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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Ditching the Model Minority Myth
Since the 1960s, Asian Americans have been upheld as the ideal immigrant. As one 1986 CNN article put it, “they are smarter and better educated and making more money than everyone else.” At a time characterized by the Civil Rights Movement and contentious race relations between white and black Americans, the popularization of Asian American […]
Olympic Discrimination: Asian Americans and Media
Yellow Snow: Pyeongchang 2018 The color of sunshine on a warm day, the lemons in my backyard garden, the iridescent gleam of a gold Olympic medal, and also, the shade of my skin. As an Asian American myself, the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics marked a massive milestone for Asian American representation in the media, yet also […]