Asian Americans
Photo courtesy South Asian Student Alliance Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University’s South Asian Student Alliance is looking to spark conversations through their Conversation Hour. Wednesday nigth the SASA hosted a virtual discussion focusing on racism and how it affects the South Asian community. The founder of the organization, Anushree Rayarikar explains how a member inspired the event. “She took the […]
Photo courtesy AsiaConnect Facebook Page. NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State University is celebrating Asian Heritage Week April 5 –11. This week AsiaConnect encourages individuals to share their Asian cultural experience. President of AsiaConnect and associate professor at ISU, Li Zeng expands on the purpose of the week. “As the Asian and Asian American community, we are students, faculty and staff. We are busy. We don’t […]
Photo courtesy to ISU NORMAL, Ill.- A Research Series from ISU’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology seeks inclusion with a talk by professor Nobuko Adachi. More than 58% of Asian Americans say they have been victimized and have experienced racially insensitive incidents. Adachi says an article about a 16-year old Asian American who was beaten convinced […]
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