Asian Americans

Bigotry toward Asian Americans and Asian food has spread steadily alongside the coronavirus in the United States. Distorted information about the virus that first appeared in China has led to a revival of century-old tropes about Asian food being dirty.

While Asian Americans as a whole have trended left in recent elections, research shows that some populations have shifted toward the right, specifically Vietnamese Americans and, to a lesser extent, Indian Americans, because of what experts say is a coalescence of cultural and historical baggage.

United Nations experts issued a mandate expressing “serious concern” regarding heightened racist and xenophobic attacks against Asian Americans during the coronavirus pandemic. In the document made public this week, experts appointed by the Human Rights Council wrote that violence and attacks against people of Asian descent have reached an “alarming level” since the start of the outbreak. They also wrote that the...

The House voted Thursday to condemn racism against Asian Americans tied to the coronavirus outbreak, approving a Democratic resolution on a mostly party-line vote. Republicans called the legislation an election-year effort to criticize President Donald Trump and “woke culture on steroids.”

Actor Jun Yu, who appears as the character Cricket in the live-action version of “Mulan,” joined LX News to talk about his “life-changing” experience filming Disney’s remake of the iconic film.

Kamala Harris paid homage to her South Asian American heritage at this week’s Democratic National Convention. South Asian performer and activist Yalini Dream believes that recognition has the potential to elicit real change.

After Joe Biden announced Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate this week, there was a small segment that questioned her biracial identity. Culture critic Nadra Nittle sets the record straight.

Red Circle Ice Cream in Houston, Texas, was known for its bubble waffles and churros before it became the subject of coronavirus-related rumors. Owner Nickey Ngo turned to social media to discuss the fear that the Asian American community felt at the onset of the pandemic due to rumors circulating in Chinatown.

Russell Jeung, a professor of Asian American Studies at San Francisco State University, has launched a website that tracks coronavirus-related discrimination against the Asian and Pacific Islander community. On the site, people can self-report discrimination, verbal harassment and abuse.

Cynthia Choi of Chinese for Affirmative Action breaks down the increasing number of violent incidents directed at Asian Americans in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and how President Trump’s rhetoric has fueled the violence.

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The arrest of an Asian American police officer in George Floyd’s death has highlighted that community’s complicated and contradictory relationship with white power structures, said Kabzuag Vaj, founder of the Wisconsin-based advocacy group Freedom Inc.

A woman in the San Francisco Bay Area has been arrested on suspicion of posting handwritten messages at several homes, targeting Asian Americans and suggesting that those not native to the United States should leave the country immediately

A report says Asian Americans more than any other group are using digital devices and streaming services to watch TV

For decades, the Asian American community’s contributions to the country have been omitted in textbooks, and its lived experiences have not been reflected in mainstream media. Though Asian Americans’ history in the United States goes back more than 150 years, it has been a long fight for them to make their voices heard.

Asian celebrities are speaking out against anti-Asian attacks that authorities say are on the rise amid the coronavirus pandemic