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The photo of the Japanese Trojan Club tucked into the back of the 1942 yearbook was not so different from the other pictures of young men and women about to start their futures: smiling faces with a world of hope and promise. But by the time the El Rodeo yearbook was circulated, every student of Japanese descent … Continue reading 80 years after being forced to leave USC, a degree of honor for the Nisei

To Grace Ryu, the pain was like “suffering in a silo.” That’s how the associate director of the East Asian Studies Center at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences describes the days following a mass shooting in Atlanta in March that targeted Asian women. The attack came a year into a pandemic … Continue reading New group seeks to build community among Asian faculty and staff

For the first time since the pandemic shuttered museums around the country, the USC Pacific Asia Museum is reopening its doors to the public. To mark the historic occasion, the museum is hosting an “Opening and Closing Weekend” starting May 29. The unique event sends off an exhibit of work by women living and working … Continue reading USC Pacific Asia Museum reopens and vows to be a platform for community artists

During a semester abroad in Nanjing, China, Tiara Wilson, then an undergraduate, became fascinated with the proliferation of hip hop in China, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Malaysia. She found the topic so compelling that she made it the focus of her studies when she was accepted to graduate school at the USC Dornsife College … Continue reading Master’s degree student explores race, identity and culture in East Asian hip hop

USC’s AAPI Heritage Month kicked off on May 3, 2021 with a special online event featuring USC President Carol Folt, U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, students and faculty. This year, a special focus was on celebrating diversity and coming together to combat the rise of anti-Asian hate. Continue reading USC Celebrates 2021 AAPI Heritage Month

The COVID-19 crisis exposes just the latest example of persistent racism against Asian Americans, who would do well to ally with other minorities to enact change, argues Adrian De Leon, professor of American studies and ethnicity at the USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Read the full story at the USC Dornsife College … Continue reading The long history of U.S. racism against Asian Americans, from ‘yellow peril’ to ‘model minority’ to the ‘Chinese virus

Racism targeted at Asians and Asian Americans has grown since the outbreak of the novel coronavirus. COVID-19, which originated in and devastated parts of China, has spread to new countries and the media, including CNN, The New York Times, the New Yorker, and The Wall Street Journal, have documented the growing number of discriminatory incidents. … Continue reading Discrimination Against Asian, Black Americans More Likely Amid Coronavirus Pandemic

The COVID-19 pandemic has been associated with rising reports of crimes targeting people of Asian and Pacific Islander descent. On March 16, a white man was charged with killing eight people, including six women of Asian and Pacific Islander descent, at Atlanta-area spas. While the mass killing and possible motives continue to be investigated, many … Continue reading In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, a wave of anti-Asian violence has risen

In a letter to the USC community, USC President Carol Folt addressed the rise of anti-Asian hate and expressed her solidarity with the Asian Pacific Islander and Desi community in the aftermath of the Atlanta killing of six Asian women. “Hatred has no place at our university. We must stand up to bigotry and discrimination, … Continue reading USC President Folt Releases Statement in Support of Asian Pacific Islander and Desi Community