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Meet the Asian American women working to diversify the ballot
Asian American women hold elected office at lower rates than men. A new generation of AAPI women ai…
Belle Lin
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Mattel admits it 'fell short' by not creating an Asian Barbie doll for the Tokyo Games
Mattel said the doll line-up would highlight "inclusivity and innovation," but social media posts h…
Cheryl Teh
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Only 44 top ranking movies featured Asian American leads in the past decade. Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson was the lead in a third of them.
The study found that during the same time span where only 22 AAPI actors were leads, 336 white male…
Sarah Al-Arshani
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He's acted in over 650 roles, but James Hong says there's still a long way to go for Asian American representation in Hollywood
As one of the most prolific actors in Hollywood history, James Hong has paved the way for Asian Ame…
Yoonji Han
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'Queer Eye' host Tan France says he 'never' had a space to be his full self before hosting Netflix series
"We get to be our queer selves, unabashedly," France told Insider of working with his cohosts on "Q…
Esme Mazzeo,JP Mangalindan
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Barbie's new Anna May Wong doll is a tribute to an Asian American icon
Wong's niece helped design the Barbie doll to pay homage to the iconic Chinese American actress, wh…
Yoonji Han
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Women reflect on the historic moment Kamala Harris took the oath of office as the first Black, Asian-American and female US vice president
Insider asked readers to share what it was like watching the historic moment Kamala Harris was swor…
Kristie-Valerie Hoang,Kayla Epstein
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3 ways employers can decenter whiteness in the workplace and promote inclusivity
"Too many employees of color in corporate America are held back as they are held against white stan…
Jean Lee
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After 2 senators threatened to withhold votes in support of nominees, the Biden administration pledges increased Asian American representation
Sens. Mazie Hirono and Tammy Duckworth said they would hold off on supporting Biden administration …
Julie Gerstein
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LGBTQ characters of color are making animation history - but creatives of color can't escape the industry's discriminatory past
Insider found LGBTQ characters of color are receiving disparate treatment in animation. It mirrors …
Abbey White,Kalai Chik
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Simu Liu claps back at 'trashest take' that he gets the 'bulk' of Asian male roles in Hollywood: 'Way to put us against one another'
"I'm not a thirst trap. I'm a fucking actor," Liu wrote in a Facebook comment addressing the HuffPo…
Yoonji Han
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Asian Americans are the lowest represented group in politics. Rising stars reflect on the AAPI leaders who blazed a path forward.
Asian Americans represent 0.9% of all elected officials, but make up 6.1% of the country's populati…
Belle Lin
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Jean Yoon calls 'Kim's Convenience' a 'painful' experience and says some original storylines were 'overtly racist'
Jean Yoon said that producers were "resistant to cultural corrections and feedback" and that some s…
Jacob Sarkisian
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How 5 Asian designers are reimagining traditional designs into modern fashion
From cheongsams to áo dàis to kurtas, a growing list of Asian designers have found inspiration in m…
Kristie-Valerie Hoang
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Muslim activist Raquel Saraswati allegedly lied about being South Asian, Arab, and Latin. Her mother said she's 'white as the driven snow.'
There's a history of white people who have claimed false ethnic and racial backgrounds, from Rachel…
Yoonji Han
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How South Asian Americans came to dominate the Scripps Spelling Bee
Since 2008, a South Asian American has been a winner of the prestigious academic competition for ev…
Yoonji Han
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How Li Jun Li channeled Anna May Wong, Hollywood's first Asian American actress, in Damien Chazelle's 'Babylon'
Li swore off acting as a kid after watching a production of "Miss Saigon." Now she stars in "Babylo…
Yoonji Han
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Biden set to welcome K-pop group BTS to White House to 'address anti-Asian hate crimes and discrimination'
The Korean boy band will visit the White House on Tuesday, May 31 at the tail-end of AANHPI Heritag…
Bryan Metzger
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2 AAPI executives at Fortune 500 companies share how growing up in Asian households helped them climb the corporate ladder
David Kang and Tiffany Xingyu Wang hold C-suite positions at Fortune 500 companies. They share how …
Shriya Bhattacharya ,Britney Nguyen
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'We cannot wait for the industry to give us permission': Filmmaker Justin Chon on telling Asian American stories in Hollywood
The "Pachinko" director reflected on his more-than-two-decade long career in Hollywood and how he h…