Organizing Asian America
(Italicized words are lyrics taken from the libretto of Miss Saigon) Miss Saigon is a musical about Vietnamese women, who are all victims in need of rescue from the Third World. It is a musical about the inherent goodness of flawed white men. Vietnamese men are all abusive, sexist assholes…
Four words from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech are ringing in my ears today: We cannot walk alone. On August 28, 1963, hundreds of thousands of Americans came to our nation’s capitol calling for civil and economic rights for African Americans. About three out of…
When I heard the news of the Oak Creek shooting last year, my immediate reaction was fear for my friend and his family who regularly attended the gurdwara. Thankfully, my friend was safe. Sadly, his uncle and founder of the gurdwara, Satwant Singh Kaleka, was killed while trying to prevent…
