By Mahlon Meyer Northwest Asian Weekly After 20 minutes of listening to exhortations to Asian Americans to give back to their society as a way to build community and find safety, Annie Ren found she did not agree. “As a Chinese American, even if I don’t participate in government, even if I don’t give back […]
Bill in Washington state would ban private immigration jail
By GENE JOHNSON Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington Legislature has approved a bill aimed at shutting down one of the country’s largest for-profit, privately run immigration jails. Led by majority Democrats, the state Senate voted 28-21 on March 30 in favor of a measure that would ban for-profit detention centers in the state. […]
NYPD adding undercover patrols to combat anti-Asian attacks
By MICHAEL R. SISAK The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department will increase outreach and patrols in Asian communities, including the use of undercover officers, amid a spike in anti-Asian hate crimes, officials said on March 25. The department is sending undercover officers to the city’s Chinatowns and other areas […]
Two in Seattle, San Francisco face anti-Asian hate charges
By DAISY NGUYEN The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Prosecutors in Seattle and San Francisco have charged men with hate crimes in separate incidents that authorities say targeted people of Asian descent amid a wave of high-profile and sometimes deadly violence against Asian Americans since the pandemic began. Hundreds of protesters took to the […]
No Oscars or sensitive art spark Hong Kong censorship fears
By Zen Soo The Associated Press HONG KONG (AP) — Decisions in Hong Kong not to display a politically sensitive photograph in a museum exhibition and not broadcast the annual Academy Awards for the first time in decades have prompted concerns that Beijing’s crackdown on dissent in the city is extending to arts and entertainment. […]
‘Captain Underpants’ spin-off pulled for ‘passive racism’
By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer NEW YORK (AP) — A graphic novel for children that was a spin-off of the wildly popular “Captain Underpants’’ series is being pulled from library and book store shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism.’’ The book under scrutiny is 2010’s “The Adventures of Ook and Gluk’’ […]
CID gets $30k from Clean City Initiative
Clean City funds have enabled business associations and business districts to increase their efforts to clean up trash, address graffiti, and clean streets and sidewalks since February. The Clean City Initiative provided additional funding for Chinatown-International District Business Improvement Area (CIDBIA) and other BIA’s in the city. Through Clean City, CIDBIA got a boost of […]
Haiku contest ongoing
Mukai Farm & Garden on Vashon Island is sponsoring its second annual Haiku Festival through April 24. This juried competition is open to people of all ages. Each person may submit up to three haiku poems at mukaifarmandgarden.org/events to compete in the following categories: Heritage Award: Most eloquent portrayal of the history or some other […]
Community Project Funding requests
The Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce is helping to advocate for Community Project Funding requests—also known as appropriations or “earmarks”—that benefit communities, small businesses, and workers. Reach out to the Congress member who represents the district where the community project is located. Prepare to provide the following information: Will the project have a direct impact […]
The content of their character indeed
By Wayne Chan NORTHWEST ASIAN WEEKLY “…they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” —Martin Luther King Jr. With the current rise of violence against Asian Americans, I keep going back to this famous quote by Dr. King. The first time I heard that famous […]
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