The Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka prohibited racial segregation in public education, driving a national effort toward equity and integration previously unseen in American society. However, Chief Justice Earl Warren’s push for a unanimous decision resulted in an exceedingly narrow directive that allowed for less overt discrimination to […]
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Flight to the Right: How Democrats Lost San Francisco Asian Americans
In a historically progressive city, San Francisco’s Asian American community showed up and showed out in support of right-wing candidates and policies down the ballot in the 2024 election. While Trump’s share of Black and Latino voters hardly shifted, Trump captured Asian Americans in tension with the Democratic Party. After President Donald Trump’s onslaught of […]
The Woes of the Model Minority: The Dual Existence of Asian-Americans in the United States
On January 9th, 1966, the New York Times Magazine published an article by sociologist William Petersen called “Success Story, Japanese-American Style.” In the article, Petersen wrote that Japanese-Americans, despite enduring the “most discrimination and the worst injustices” of WWII-era internment, have achieved great success in America “by their own almost totally unaided effort.” Petersen goes on […]