Immigrant Stories: How did you come to US?

Celebrating the Immigrant in all of US--even you, yes you

[rebelling4freedom]

Genocide is the USAs preexisting condition

[andalus88]

Don’t mess with Beyoncé

[thatdiva]

[flawlyssa]

Leslie Odom Jr. discusses diversity at The Hollywood Reporter’s 2016 Tony Award Roundtable

[masbravaquenada]

PUHD is hosting their last night of their Immigration Community Resource Fair/Immigration Policies Presentation tonight at Central High School. Learn about immigration policy, your rights, and obtain information on how to become a resident, citizen, and/or how to apply/renew DACA!

[-struggle]

Someone came in and complained about the rainbow flag outside my work and this is how my manager reacted.. 💓✨

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

These Muslim travelers were denied Global Entry cards. Now they’re suing the DHS.

Muslim travelers are suing the Department of Homeland Security for refusing to release records related to their Global Entry applications.

The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee filed a Freedom of Information Act lawsuit against DHS on Tuesday to see if there’s an internal policy within the agency to revoke Global Entry status for Muslim and Arab travelers. 

Dozens of individuals — all who have Muslim names or are of Arab origin — have reported problems with their global entry status, Abed Ayoub, ADC’s legal director, said in a phone interview.

“Without the information [requested from the FOIA], it’s difficult to gauge what happened, how many people are affected and if there’s a policy in place [in DHS] for Arabs and Muslim-Americans,” Ayoub said. Read more (4/18/17)

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[unrar]

Refugees in the desert. People engulfed in a sandstorm waiting for it to subside, in Sha-allan camp 1990, Jordan. Chris Steele-Perkins.

[nypl]

This Immigrant Heritage Week, browse the incredible photographs of immigrants in the early 1900s collected by William Williams, Commissioner of Immigration at Ellis Island from 1902-1913.

[diaryofanangryasianguy]

04/20/17

George Takei, Star Trek’s Hikaru Sulu, turns 80

As an actor, politician, activist, and writer, Takei has had a career many would hope for but few achieve. He and his family were sent to relocation centers during World War II when he was only 5-years old. Certainly an austere beginning but one that led him to study architecture at UC Berkeley, to be followed by a B.A. in theater at UCLA and and then a Masters Degree in theater by 1964.

His work for gay rights has been going on for decades as his public fame allows him to be heard, seen and quoted by international media. In 2008, Takei and long time partner Brad Altman, married at the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles – Takei is one of its founders.

[highreevecain-deactivated202502]

Trump to face 'Mexican heritage' judge in deported DREAMer case

Trump blasted a California judge for his Mexican heritage.

President Trump will confront a familiar figure in the lawsuit over a DREAMer who was deported by federal immigration agents: U.S. District Judge Gonzalo Curiel.

He’s the judge who oversaw a lawsuit involving Trump University who Trump accused of being biased because of his “Mexican heritage.” Curiel, who was born in Indiana, approved a $25 million settlement between Trump and students who claimed they overpaid for real estate seminars. Trump didn’t admit any wrongdoing under the terms of the settlement.

Now, Curiel has been assigned to handle a lawsuit brought on behalf of Juan Manuel Montes, 23, a California resident who was deported in February despite being approved for the Deferred Actions for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, which provides protective status for undocumented immigrants brought to the country as children.

Curiel’s assignment to the case was completely coincidental, according to rules for the Southern District of California. Kari Hong, an assistant professor at Boston College Law School who used to be an attorney in California, said judges are selected based on a rotating schedule. The court sets up a list of available judges and they are assigned each case as they come in.

Hong said judges regularly recuse themselves from cases if there is a conflict of interest, the appearance of a conflict of interest or if the judge has a financial stake in the outcome of the case. She said it’s highly unlikely Curiel would recuse himself based solely on the derogatory comments Trump made about him.

“Simply being attacked by the President isn’t a conflict of interest. If that were the standard, the entire 9th Circuit Court of Appeals couldn’t handle a single case,” she said, referring to the San Francisco-based appeals court that shot down Trump’s attempts to institute a travel ban against six majority-Muslim countries.

[wocinsolidarity]

Zack isn’t a new breed of Asian-American. It’s just that Zack and the millions of others like him are rarely seen in Hollywood movies. It was 1987 when TIME ran its cover story, “Those Asian American Whiz Kids,” which chronicled the academic prowess and affluence of American-born children of Asian immigrants. It was a flashpoint for Asian-Americans at the time, who became aware of their image as the “model minority” (a term which first appeared in the New York Times in 1966). A follow-up in 2014 revealed things hadn’t changed: “The belief in a blanket Asian-American culture is so thick that it has resulted in confusion when Asian-Americans deviate from the model minority myth,” wrote journalist Jack Linshi. “[T]hose who display that diversity are often perceived as exceptions.” This misperception that Asian-Americans are naturally gifted and succeed more has been devastating for the psyche; the Counseling and Mental Health Center of the University of Texas at Austin purports Asian-American students are “more likely to seek medical leave, more likely to go on academic probation, and are less likely to graduate in four years.” The university has statistics to illustrate the crippling pressure: 33 percent of Asian-American students drop out of high school. Asian-American students were likely to report stress, loss of sleep, and “feelings of hopelessness” but “were less likely to seek counseling.” And not all of them have the resources to seek help: 11.8 percent of Asian-Americans live below the poverty line. The model minority monolith ignores Asian-Americans from less-prosperous regions. A national report in 2015 revealed that those of Cambodian, Laotian, and Hmong heritage “earned bachelor’s degrees at a lower rate than the national average.” In 2013, The Myth of the Model Minority author Rosalind Chou told NPR “there are consequences to living in a country with a racial hierarchy,” to which Sharon H. Chang argued in ThinkProgress results in complete and total invisibility, even within one’s own minority group.

“‘Power Rangers’ and the Realness of Poor Asian-Americans,” April 6 2017  (via angryasiangirlsunited)

[ithelpstodream]

[hustleinatrap]

and they really believe themselves to be a superior race…  

[futureblackwakandan-deactivated]

How disgusting to try and get her deported over an ugly ass flag and an ugly ass project

[fallingaparrt-deactivated201705]

The more I look at this, the more I realize that generally, notice how I said generally. Not all, everyone. Generally, white people believe that they are superior to everyone. I witnessed this at my own workplace. My coworker looked me in the eyes and said, “you know why everyone hates white people?” To which I replied I don’t know. She said “because they aren’t white. You hate us Cus you ain’t us.” I really wanted to just tell her off but I was kinda just appalled that she really believed that. She was always nice and a good person, but it never hit me that she thought this way. I just stared at her blankly and nodded until they changed the subject. I don’t know what it’s gonna take to change people’s mindsets because it really is ingrained into people’s brains. There’s really no short term answer for me other than just ignoring them. They just want to get a rise out of people. Long term is to be more successful than those who think they are superior by the pigments of their skin.

[stayingwoke]

My coworker looked me in the eyes and said, “you know why everyone hates white people?” To which I replied I don’t know. She said “because they aren’t white. You hate us Cus you ain’t us.”

I know for a fact that none of black women and men I know want to age like milk. We don’t want to be white. We just want the white power structure to leave us alone.

[bhujangan]

Punjabi is the language of my heartBut not the language of my mouthEnglish has subjugated my thoughts Blood flow has been cut off from my mouthStealing life from my wordsRemoving song from my voiceRejecting messages meant for my earsI run my tongue, twisted, constricted, along the bruises that never healed The deformed palate that was molded and hardened to withstand EnglishAnd does not know how to bend for a language less brutalPunjabi cuts my tongue as she makes a home inside my mouthShe cries as the remnants of English seep into those wounds, burning, distorting and staining the sounds as they nestle within my vocal cordsShe fears there is no more strength left to evict this foreign invaderShe forces a place among the landscape, tries to clear the wreckageThat traps air in my throat, softens vowels, blocks nasalized consonantsAs she struggles to demand space from the language that seeks only to subdueShe wonders if my mind, my speech will one day be the same Punjabi she knowsPunjabi stares at the scars caused by her reclamationAnd I beg her to forgive me for how ghastly they sound

Simranveer Ahuja Kaur (via chowmein-wala-samosa)

[autisticadvocacy]

[asianhistory-blog]

Hello everyone! I have a short survey I’d love for my followers to take regarding Asian History and its current direction. It’s pretty straightforward and asks about the kinds of content you like, what you want to see, how you feel about donating, etc.

Please, if you have the time, try and fill this out! It will help me better tailor this blog to my followers and anyone on tumblr.

Additionally, feel free to keep sending me comments, questions, feedback, or requests. An ideal request for a topic doesn’t look like a College essay prompt, but instead might look like any of these:

- I’m interested in the Cold War era as it impacted Asia (Thanks for this one, by the way!) - I want to know more about the spread of Buddhism - I’m interested in card and board games in Southeast Asia - Can you post about Noh Theater? - Can you do a series on comics/early movie industries/etc in Asia? - Can you talk about Empress Wu?

And so on. Thank you everyone!

[asianhistory-blog]

Thank you again to everyone who has responded to this poll. I deeply appreciate it all, and will keep it in mind. I’ll be using all this information going forwards, and am excited to implement it.

Unfortunately I had an off week - with a lack of new original posts - due to chronic pain issues, and the fact that I badly need a new laptop computer. (Being in pain and typing in a cramped mobile format is unfortunately, not ideal.)

As soon as I start feeling better, I’m going to get back to the work I have planned and original posting.

If you would like to send any requests or asks, feel free to message us at asianhistory.tumblr.com/ask