Homepage | ALIST

Different Racisms (Part I): On Jeremy Lin & How the Rules of Racism Are Different for Asian Americans

Comments Off, 25/09/2012, by Matthew Salesses in Editorial, Sports

This piece was originally published for The Rumpus and is republished here with permission. You can also read Part II, On Jeremy Lin and Singular Models, here. My senior year in Chapel Hill, I finally got up the courage to take a course in Asian American literature. Stupidly, I treated it ... Read more...

Can Marissa Mayer Avoid The Motherhood Penalty?

3 comments, 20/09/2012, by Debbie Grage in Columns, Female Leaders, Women At Work

Now that the excitement around Marissa Mayer’s appointment to the Yahoo! CEO post has calmed down somewhat, the world waits eagerly to see how she will turn the company around. She may have a challenging road ahead of her with the turnaround, but one thing that she may be able to avoid is th... Read more...

We are Vincent Chin

1 comment, 31/07/2012, by Samuel Tsoi in Editorial

He was the API community’s Trayvon Martin, the API’s Rodney King: a terrible reminder of the failure of the justice system that galvanized the first substantial pan-Asian movement for solidarity, advancement and civil rights. “I want justice for my son,” said Lily Chin thirty years ago, ... Read more...

Students Building Schools: R.E.A.C.H.’s Andrew Poon

0 comments, 31/07/2012, by Diana Tao in Non-Profits

When Andrew Poon graduated from high school, he remembered thinking to himself, like many graduates: “Now, I’m going to change the world.” Three years later, he took steps to do just that, through the foundation of his non-profit organization, R.E.A.C.H. An acronym for “Relaying Empo... Read more...

Paula Yoo Takes Risks On and Off the Page

1 comment, 31/07/2012, by Rachel Kuo in Female Leaders

Paula Yoo innovates. She makes things up for a living, weaving fantasies and realities for different characters together to create a story. She is a novelist, picture book writer, and screenwriter for popular television, including NBC’s The West Wing, Fox’s Tru Calling, and SyFy’s Eureka. ... Read more...

Posts tagged with homepage

Thank you!