Friday, July 26, 2024
Ramapo’s United Asian Association (UAA) hosted its annual Asian Expo on Tuesday in Friends Hall. The walls were decorated with flags from various Asian countries and the room was illuminated with red lighting. There were various booths including a henna stand where people could get small designs on their hands. […]
The 2023 Lunar New Year ushered in the Year of the Rabbit and the anticipated welcoming of spring. While this holiday, which began on Jan. 22, is celebrated at the start of the lunar calendar, it honors the various deities that people across many Asian countries worship. Within the zodiac, […]
Celebrations of the Lunar New Year have been colored with grief from two mass shootings within the same week. Both tragedies primarily harmed members of California’s Asian American and Pacific Islander community. On Jan. 21, a gunman killed 11 people at a dance studio in Monterey Park, where many were […]
Photo courtesy of Jason Leung, Unsplash To close out a month’s worth of events celebrating the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) community, the Office of Equity Diversity Inclusion and Compliance and the United Asian Association (UAA) had Caroline Nguyễn-Ticarro come as a keynote speaker. Nguyễn-Ticarro began talking about her own origins […]
Photo courtesy of Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Wikipedia Several recent films featuring white actors in Asian roles have generated controversy, as critics point to the casting decisions as evidence of whitewashing. “It's problematic,” said David Oh, a professor of media and communications at Ramapo College, “because it […]
