Organizing Asian America
Of the 225 million Americans eligible to head to the polls in November will be some 9 million Asian Americans. It’s a segment of the electorate that’s hard to categorize. Asian American voters are both courted and overlooked. We’re diverse in our political views and yet increasingly vote Democratic. Made…
As a child of refugee parents, my parents barely spoke English. We weren’t rich. My family of Asians weren’t the model minorities. What does that mean? My parents didn’t have the capacity to be a part of my education. What does that mean? I was barely able to read when…
The following is an edited transcript of the Netroots Nation 2016 keynote plenary “The Digital CultureSHIFT: Moving from Scale to Power to Achieve Racial Justice,” which took place in St. Louis on Friday, July 15, 2016. This transcript is posted here with permission from Netroots Nation and the participating panelists.…
