Asian Americans
A California city wrestles with its history of discrimination against early Chinese immigrants
By Terry Tang and Deepa Bharath — March 21, 2024
ANTIOCH, Calif. (AP) — In the 19th century, Chinese people across California endured discrimination such as wage disparity, bans on property ownership and sundown laws that barred them from going outside after dark.
What is Lunar New Year and how is it celebrated?
By Deepa Bharath — February 8, 2024
Lunar New Year begins with the first new moon of the lunar calendar and ends 15 days later on the first full moon
Lisa Doi: Pilgrims sustain the memory of Japanese American detainment
By Joshua Stanton and Benjamin Spratt — August 31, 2023
(RNS) — A descendant of prisoners at World War II camps dedicated her doctoral research to how the Japanese American community commemorates its forebears' experience.
Not all Asian Americans vote Democratic — and the political leanings of different Asian ethnic groups vary
By Sumit Ganguly and Steven Webster — November 10, 2022
(The Conversation) — The fastest-growing U.S. racial group, Asian Americans form an increasingly important voting bloc.
The Atlanta spa shooting and the hate crime gap
By Simran Jeet Singh — May 14, 2021
(RNS) — Those targeted by hate see evidence of bias that law enforcement doesn't see.
Blaming Christians for the Atlanta shootings isn’t persecution, it’s prosecution
By Maina Mwaura — March 19, 2021
(RNS) — How Christians handle this moment will be a defining passage, in the Atlanta area and across the country.
If we ‘canceled’ anti-Semitism
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 4, 2021
(RNS) — Hey, it’s just Dr. Seuss. It’s not like it’s Shakespeare or Dickens.
Religious, ethnic minorities grapple over California’s model ethnic studies curriculum
By Alejandra Molina — December 4, 2020
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — The curriculum, originally designed to center Chicanos and Latino Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans and Native Americans, has become beset with arguments about who else should be represented.
Asian American Christians denounce anti-Asian racism amid coronavirus
By Emily McFarlan Miller — April 2, 2020
(RNS) — The statement already had gathered about 6,800 signatures online as of Thursday (April 2) morning.
Southern Baptists’ LifeWay apologizes for ‘offensive’ curriculum
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — November 6, 2013
(RNS) "What Rainer and LifeWay have done by acknowledging the error publicly, even nine years later, is to demonstrate that it is never too late to do the right thing and to pursue reconciliation," said author and speaker Helen Lee.
Asian-Americans troubled by stereotypes from white evangelicals
By Sarah Pulliam Bailey — October 10, 2013
(RNS) It's the second dust-up in as many months involving Asian-Americans and megachurch pastor Rick Warren, who received backlash for posting a Facebook photo depicting the Red Guard during China’s Cultural Revolution.
COMMENTARY: The hidden immigration impact on American churches
By Wesley Granberg-Michaelson — September 23, 2013
(RNS) While millennials are walking out the front door of U.S. congregations, immigrant Christian communities are appearing right around the corner, and sometimes knocking at the back door. And they may hold the key to vitality for American Christianity.
Bullying of Asian-Americans spikes in New York City schools
By Omar Sacirbey — September 5, 2013
(RNS) The report found that bullying of Asian-American students nearly doubled, to 50 percent, in 2012 compared with 27 percent of students in a 2009 report.
New report examines beliefs of Asian-Americans
By Lauren Markoe — July 19, 2012
(RNS) A new report examines the religious beliefs of Asian-Americans, and unlike past reports on this group and religion, focuses on their religious affiliations rather than their country of origin. By Lauren Markoe.
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