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Casual Racism Towards South Asians in the Media

Cover art by Hanifa Abdul Hameed Growing up, I would never look forward to lunchtime at school. Being a first-generation Indian-American, my parents would always choose to pack ethnic food like chapati and upma rather than the Lunchables that my peers would feast on. My white classmates never understood this lunch period vendetta that I …

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How Three Asians Athletes Made Sports History in North America

The story of Wataru Misaka, Tiffany Chin and Larry Kwong, three Asian athletes who fought racism and discrimination every day and still managed to make history in North American sports. The Man Who Broke the Color Barrier in the NBA: Wataru Misaka “Go home Jap, you don’t belong here” words that would result in someone …

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AAPI in Science

As Next GenerAsian celebrates this year’s Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month by focusing on AAPI figures from the world of arts, activism and Covid-19 frontline workers, I decided to delve further into learning about AAPI figures who have made groundbreaking contributions in the world of science and technology (think tech giants like YouTube and …

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