Asian-American identity was meant to be a means to an end rather than an end in itself. It was created as an organizing tool to mobilize Asians to participate in the progressive movements of the times. It was as much a mechanism to identify with one another as to identify with the struggles of others, whether it is African-Americans or Asians overseas, and [significantly] it was less a marker of what one was and more a marker of what one believed. That it has now become synonymous with “pride in one’s ethnic heritage” is a complete evisceration of what it was originally, and what it was meant to BE.
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Chris Ijima
- tumbling as a note to myself…contemplating what, knowing this, one can infer about the state of APIA coalition now and if the term is still effectively useful/applicable?
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(via fascinasians)
Dulce Pinzon-
Everyday heroes, mexican immigrants in New York doing everyday activities. Dulce Pinzon intends to show them as Superheroes.
AMAZING!
BAM
THIS IS FANTASTICCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
(Source: feeling-art, via le-huy-tran)
Out of the shadows and into the streets!
Tania Chairez and Jessica Hyejin Lee, openly undocumented and unafraid mujeres, block traffic in an act of civil disobedience in front of ICE headquarters in Philadelphia. They risked deportation to free Miguel.
Photo Credit: Jessica Hyejin Lee
this is incredible.
(Source: queerdesi)
Frank H. Wu: The Invisibility of Asian American Scholars
Let’s not forget about Homi Bhabha and Edward Said, but I agree with the thrust of what Wu’s saying: where are the East Asian American public intellectuals?
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little saigon do.: we were never meant to survive
Parallel
Lines that run for all of eternity without touching
Viet Nam is split at the 17th parallel
Between tears salty kisses
my grandfather heaves
ragged farewells to his sisters
heading South for the safety of his Catholic wife/children
knowing that these sisters/his…
1968, Asian American high school students attend the Black Panther Party funeral rally for Bobby Hutton,16 years old BPP member.
(via educationforliberation)
oh mah gawd
This makes me happy on so many levels
OMG AWWW SO CUTEEEEE
(Source: pixiv.net, via blamedoutoflove)
NIGHTNIGHT by DEDDY
