate me. For me, any type of solo practiced routine is good. But I’ve learned that self-care does not, and cannot, sustain me. And I believe that this may be the case for many of you.

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Ijeoma Oluo
2021
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In Many Asian American Families, Racism Is Rarely Discussed

“I just didn’t want them to stress and not be afraid to go to school. The less they knew, the better it was.”

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Rachel Ramirez
2021
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Viral images show people of color as anti-Asian perpetrators. That misses the big picture.

A new analysis reveals misconceptions about perpetrators, victims, and the general environment around anti-Asian hate incidents. These can have "long-term consequences for racial solidarity," researcher Janelle Wong said.

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Kimmy Yam
2021
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Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White

Writing in the tradition of W. E. B. Du Bois, Cornel West, and others who confronted the "color line" of the twentieth century, journalist, scholar, and activist Frank H. Wu offers a unique perspective on how changing ideas of racial identity will affect race relations in the twenty-first century.

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Frank H. Wu
2003
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Myth of the Model Minority: Asian Americans Facing Racism

With their apparent success in schools and careers, Asian Americans have long been viewed by white Americans as the "model minority." Yet few Americans realize the lives of many Asian Americans are constantly stressed by racism.

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Rosalind S. Chou, Joe R. Feagin
2024
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Be the Refuge: Raising the Voices of Asian American Buddhists

Despite the fact that two thirds of U.S. Buddhists identify as Asian American, mainstream perceptions about what it means to be Buddhist in America often whitewash and invisibilize the diverse, inclusive, and intersectional communities that lie at the heart of American Buddhism.

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Chenxing Han
2021
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