Audience: Educator

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  Asian Americans

  Asian Americans is a five-hour film series that delivers a bold, fresh perspective on a history that matters today, more than ever. As America becomes more diverse, and more divided while facing unimaginable challenges, how do we move forward together? Told through intimate personal stories, the series will cast a new lens on U.S. history…

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  Asian American History: A Short Introduction

  Madeline Y. Hsu weaves a fascinating historical narrative of this “American Dream.” She shows how Asian American success, often attributed to innate cultural values, is more a result of the immigration laws, which have largely pre-selected immigrants of high economic and social potential. Asian Americans have, in turn, been used by politicians to bludgeon newer…

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  Inside the Diverse and Growing Asian Population in the U.S.

  The number of people who identify as Asian in the United States nearly tripled in the past three decades, and Asians are now the fastest-growing of the nation’s four largest racial and ethnic groups, according to recently released census numbers. But in addition to the uptick, the Asian population has become geographically diverse with wide…

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  The Oxford Handbook of Asian American History

  After emerging from the tumult of social movements of the 1960s and 1970s, the field of Asian American studies has enjoyed rapid and extraordinary growth. Nonetheless, many aspects of Asian American history still remain open to debate. The Oxford Handbook of Asian American History offers the first comprehensive commentary on the state of the field,…

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  I’m Helping My Korean-American Daughter Embrace Her Identity to Counter Racism

  Identity and Addressing Anti-Asian Racism: “I’m not sure Asian-American families can avoid ‘the talk’ any longer,” one expert said.

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  Strangers From a Distant Shore

  A powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of A Different Mirror.

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  Eyes that Kiss in the Corners

  This lyrical, stunning picture book tells a story about learning to love and celebrate your Asian-shaped eyes, in the spirit of Hair Love by Matthew A. Cherry, and is a celebration of diversity.