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Seared into my memory is the first time I fought with my friends. We were in ninth-grade world history when my friend offhandedly joked, “Yeah, but Rona’s Asian and has a big house, so she wouldn’t get what we’re going through.” “Excuse me?” I couldn’t believe what I was hearing.
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As an actress, Sandra Oh has paved the way for Asian-American artists, becoming the first Asian-American person to win Best Actress in a Television Drama. As host, she highlighted her community and called out examples of whitewashing.
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During the November general election, Berkeley community members elected four Asian American officials, which seems to be the most to ever serve Berkeley at one time, including the first Asian American City Council members in 41 years.
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“To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before” uses tradition to its advantage and adds new layers of complexity that make those old tropes all the more interesting.
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I wondered if Chu had what it takes to make a film that would be able to prove that Asians in leading roles don’t mean box office failure.
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Jaime Castañeda’s rendition of “Vietgone” reminds us that wars are not fought by political ideologies but by mothers and fathers, siblings and children.
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As a Korean American, I am always faced with a perhaps trivial decision: Should I go by Dohee Kim or Nicole Kim?
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The exposure to such a vast amount of creative work has played a really crucial part in this Quest to Understand Myself™.
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Being a first-generation student at UC Berkeley made me realize that my entire educational experience has been a series of “first” experiences. My parents never finished their high school or college degrees in Vietnam, so they carried on the dream of seeing their only daughter graduate from a public university.
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More than 100 community members gathered on Sproul Plaza under the midday sun Wednesday to listen to campus professors and organizers speak as part of a day of solidarity with the Black community.
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