A few months ago, I went to Berkeley for a work event. I drove for hours between Los Angeles and Berkeley, through the Central Valley of California, an agricultural heartland, thinking about our relationship with the land, with food, and the relationship between urban and rural places.
While in Berkeley…
We need to do both in the aftermath of the Atlanta shooting
On Monday March 15, 2021, I planned out my work week and excitedly blocked out Wednesday morning for rest. I planned to visit my favorite plant nursery located in a predominantly Asian neighborhood east of Los Angeles.
On Tuesday March 16, 2021, I was cooking a late dinner when I…
A conversation template for children of refugees and immigrants on how to dismantle anti-Blackness in our families and communities
The founding story of the United States of America cannot be separated from racism. Since its founding, the United States of America has created many rules and systems to fully embed…
Andrew Yang’s op-ed is clearly the product of someone who hasn’t learned about structural racism
Last month, Andrew Yang wrote an op-ed in the Washington Post on how Asian Americans can be “part of the cure” during this COVID-19 pandemic. …
Using this moment to radicalize and dismantle white supremacy culture
The COVID-19 virus has an average diameter of 120 nanometers, invisible to the naked eye.
In its invisible path of destruction, it has rendered Asian Americans highly visible — visible as targets of anti-Asian violence.
It feels like a cruel joke. Asian Americans have been fighting invisibility for a long…
