If you just got the invite to that racist Asian-themed party last week at Duke University (I know it was in your spam box), don’t worry. You didn’t miss anything. It was the same old racist fare, standard ching-chong stuff–people dressed in sumo gear and rice paddy hats and showing off their racist ...
Yesterday, the NYC Districting Commission released its final redistricting plan, the “February 6 Plan,” for NYC Council. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF), which jointly proposed the NYC Council Unity Map with a multiracial coalition of civil rights groups, is disappoint...
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC) – Since the most recent City Council redistricting proposal, negotiations have been taking place to further adjust the balance of power among New York City communities. In advance…
Immigration advocate and AALDEF 2013 Justice in Action award honoree Jose Antonio Vargas tweeted from the Super Bowl: “Can’t find an electrical socket to charge iPhone here at Superdome! More tweet soon.”
I tweeted back: “No wait, you’ll blow a fuse!”
It was that kind of game.
Nothing quite worke...
Section 5 ensures new rules do not discriminate against or disenfranchise minority voters; allows enforcement by U.S. Department of Justice
Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) and the Asian American Justice Center (AAJC), member of the Asian American Center for Advan...
NPR – Although the national conversation about immigration policy tends to focus on Latinos, it is Asian-Americans who encounter some of the knottiest challenges facing immigrants and immigration reformers…
Today, President Obama endorsed several provisions of comprehensive “common-sense” immigration reform offered yesterday by a bipartisan group of eight senators. We commend the President and members of the Senate for taking action to fix our broken immigration system.
The Asian American Legal Defe...
At the Fred T. Korematsu Day celebration in San Francisco on Sunday, most of the honorees had passed on and were represented by their scions.
But I managed to sit next to one of the originals, 98-year-old Mabel Fong.
If you’re Asian American, you likely know Korematsu — the man who fought the U.S....
The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) filed an amici curiae brief in the U.S. Supreme Court in Arizona v. Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, challenging the legality of Arizona’s Proposition 200, the state’s new restrictive voter registration law. AALDEF contends that Proposit...
PennLive – Pandemonium erupted in a federal courtroom Thursday afternoon as a judge sentenced an East Shore woman to 15 months in prison for a scheme to illegally bring Indonesian women to the U.S. to work as domestics for starkly substandard wages…
The mug of my first cup of coffee on this day reads “Ebenezer Baptist Church–where the dream began.”
I got it while in Atlanta recently when I visited Dr. King’s church and the eternal flame that marks his gravesite.
So now I can say, it’s 49 years after the Civil Rights Act, and all I’ve got is t...
The Wrap – Google has removed the app “Make Me Asian” from its Google Play store after weeks of protest from groups that said the game, which allowed users to change their appearance by reshaping eyes or fashioning portraits…
Guardian – There will always be a little corner of the American public imagination reserved for Chinatown. Whether the word evokes for you the stereotypical mystique of opium dens and gambling halls, or the gritty restaurants…
National Journal – Like other minority groups, an overwhelming majority of Asian-American voters supported President Obama in his reelection. National exit polls estimated that 73 percent of Asian-Americans voted blue in November, an 11-percentage-point jump from 2008…
I was floored this morning when I happened to see former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger (Asian America’s governor?) plugging his new movie on “FOX and Friends.” Given the big stories of the day (the Lance Armstrong interview, Manti Te’o, the upcoming Obama inaugural), one of Fox’s blond c...
AALDEF’s Multilingual Exit Poll of 9,096 Asian Americans in 14 States Reveals Voting Preferences, Party Affiliation, Key Issues of Concern, and Need for Language Assistance
January 17, 2013 — Today, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released detailed findings from its non...
On Thursday, January 17 in Washington, DC, the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) will release detailed findings from its 14-state multilingual exit poll of 9,096 Asian American voters in the November 2012 presidential elections.
The briefing will take place at 11AM — 12 Noon....
With the Obama administration mirroring the Bush administration when it comes to the extension of wiretapping and surveillance laws, it seems that any die-hard believer in democracy must add to his or her list of New Year’s resolutions.
In 2013, make this the year you FOIA yourself.
To FOIA is to ...
NPR – Big city Chinatowns have long been a haven for Chinese immigrants. But a new report finds that Asian-Americans are leaving Chinatowns as luxury buildings attract wealthier, white residents…
In 2004, Arizona voters adopted Proposition 200, which requires voters to present documentary proof of U.S. citizenship in order to register to vote. Proposition 200 requires new voter registration applicants to present a U.S. birth certificate, passport, or naturalization certificate. (Other docum...
