In Praise of Journalists of Color, 40 Years Later
By EDWARD IWATA Amid media coverage of the Atlanta killings, immigration issues and the #BlackLivesMatter…
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VOX POPULI: Doctors to Pacifica — ‘It’s Unsafe to Transfer ICF Residents Now’
The following letter was sent to Pacifica Companies on March 23. =*= We are physicians…
THROUGH THE FIRE: The Battle of the Wedge — The Human Cost of Being the Model Minority
By MARY UYEMATSU KAO We aren’t used to being front-page or national TV news in…
EAST WIND: The Narrative — A Rant with Haiku
By MIYA IWATAKI Shots pierce through the mall 6 Asian women are dead Shooter in…
VOICES OF KOREISHA: Concerns of a Son Whose Mother Resides at Sakura ICF
By MICHAEL TOJI A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle. — Japanese…
OG-SAN: Just Below the Surface
By WARREN FURUTANI When racism and hate rear their ugly heads, it can manifest itself…
VOX POPULI: Stop the Hate!
By BISHOP GRANT HAGIYA I have been asked by a number in our annual conference…
J-TOWN BEAT: Shining a Light on a Year of Darkness
By GWEN MURANAKA A year ago this week, we at The Rafu Shimpo started producing…
VOX POPULI: Light at End of the Tunnel Is Getting Bigger and Brighter
By LYNNE MORIHISA My husband, Steve, discovered a small lump about the size of a…
AAJA Guidance on Atlanta Shootings
The Asian American Journalists Association’s MediaWatch Committee issued the following guidelines for media on March…
VOX POPULI: Anti-Asian American Hate Crimes and the Function of Scapegoating
By RICHARD T. KAMEI On March 16, 2021, our nation once again experienced a mass…
THROUGH THE FIRE: The Big Lie
By BILL WATANABE When as a boy attending Sunday school at my Christian church, I…