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Critical Issues Facing Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Summary of AAPI issues from White House archives
Asian-Americans See Individuals' Prejudice As Big Discrimination Problem
NPR, 12/6/2017
Understanding Our Perceptions of Asian Americans
Overview essay from the Center for Global Education at Asia Society
Asian Americans Feel Held Back at Work by Stereotypes
The Atlantic, 1/26/2016
Key facts about Asian Americans, a diverse and growing population
Pew Research Center, 9/8/2017
The Uncomfortable Truth about Affirmative Action and Asian-Americans
The New Yorker, 8/10/2017
Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
A series of essays and articles from the National Park Service on Asian American and Pacific Islander history and culture
Sampling of Recent Books in Fogler Library
Asianfail
by
Eleanor Ty
ISBN: 0252040880
Publication Date: 2017-03-21
Flashpoints for Asian American Studies
by
Cathy J. Schlund-Vials (Editor); Viet Thanh Nguyen
ISBN: 9780823278619
Publication Date: 2017-10-03
Louder and Faster
by
Deborah Wong
ISBN: 9780520304529
Publication Date: 2019-09-10
Racial Melancholia, Racial Dissociation
by
David L. Eng; Shinhee Han
ISBN: 9781478001256
Publication Date: 2019-02-15
Voices of Asian Americans in Higher Education
by
Festus E. Obiakor; Ying Hui-Michael
ISBN: 9781641134330
Publication Date: 2019-01-01
Voting Together
by
Carolyn Wong
ISBN: 9780804782234
Publication Date: 2017-06-06
Where I Have Never Been
by
Patricia P. Chu
ISBN: 9781439902257
Publication Date: 2019-01-04
Growing up Asian American in Young Adult Fiction
by
Ymitri Mathison (Editor)
ISBN: 9781496815101
Publication Date: 2017-11-20
Statistics & Analysis
[Source: U.S. Census Bureau]
AAPIData.com
Demographic data and policy research on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Facts for Features: Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Statistics and report from the U.S. Census Bureau, May 2019
NPR Report: Discrimination in America: Experiences and Views of Asian Americans
November 2017
Pew Research Center: Asian Americans
Statista
Search for statistical information
Selected Journals
Journal of Asian American Studies
Positions: East Asia Cultures Critique
Verge
Women, Gender, & Families of Color
Asian American History
American History Unbound
by
Gary Y. Okihiro
ISBN: 9780520274358
Publication Date: 2015-08-25
The Color of Success
by
Ellen D. Wu
ISBN: 9780691157825
Publication Date: 2013-11-24
The Making of Asian America
by
Erika Lee
ISBN: 9781476739403
Publication Date: 2015-09-01
The Routledge Handbook of Asian American Studies
by
Cindy I-Fen Cheng (Editor)
ISBN: 9781317813910
Publication Date: 2016-12-08
In the News
NBC News: Asian America
New York Times: Asian-Americans
NPR: Asian Americans
Media
Agent Yellow.
Documentary.
Ameri-Pino: Recognizing Filipino Heritage in America
Documentary.
An Asian-American Story
Interview.
Long Story Short
Documentary.
Maineland
Documentary.
More or Less Chinese - the Asian Diaspora
Documentary series.
A Most Unlikely Hero
Documentary.
Nā Kamalei: The Men Of Hula
Documentary.
Potluck: An Asian American Podcast Collective
Podcasts.
Ted Talks: Why Asian Americans are not the Model Minority
Ted Talk.
To Be Takei
Documentary.
You Don't Know Jack: the Jack Soo Story
Documentary.
Helpful Websites & Organizations
Asian & Asian American Organizations
A list of organizations by state put out by Asian Women in Business (AWIB)
Asian-Nation
Website developed and maintained by a UMass professor that explores a wide variety of topics related to Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Asian American Coalition for Education
AACE fights for Asian-American children's equal education rights
Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Asian Americans Advancing Justice
AAJC's mission is to advance civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all
Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance
The first and only national organization of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) workers
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations
Center for Asian American Media
Executive Order on Economic Empowerment of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
The White House
OCA - Asian Pacific American Advocates
An organization dedicated to advancing the social, political, and economic well-being of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce
White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
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