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Category Archives: History
Remembering Asian American Veterans: Lau Sing Kee, World War I Hero
On U.S. Veteran’s Day, we should also remember Asian American veterans, whose long history of valor may not be known to many. When I first saw this picture in the San Jose Mercury News, I wondered, “who is this kid … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Lee, Distinguished Service Cross, Lau Sing Kee, Saratoga Heritage Day, Veterans Day
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VOTE! If Frank Tanabe Could Do It, So Can You
Vote! If Frank Tanabe could get his absentee ballot filled out while bedridden, you too can vote. Dying of liver cancer, this WWII veteran made his choices after having his daughter read him the options. Tanabe was forced to drop … Continue reading
Highlights Of Voter Suppression In Asian America
Since the sixth of November is 2012’s election year, Mother Jones recently put out an article on the timeline of voter suppression in America. What’s interesting about the piece is that many individuals from Asian American history are right there … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, History
Tagged elections, history, racism, voting
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The Most Notorious Asians American Murderers
I’ve been meaning to write a post about the most embarrassing Asian Americans in history for a long time. But before I started writing it, I wanted to see if anyone in the world wide Internet had written anything similar. … Continue reading
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A Response To Roger Lotchins’ “There Were No Concentration Camps In America” Article
The first lesson I want to teach my son is that there are idiots in the world. Lots of them. And just because you teach a class in college or you have a degree does not mean you are not … Continue reading
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An Asian American Story: No More Questions
While Asian Americans sometimes talk about establishing Asian American studies programs as a way to capture and remember our history that has often been ignored or forgotten in mainstream textbooks, Asian American history lessons can be surprisingly close to us, … Continue reading
The “Asianization” Of Southern California’s San Marino
I was a weird kid. When I was deciding whether or not I wanted to transfer schools from a private prep to San Marino High School, one of the best public high schools in the state of California, the biggest … Continue reading
Each Generation Must Discover Its Own History: Some Thoughts On The Richard Aoki Debate (Part 3)
Catch up on Part 1 and Part 2 of Scott’s piece following the Richard Aoki debate. By Scott Kurashige 4. THE ICON I can appreciate how and why Aoki became an Asian American icon. Japanese Americans have used and needed … Continue reading
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Each Generation Must Discover Its Own History: Some Thoughts on the Richard Aoki Debate (Part 2)
Click here to read Part 1 of Scott Kurashige’s piece on Richard Aoki. By Scott Kurashige 2. THE INSINUATION “Man who armed Black Panthers was FBI informant.” That’s the headline from Rosenfeld’s article on Aoki. Now Rosenfeld is very careful … Continue reading
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Each Generation Must Discover Its Own History: Some Thoughts On The Richard Aoki Debate (Part 1)
By Scott Kurashige “What did you know and when did you know it?” That was the question thrown in the face of Old Left supporters as reports belatedly surfaced of atrocities committed by the Soviet Union under Stalin. The allegation … Continue reading
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Why Richard Aoki Is Still A Symbol Of Solidarity
So if reporter Seth Rosenfeld was seeking tons of press attention for his new book about the FBI’s war on student activism during the 60s & 70s, he achieved his goal. One day before his book was published, Rosenfeld released … Continue reading
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Top 5 Unsung Heroes In Japanese American History (Pt 2)
Earlier this year I wrote an article entitled, Top 5 Unsung Heroes In Japanese American History. One of my editors correctly pointed out that all five people on my list were men. This was totally unintentional but I promised at … Continue reading
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