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12.23.2018

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2018 Was a Landmark Year for Asian American Representation
Crazy Rich Asians, Killing Eve, To All the Boys I've Loved Before, and the list goes on. 2018 has been a historic year for Asian American representation in pop culture.

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Why the 'Model Minority' Ends With Second-Generation Asian Americans
A closer look into stats about Asian Americans and upward mobility.

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Punjabi Sikh-Mexican American community fading into history
In the early 1900s, thousands of Punjabi-Mexican couples sprouted across the Southwestern U.S., in the face of mounting anti-immigration laws.

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American Dreams in a Chinese Takeout
The grueling nature of Chinese restaurant work in the U.S. has been well-documented, but the immigrants living that life understand the trade-offs they've made. They see America as a place they might build a life for themselves. The question is how to go about building that life.

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How Seeing Asian American Dads Onscreen Helps Me Face My Own Having seen Asian American dads onscreen, Mimi Wong reflects on her relationship with her own dad: “Our fathers may never know us the way we wish they would. And if we learned that ignorance is bliss, it's because we learned it from them."

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Celeste Ng Is More Than a Novelist
Novelist Celeste Ng said that her drive to share her good fortune with her peers comes from her own early career uncertainties.

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The Queen of Christmas
Elizabeth Chan, a full-time Christmas-song singer and composer, visits Santaland at Macy's.

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Rohini Kosoglu Is Kamala Harris' New Chief Of Staff
Rohini Kosoglu is the only Asian American woman serving as the U.S. senator's chief of staff, and she looks forward to working with a more diverse Congress in 2019.

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AAWW Staff Picks: Best of 2018
The staff, interns, and fellows of the Asian American Writers' Workshop select their favorite books, music, film, and art from 2018.

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The Director James Wan: If 'Aquaman' Doesn't Work, Blame Me
Aquaman is an improbable movie, which in many ways makes James Wan the ideal person to direct it.

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The Filmmaker Karyn Kusama Explores the Many Dimensions of Women's Rage
From Girlfight to Destroyer, filmmaker Karyn Kusama's movies are distinguished by her willingness not to revel in brutality but to look it in the face.

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For Kim's Convenience star Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, business is good at last
Paul Sun-Hyung Lee plays the convenience-store-owning patriarch of the Kim family in CBC's Kim's Convenience, and has become Canada's favorite dad.