AAPI Heritage Month Media

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  AAJA Broadcast Snapshot Finds Underrepresentation of AAPIs in Local TV News in Top 10 Media Markets

  aaja.org - Author Daniella Ignacio

  The Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA) is releasing the preliminary findings from a snapshot project analyzing the number of Asian …

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  Norman Y. Mineta, First Japanese American Cabinet Member, Dies at 90

  The New York Times - Robert D. McFadden

  Norman Y. Mineta, who as a boy was interned with his family and thousands of other Japanese Americans during World War II, then rose in government to become a 10-term Democratic congressman from California and a cabinet official under Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, died on Tuesday at …

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  Asian Pacific American Heritage Month 2022 - For Teachers

  asianpacificheritage.gov

  This Teacher's Guide offers a collection of lessons and resources for K-12 social studies, literature, and arts classrooms that center around the …

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  One year after the Atlanta spa shootings, we can’t forget the victims’ names

  The Washington Post - By Janice Yu

  Janice is not my real name. It’s the name I’ve chosen to share with the outside world. Growing up Korean American, I wanted to blend in. The start of a new school year meant roll call, which inevitably meant a teacher stumbling through my legal name. Like many Koreans, my legal name has two parts, …

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  AAJA mourns loss of AAJA Chicago pioneer, David Ibata, Asian American Journalists Association

  aaja.org - Author Jessica Xiao

  The Asian American Journalists Association is saddened to hear about the death of longtime journalist David Ibata, a founding member of the Chicago... …

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  6 Charts That Dismantle The Trope Of Asian Americans As A Model Minority

  NPR - Connie Hanzhang Jin

  "Smart." "Hard-working." "Nice." Those were among the adjectives that respondents offered up in a recent poll when asked to describe Asian Americans. The poll, conducted by the nonprofit Leading Asian Americans to Unite for Change (LAAUNCH), was another all-too-familiar reminder that Asian Americans …