A photograph of a Japanese American child riding a toy bike at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption on back: "Baby on little bike- Ono, August 10 1944." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD
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Asian Americana is a podcast about slices of distinctly Asian American culture and history. Founding member of the Potluck Podcast Collective. Hosted/produced by @Quincetessence.bsky.social You can find and listen to our stories at asianamericana.com
Chinatown elders need groceries. These teens go door-to-door delivering them
Chinatown elders need groceries. These teens go door-to-door delivering them
In Chinatown, a librarian has assembled a brigade of teen volunteers to deliver fresh produce and other essential groceries to neighbors in need.
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The survivors made a four-day pilgrimage on foot from the site of a Japanese internment camp to the Dilley ICE jail.
Japanese Internment Survivors Gather to Demand Closure of Texas ICE Jail
The survivors made a four-day pilgrimage on foot from the site of a Japanese internment camp to the Dilley ICE jail.
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Hello Bay Area! We’re running the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour again on Sunday, March 26. Come join us to discover four generations of South Asian activism: Desi feminists, Punjabi revolutionaries, immigrant caregivers, and Berkeley’s first South Asian anti-racist protest.
Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour
Discover the secret histories of South Asian Americans in Berkeley and San Francisco, California. As seen in National Geographic and NPR.
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Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.
I wrote a (long) thing! I must also credit the LA Reporting Collective conversations that really informed a lot of this, especially @papayathemariah.bsky.social at @lapublicpress.bsky.social, @adamrose.bsky.social of @freedom.press, and photojournalist Zaydee Sanchez. And my work at @fi2w.org!
Transom@transom.bsky.social · 6mo agoIn light of all the ICE activity, we’ve been sharing archive pieces on responsible reporting while working on something for this moment. Now it’s here. @quincetessence.bsky.social's manifesto on reporting on ICE asks key questions about power, authorship, and care. transom.org/2026/values-...
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Christine Riter@criterdee.bsky.social · 6mo agoA screenshot of 2/3 of an editorial page I grabbed, courtesy of today’s Salt Lake Tribune @sltrib.com When housing humans becomes just another “economic decision”, Utah leaders must answer what it means to lack a moral compass for such a decision. #utpol
If you live in Seattle, 140 years ago to the month in Feb 1886, a mob started forcibly rounding up and violently deporting Chinese migrants. This is immediately after a similar mob did the same in Tacoma a few month before. Remind you of anything? www.historylink.org/File/2745
Mobs forcibly expel most of Seattle's Chinese residents beginning on
On February 7, 1886, violence breaks out in Seattle as a mob starts to forcibly expel most of the city's Chinese population. The next day one man dies and four are injured when they attack Home Guard
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Dawn Xiana Moon@dawnxianamoon.bsky.social · 7mo agoThe US first closed its borders because it wanted to keep Chinese people out. That's the history. That's why we have closed borders.
“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social 1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange. 2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.
Chinese people were driven out with murder and threat of murder. There were repeated massacres. That is what happened.
In the 1870 census, Boise, Idaho was almost 50% Chinese. Just...think about that. Think about Boise, Idaho today and what you think about it racially. What happened after that was, to put it bluntly, repeated violence against the Chinese population in the West.
Anytime I see numbers showing that Asian people are less underwater than others, I wish we were actually fucking teaching the history of Asian people in this country. Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.
HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR? ⭐THREE starred reviews! ⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO ⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS
Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.
Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice. #ConnectingGaza
Elea Chang@elea.fyi · 10mo agoI don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed. Here are the words she left behind: www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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A photograph of two Japanese American soldiers posing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken by George Nakamura. 🗃 #skystorians
Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942. The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng
The teen-led Chinatown Oral History Project documents struggle and amplifies the voices of elder residents. Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories and local activism through film, podcasts, and public forums.
Teens spotlight stories of LA Chinatown seniors
Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories through film, podcasts, and public forums.
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A photograph of two Japanese American men on a row boat at Bass Lake, California. The photograph was taken sometime between July 28-30, 1941. Caption in album: "Camping at Bass Lake"
We are deeply disappointed by Congress' vote to take back funding for public media. But we remain committed to elevating Asian American stories.
"Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
Northwestern sued over suicide of professor targeted in China investigation
The estate of Northwestern University Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide last year after being investigated in a controversial federal probe, is suing the school for allegedly discriminating ag…
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Such a hard story to read about a woman in science who was clearly passionate about what she did — and excellent at it — and had that taken from her because she was Chinese. May she rest in peace. 🧪
Michael W. Kraus@mwkraus.bsky.social · last yr."Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...
Asian Americans have been here — and erased here — for so long. Researching the history of Asian American journalism was the first time I felt empowered by U.S. history. (Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UaX5...) A thread on the identities of those told our stories, and kept our history:
AAPI News Media: Origins and Futures - Newmark J-School
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Karen K. Ho@karenho.bsky.social · last yr.The history of immigration is so long. After the 1619 Project, I thought about doing something similar for the 200th anniversary of when Chinese people first immigrated to Canada and the US. To show how long they have contributed to each country's history, more time than most people realize.
I just gave, and I'm happy to support Asian American-run journalism doing SUCH important coverage!
Alex Ip 葉清霖@alexip718.com · last yr.Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.
Urgent! Every Dollar Counts!
We grow science with words, and are the only Asian American-run science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 by the end of the month to stay afloat. Please…
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Approximately one in every ten Indian immigrants in the United States experienced a violent expulsion in the early twentieth century.
Hardeep Dhillon@migrantherstory.bsky.social · last yr.publication day. the history of racial violence against immigrants in the early 20th c. remains as important to history as it does to our present academic.oup.com/jah/article/... With many thanks to those who supported me on this journey.
We're taking WhatsApp's misinformation ecosystem head-on. You can be the difference by helping us get to 100 text subscribers by the end of the month!
The Xylom@thexylom.com · last yr.There's now an easier way to share our stories with your aunties and uncles. Follow The Xylom on WhatsApp for text updates of our nonprofit, nonpartisan science reporting: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...