Mitski checks her reflection.
May is Asian American and Pacific Islander History month, and itʻs come along with a rise in anti-Asian American violence, and some grim news about the visibility of Asians in the U.S. So being a proud Asian American, I wanted to showcase music by the AAPI community for this session of Bridging the Gap.
In a tiny room, at the rear of a tattoo parlor in Garden Grove a very special ritual plays out in carefully placed black inks. An expression of personal bravery.
Expand your perspective on the environment
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For far too long, Asian Americans have been overlooked in conversations on climate change and the natural world. In a Yale School of Climate Change Communication report that purports to reveal which racial groups care most about climate change, for instance, the results for Asian Americans were unavailable, raising concerns over the low sample size. However, the inability to retrieve data on Asian communities whether because of language barriers or questions over which ethnic groups are considered Asian American reveals a more insidious concern: that Asian Americans have always been an afterthought in the national imagination.