Asian American studies

Letter to the Editor: Yang’s truth is not my truth

February 11, 2020

In her op-ed titled, “Northwestern Asian Studies courses can marginalize students through microaggressions,” Mira Yang addresses some important issues. Two of these are microaggressions and the role...

Chicago Torture Justice Center works to expand reparations for police violence

February 9, 2020

Northwestern students traveled to the Chicago Torture Justice Center on Saturday to attend a panel on the history of police torture in Chicago and the future of the reparations ordinance in the city. In...

Letter to the Editor: AASP and LLSP demand the resources, autonomy of departmental status

January 23, 2018

“What aspects of Northwestern appeal most to you?” The supplemental Northwestern application supplement is meant to display why you want to be at this institution that prides itself on a “diverse...

Student creates theater piece based on real life of people in Oakland’s Chinatown

May 24, 2017

This weekend, the stories of real-life Asian Americans will come to life on stage in Weinberg junior Diana Fu’s theater piece “Tears at the Margins.” “Tears at the Margins” is a series of...

Cao: Colorblindness is neither the means nor the end to civil rights activism

May 23, 2016

Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most endearing figures of the American mythos. His efforts helped secure de jure rights for blacks and dismantle Jim Crow laws in the South. In his speech “I Have...

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