They Call Us Bruce - Episode 12: They Call Us Asian American

Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America.



What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. Each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I host an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus on media, entertainment and popular culture.

This week, we celebrated Heritage Month, ahem, eleven months early, discussing the complexities of Asian American identity and community with Professors Karthick Ramakrishnan and Jennifer Lee of the National Asian American Survey.

Most Asian Americans Oppose Affirmative Action? That is incorrect.

Guest Post by Karthick Ramakrishnan



Two weeks ago, my survey group released a report on affirmative action that analyzed whether Asian Americans (and others in California) were opposed to affirmative action. Turns out that, contrary to all the noise we heard in March 2014, there are more Asian Americans who support affirmative action than those who oppose them. Many more, like 69% for and 13% against, with the rest expressing no opinion.

AAPI Voices: Amplifying the Voices of Asian Pacific America

New data-driven storytelling project from 18 Million Rising and National Asian American Survey



Happy Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. If you haven't checked it out already, I want to point your attention to the hot content coming out of the newly launched AAPI Voices, a collection of curated writing by AAPI journalists, activists, researchers, artists, bloggers, and culture creators.

A collaboration between our friends at 18 Million Rising and National Asian American Survey, each piece featured in the #AAPIVoices project will highlight data related to our communities and experiences. Their aim is to combine the power of compelling data with the brilliance of storytelling to paint a fuller, truer picture of what it means to be AAPI today.

Each week in May, in observance of Heritage Month, posts in AAPI Voices will focus on a different themed topic: Racial Identity and Categorization; Health; Immigration; Age and Generational Differences; and Education. Read it all here, and check back throughout the month for new, fresh content.