this post also appears at The Wrong Half Well, its official. According to data released by UCLA’s AASC, there are more NHPI’s in California (284,000) than in Hawaii (280,000). Washington state comes in a far third with 58,000 NHPIs. In Hawaii, NHPIs comprised 22% of the population. what the what! i dunno if this is good or … Continue reading »
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Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Health & Fitness Day Reminder
Hi Everyone! Remember that post I did awhile back about Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander Health Fitness Day @ UCLA? Well, if you haven’t already, don’t forget to sign up! I received in my email today a Media Advisory letter which I’m posting below for those of you interested and for more information, you can … Continue reading »
UCLA Racist Chick, Once and For All
So, I saw this disappointing bit of news in the paper today. Alexandra Wallace will be leaving UCLA by choice – not because UCLA was going to take any sort of disciplinary action against her. Apparently, she is upset because she was ostracized from the UCLA community after her comments. Well duh. What did she … Continue reading »
Racist Chick and UCLA’s AAS Dept.
I wonder if this girl has had her ass kicked on campus yet. Anyways, UCLA’s Asian American Studies Department released an official statement about the whole shenannigan I discussed yesterday, basically calling for punishment by UCLA administration and also calling for UCLA to look at their (lack of) diversity requirement. I was unaware that UCLA … Continue reading »
Unsurprising Racist UCLA Chick
So, apparently there is a youtube video of a girl complaining about the hoardes of Asians who make a ruckus in the library on their cell phones. Because I’ve been at work all day, I can’t actually hear what she says (and the original video has been taken down), but I read a transcript and … Continue reading »
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Health Fitness Day @ UCLA
I wish I could go to this and see what it’s all about – I know! After you guys attend this, come attend my PERFORMANCE at El Camino College in Torrance and tell me all about it after the show! Text from the AAS department at UCLA: Sponsored by a large network of concerned organizations and … Continue reading »
UCLA Symposium: Unlearning the “American Pacific”
The Pacific Islander Studies Collective at UCLA invites you to Unlearning the “American Pacific”: A Symposium on Anti-Colonial Pedagogies Keynote speakers: Professor Maenette Benham, Dean of the School of Hawaiian Knowledge at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa, and Professor Vicente M. Diaz, Director of Asian/Pacific Islander American Studies at the University of Michigan. 2nd … Continue reading »