By The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Platinum-selling performers of part-Asian descent, including R&B singer Jhene Aiko and rapper Saweetie, will perform on a TV special produced by The Asian American Foundation, the newly formed organization launched to improve AAPI advocacy.TAAF announced on May 6 that English icon Sting will also perform at “See […]
Personal ties: Harris’ family in India where COVID rages
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — G. Balachandran turned 80 this spring—a milestone of a birthday in India, where he lives. If not for the coronavirus pandemic, he would have been surrounded by family members who gathered to celebrate with him. But with the virus ravaging his homeland, Balachandran, a retired academic, had […]
Asian American health workers fight virus and racist attacks
By JENNIFER PELTZ Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Medical student Natty Jumreornvong has a vaccine and protective gear to shield her from the coronavirus. But she couldn’t avoid exposure to the anti-Asian bigotry that pulsed to the surface after the pathogen was first identified in China. Psychiatry patients have called her by a racist […]
Micronesians feel hatred in Hawaii, decry police shooting
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press HONOLULU (AP) — Comments on social media about a 16-year-old boy shot and killed by Honolulu police have been so hateful that a Catholic priest, who hails from the same small Pacific island as the teen’s family, hesitates to repeat them. “It is really bad and I don’t want […]
Police arrest suspect who attacked Chinese American man
By KAREN MATTHEWS Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — A man suspected of a “horrific attack” on a 61-year-old Chinese American man in New York City was arrested on April 27, police said. Jarrod Powell, 49, of East Harlem, faces two counts of felony assault, according to a statement from the New York City Police […]
As virus-era attacks on Asians rise, past victims look back
By TERRY TANG Associated Press Nearly a year after they were almost stabbed to death inside a Midland, Texas, Sam’s Club, Bawi Cung and his two sons all have visible scars. It’s the unseen ones though that are harder to get over. Cung can’t walk through any store without constantly looking in all directions. His […]
California OKs 1st Filipino American as attorney general
By DON THOMPSON Associated Press SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California lawmakers approved the state’s first Filipino American to hold the top law enforcement job in the nation’s most populous state on April 22—saying the progressive Democrat is taking office during a critical debate over racial justice and the changing role of police. Rob Bonta becomes […]
Colorado Asian leaders demand apology from newspaper
DENVER (AP) — Leaders of Colorado’s Asian community have demanded an apology and are planning a boycott against The Villager newspaper in Greenwood Village for publishing a story on April Fools’ Day that used extensive Asian stereotypes. The article, headlined “America’s Largest Amusement Park Heads to Greenwood Village,” jokes about an influx of Chinese students […]
Sikh community calls for gun reforms after FedEx shooting
By CASEY SMITH and RICK CALLAHAN INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Members of Indianapolis’ tight-knit Sikh community joined with city officials to call for gun reforms as they mourned the deaths of four Sikhs who were among the eight people killed in a mass shooting at a FedEx warehouse. At a vigil attended by more than 200 […]
Taiwanese-born Chang gets racist tweets after Indians error
By TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer CLEVELAND (AP) — Indians manager Terry Francona called racist social media messages sent to first baseman Yu Chang “stupid and ignorant” and said they have no place in baseball or “anywhere.” On April 13, Chang shared some anti-Asian postings he received on Twitter after he made a costly error […]
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