Ethnic Studies

First Asian American woman appointed as Shoreline judge

March 10, 2010 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Secretary, teacher, or nurse.

Being a woman, these were the only choices that counselors gave Marcine Anderson when she graduated from an Oregon high school in a small town in 1973.

Ronald Takaki, ethnic studies pioneer, passes away

June 4, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

BERKELEY, California (AP) — Ronald Takaki, a pioneer in the field of ethnic studies who taught the University of California system’s first Black history course, has died. He was 70.

Malaysia racial ties fragile 40 years after riots

May 16, 2009 By Northwest Asian Weekly

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The last time Hung Poh Lee walked unassisted was 40 years ago, before a bullet fired in the heat of Malaysia’s worst race riots and sliced through her spine and shattered her future.