With recent events in mind like the Atlanta Shooting, SPS and the Asian Pacific Studies Program provided a virtual healing session for AAPIN students. Screenshot by Anthony Vasquez. By Anthony Vasquez, Assistant Section Editor Asian hate crimes have been at the epicenter of the former and present year. These types of crimes increased in numbers during […]
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Stop Asian Hate, It’s More Than a Hashtag
As anti-Asian hate crime increases, university departments chime in on their condemnation of racist, sexist rhetoric and violence towards the Asian American Pacific Islander communities. Photo by Jason Leung on Unsplash By Taylor Helmes, Editor in Chief Updated at 6:30 p.m. CSUDH President Thomas A. Parham, the Asian Pacific studies program, and the California Faculty […]
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A Long History for University’s Newest Major
Photo courtesy of CSUDH Campus News Center By Destiny Jackson, Perspectives Editor The South Bay has been shaped by many cultures. Native peoples first settled it, Spanish and Mexican roots plunge deep, Anglo Americans stole it in 1848, and the souls of Black folks are woven into the DNA of the university at its center, […]
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CSUDH Celebrates Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage With Launch of Newest Degree Program
University celebrates the launch of it’s newest cultural heritage degree program. By: Daniel Tom, Staff Reporter California State University, Dominguez Hills is continuing to pave the way for cultural history to be taught on campus. On Tuesday, Oct. 20, the university celebrated its official launch of the new Asian Pacific studies program now being offered […]
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Asians Don’t All Look Alike
By Jasmine Nguyen, Co-Lifestyle Editor “No let me guess, you’re Chinese? No, No wait, Taiwanese.” The person pauses before perking up a moment later. “No, you’re Korean.” There’s an awkward pause of silence before I chime in with an, “I’m actually Vietnamese and Thai.” “Oh well, I said Taiwanese, that’s close enough.” Actually, you weren’t. […]