Topic “asian american studies”

‘Samurai Among Panthers’: On the Life of Richard Aoki

The life of Richard Aoki, the former Black Panther and Asian American leader, was more nuanced than his hardline image makes it seem.

By: Momo Chang | Posted: Fri, Jun 29th- 8:58am | Under: Asian American Political Alliance, asian american studies, Black Panther Party, Diane Fujino, Education, Ethnic studies, Third World Liberation Front, UC Santa Barbara, West Oakland, Across the Desk, Activism, Books Section, Community, Culture, Gender, History, Politics, Race, Social Justice

Jean Quan and the Death of Asian America

The idea of the “Asian American” was born in the '60s with Oakland Mayor Jean Quan and her Third Worldist comrades. Now she stands as a sobering reminder of what a movement like Occupy risks becoming as time wears on.

By: Chris Fan | Posted: Fri, Dec 16th- 11:19pm | Under: asian american studies, Jean Quan, occupy Oakland, occupy wall street, News & Politics, Politics, Social Justice

Filmmaker Arthur Dong Releases DVD Collection

Award-winning Chinese American filmmaker Arthur Dong is releasing a DVD box set entitled Stories from Chinese America: The Arthur Dong Collection, Vol. 2. The films...

By: Momo Chang | Posted: Wed, Nov 3rd- 2:25pm | Under: Arthur Dong, asian american studies, Curse of Quon Gwon, Hollywood Chinese, san francisco state university, Visual Communications, Events, Film

District 10 Supervisor Candidates Visit Asian American Students at SFSU

In a few weeks it will be election time in California and while most residents have their eyes glued to the gubernatorial race between Meg Whitman and Jerry Brown -- with Whitman's former...

By: Sylvie Kim | Posted: Wed, Oct 20th- 2:21am | Under: asian american studies, ca, district 10, san francisco, san francisco state university, supervisor elections, Activism, News & Politics, University/Academics

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