7.03.2023

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For most Asian Americans, diversity is a core value – even if a loud minority contests it
Edward Blum's group used Asian Americans for display to serve a longstanding anti-affirmative action agenda.

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Affirmative action divided Asian Americans and other people of color. Here's how
Ed Blum's winning anti-affirmative action strategy pitted Asian Americans against Black and Latino communities, using both real issues and false narratives, to end policies that had helped diversify college campuses.

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A question for Asian Americans celebrating affirmative action’s end: What have we won?
An easier question to answer is what we have lost.

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Asian Americans Have Been on Both Sides of the Affirmative Action Debate
To Asian Americans involved in past battles for affirmative action, cases like Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard adds to divisions in the community over prioritizing merit and tests.

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Translator Calls Out British Museum's "Erasure" of Her Work
Yilin Wang, whose translations of Chinese poems were used without permission, claims the British Museum mishandled the issue and has not properly compensated her.

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Appreciation: Pioneering L.A. poet Amy Uyematsu showed that words could move mountains
Sesshu Foster remembers the life of poet and Asian American movement activist Amy Uyematsu, who died last week.

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'My Films Had So Much Anger'
John Woo reflects on a career driven by action, ambition, and artistry. Andrew Koji worked for this
Ah Sahm, played by Andrew Koji in Warrior, was written by Bruce Lee, designed to be played by Bruce Lee, and now lives in a show produced by Bruce Lee’s daughter. An actor hoping to do the martial artist justice could easily fall into another Bruce Lee impression as the easy way out. But that is not Andrew Koji.

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Bruce Le, Bruce Li, Bruce Lei – ‘Bruceploitation’ martial arts actors tracked down for documentary about how they imitated Bruce Lee after his death
As the 50th anniversary of martial arts icon Bruce Lee's death approaches, a new documentary investigates a bizarre phenomenon that erupted in the wake of the Little Dragon’s untimely passing.


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