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3.04.2018

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Detained and divided: how the US turned on Vietnamese refugees
A longstanding humanitarian deal protected many Vietnamese American refugees from deportation -- but a change in practice under Trump is tearing families apart.

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Writing Towards Liberation: Asian American Revolutionaries and the Written Word
On the legacy of Asian American revolutionaries, and the written words they left us.

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This is why Indian immigrants won't benefit from Trump's immigration plan
The Republic Hindu Coalition supports Trump's immigration plan, arguing that Indian immigrants are all highly skilled. But Indian immigrants come to the U.S. come via many different pathways and backgrounds

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Khizr Khan Sees A Shared 'Moral Compass' In Lessons Of Japanese-American Incarceration
Khizr Khan, the Gold Star father who famously addressed the 2016 Democratic National Convention, spoke in Seattle to commemorate the anniversary of Executive Order 9066.

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Say It with Noodles: On Learning to Speak the Language of Food
"I have forgotten how to speak two languages. But I have learned this one."

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How to Write a Memoir While Grieving
Nicole Chung contemplates loss, adoption, and working on a book her late father won't get to see.

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Meet the Asian and Asian American Nominees for the 2018 Oscars!
Makeup artist Kazuhiro Tsuji, animator Ru Kuwahata, producer Ramsey Naito, and sound editor Ren Klyce talk about the work that earned them their Academy Award nominations this year.

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How Mad Should I Be About the Whitewashing in Annihilation?
Director Alex Garland claims he did not intentionally whitewash the characters in his trippy sci-fi film adaptation of the novel Annihilation. But should we be mad?

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Author Viet Thanh Nguyen on the struggles of being a refugee in America
Acclaimed author Viet Thanh Nguyen serves as editor of the upcoming essay collection The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives. Read an excerpt from the book's introductory essay, in which Nguyen describes his own refugee experience in stunning, at times painful detail.

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Cambodian Rock Band Joins an Inspiration Continuum
What was the inspiration behind Lauren Yee's new play Cambodian Rock Band? War, colonization, genocide... and psych-pop-rock-music.

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But That's Another Story: Min Jin Lee
A great interview with Pachinko author and National Book Award finalist Min Jin Lee, who talks about George Eliot's Middlemarch, imposter syndrome, and her lifelong obsession with wisdom.

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Awkwafina's Young Hollywood 2018 Interview on "Ocean's 8" and Asian Stereotypes
"If we're going to be telling stories about women, with female leads, why can't we have a female director?" Awkwafina tells Teen Vogue. "There are female directors; these people exist. So you can't say limited availability."

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Ugly Delicious star David Chang gains 'appreciation' for Asian-American successes
Ugly Delicious, the new eight-part Netflix food show from Momofuku restaurateur David Chang, addresses the silly, profound, and sometimes uncomfortable bonds between the food we eat and the people with whom food associates -- if that origin can even be truly known.

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A family of lawyers fought to clear their name. Now their story is in an Oscar-nominated documentary.
The Sung sisters, Vera, Jill and Chantrelle, still find it bewildering that they went from being accused of mortgage fraud to being the stars of an Oscar-nominated documentary.