Growing up, I felt uncomfortable with how little I connected to my racial identity. I cannot speak Mandarin or Burmese; I do not have first-generation immigrant parents. I am thoroughly Westernized. This was particularly concerning to me when I first began writing for a literary magazine that dedicated itself to the “Asian American experience.” I …
Artwork by Siri Raghunayakula Context The Southern Pacific Railroad began construction in 1869, entering the Arizona border in 1877. The railroad years saw the highest population of Arizona Chinese in the late 19th century. From an initial interpretation of American race relations, it appears that the Chinese escaped overt racist treatment in this region by …
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Artwork by Ella Sun “This is not navel gazing. Studying your own racial or ethnic group is not a delimiting exercise… It’s a way of looking at the world through a lens.” Hear Our Voices Magazine celebrates the life and legacy of Dr. Franklin Odo, an advocate and pioneer of Asian American studies who ensured …
By Hannah Lui, copy editor
The earliest instances of the “model minority” indicate that scholarly reasoning behind the term is inconsistent. Lui presents an analysis showing how this inconsistency is White America’s rejection of its foundations in systemic oppression.
