Northern America

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. I learned that I no longer have to feel inadequate and try to emulate an undefinable, but distinct idea of what American is. As long as we share the same common values, we are all Americans and all of our […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. But perhaps all of this – the frustration, the seemingly endless seeking of answers to the “missing link” in my communication with my mother, the continuous and unintentional use of counseling skills in conversation with my mother – could be […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. As artists and activists whose families have been impacted by the California wildfires and Pacific Gas and Electric’s utility shut- offs, we are inspired by the recently launched “Reclaim Our Power!” utility justice campaign led by Asian Pacific Environmental Network (APEN), […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. A transformative Green New Deal needs to answer important questions about who benefits from this new economy, who controls it, and who has been left out in the past. The Deal has to be about restoration, repair, and balance. And […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. AAs and NHPIs are 23 million and rising and yet federal policy resources fail to reach our communities. Less than 0.17% of efforts funded by NIH include AA and NHPI participants. In 1985, the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. Despite the “model minority” myth attached to AAPIs, an estimated 3.8 million AAPIs live in families that have at least one family member receiving public benefits. Asian American Pacific Islanders (AAPI) have long been a part of the fabric of […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. More and more botched individual cases have captured the public’s outcry and fueled growing concerns about whether Asian Americans are being unfairly targeted and accused of economic espionage, regardless of US citizenship status. The Rising Tide of Accusations and Fear […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. The rich history of AANHPI workers in the labor movement should be recognized for its contributions to a fairer and more advanced labor movement. I.         INTRODUCTION Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) workers have been embedded in the […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. Language operates in inclusionary and exclusionary ways. Definitions that hinge liability or guilt on physical violence alone operate to exclude the lived experience of domestic violence victims who have suffered no or minimal physical abuse, but have lived in a […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. The LGBTQ AAPI community is often overlooked and their needs marginalized. LGBTQ AAPIs still suffer from invisibility, isolation, and stereotyping. Introduction Since the Harvard Kennedy School’s Asian American Policy Review was first published, the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer […]

This piece was published in the 30th print volume of the Asian American Policy Review. White Harvard applicants are considerably more likely to experience the advantages associated with private school college counseling, and that’s a real advantage in the hypercompetitive world of elite college admissions. Asian Americans are not less personable, but even well-meaning public […]

When the media never fully determined how to cover the first Asian-American Democrat running for president nationally, it created a plethora of challenges for Andrew Yang’s historic campaign. Despite receiving disproportionate obstacles for a candidate of his polling level, Yang resiliently left a legacy that shaped national discourse on policy and empowered other Asian-Americans to […]