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Behind the Fried Rice Curtain, Part 1

I grew up in my parents’ Chinese restaurant in Abbeville, SC. We were the only Asian Americans in a town of not quite 6,000 that was known as the “birthplace and the deathbed of the Confederacy.”

Anita Chen | Tue, Jan 29th- 10:25am | Chinese food, Rice, South Carolina, Food and Agriculture, Essay, Food, Issue 26: The South - Spring 2013, Race

I cried on the first day of school. I'm not talking about pre-school, or even elementary school. I cried on the first day of my junior year in high school. Let me explain.

Terry K Park | Tue, Nov 27th- 2:18am | Blogger Column, Epik High, Kpop, Tablo, TaJinYo, Culture, Diaspora, Essay, Media, Music, News & Politics, Politics, Race, Social Issues

Law-abiding Americans are supposed to have a fixed name, a fixed date and birthplace, so goes the thinking behind Voter ID laws. But asking immigrants these questions can lead to more than one answer.

Vanessa.Hua | Tue, Oct 2nd- 10:14am | Diaspora, Essay, Immigration, News & Politics, Politics, Social Justice

Fish-chopping Asian ladies as a backdrop for luxury accomodations and exotic locales? Help us deconstruct this Conrad Hotels print campaign.

Ian Wang | Mon, Jan 30th- 12:39am | conrad hotels, Activism, Culture, Essay, News & Politics, Social Issues

Suturing Self

One med student comes to grips with being a dutiful South Asian American daughter, accepting her love of science, and surrounding herself with body fluids.

Dharushana Muth... | Thu, Sep 8th- 11:02pm | First Person, Essay, Issue 23: Bittersweet - Spring 2011, Health & Environment

 

On 9/11, within minutes of the attacks, four men chased after a Sikh man who had escaped from the towers and now had to escape once more for his life...[;] in Los Angeles, on September 13, 2001, an Iranian woman was...
Kirti Kamboj | Tue, Apr 12th- 8:28am | assimilation narratives, Blogger Column, The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Books Section, Essay, Immigration, Reviews

Reflections of War and a Makeshift Altar

Two framed pictures of my brother and me used to hang over a makeshift altar in my mom’s house. They were the stoic portraits that all Marines take during boot camp.

Peter J. Swing | Sun, Mar 25th- 6:17pm | First Person, Essay, Issue 22: Throwback - Winter 2010, History, Immigration, Politics, Race

Recently, I was asked by Hyphen to write about a small project I started a little while back: the API/A Love Letter Project. For me, as easy as it would seem to just talk about what my endeavor entails, it is extremely difficult to...

Pahole Sookkasikon | Thu, Oct 28th- 12:12am | Activism, Community, Culture, Diaspora, Essay, Media, Mr. Hyphen, Race, University/Academics

An author reflects on a decision years ago to choose a creative writing program on his path to becoming a writer, defying deeply-held cultural values of filial piety.

New America Media | Wed, Sep 15th- 10:05am | Books Section, Culture, Essay

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