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I’m limited to a certain # of tweets per thread, but like my old squad leader used to say, I improvised, I adapted, & I overcame. Started this labor of love a few years back, but the 2023 thread of daily threads for #AAPIHM begins here on 1 May, with links to successive threads.
I started this in 2018 because I was pissed off. At the time, @USArmy had a vanilla tribute to AAPI soldiers on the main Army page, but not even a link to the 4-4-Deuce. I’m still pissed, went to the @USArmyMuseum last summer & the tiny 442 exhibit feels like an afterthought.
If we - soldiers who share #AAPI heritage - are as important to our service’s history as you claim, @USArmyMuseum & @USArmy, then please do better. I didn’t even let my son see that sad display. I was spoiled, we’d been to @USMCMuseum just before, where they honor everything &
1/19. Today in the #AAPIHM thread, the battle of the Vosges from another POV, & one of the bravest men I've ever had the honor to meet. George "Joe" Sakato was born in Colton, CA, 3rd of 7 children to a couple who owned a barber shop & bath house. When FDR signed Executive Order 
2/19. 9066, the Sakatos were given a choice of being "interned," or moving to the Zone of the Interior (landlocked states). They chose the latter & moved to Glendale, AZ, where relatives already lived. By sheer luck, their new address north of the train line exempted them from
3/19. internment, but Japanese Americans living south of the tracks were not. Joe & one of his brothers sold produce to the War Relocation Authority, which ran the nearby camp in Poston. Joe was drafted in 1944 & wanted to join the ddr.densho.org/interviews/ddr…
1/22. Almost 300k Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders have served in our nation's military. Of those, 36 are Medal of Honor recipients. Today for the #AAPIHM thread, we honor a soldier who was court-martialed for fighting, yet still received the MoH, Barney Hajiro.
2/22. Hajiro was born in Maui as the 2nd of 9 children, & worked as a stevedore in Oahu to help support his family. Like many Hawaiian men, he was drafted after Pearl Harbor; like almost all Hawaiians of Japanese descent, he served in the HI Territorial Guard, predecessor to
3/22. the Hawaii Army National Guard. Military governor Delos Emmons disarmed, then disbanded the Territorial Guard, but also lobbied the War Department to form a provisional infantry battalion so that Japanese Americans in Hawai'i could prove their loyalty.
1/21. I covered the Lee brothers in a previous #AAPIHM thread, but considering the significance of this weekend, they deserve a closer look. The Lee brothers, Chew-Een (Kurt) & Chew-Mon (Buck) were born in Sacramento to Chinese immigrant parents.
2/21. Kurt joined the US Marine Corps in 1944 when he turned 18, eager to join the war effort, but the Marines specifically, to counter white people's misconception of the "meek, obsequious, bland Asian," as he called that stereotype. Due to his ethnicity,
3/21. he was redirected to Japanese language school after boot camp. Undeterred, Sgt Lee applied for Officer Candidate School, & was commissioned in 1945. This gave Kurt the distinction of being not just the first non-white Marine officer, but its first Asian American as well.
"As we celebrate #AAPIHeritageMonth, the key word is 'belonging' for our patients, faculty, staff and students."
- Chancellor and Provost @jeffreypgold welcomes keynote @knguyenpoetry at @unmc @NebraskaMed for Asian American Heritage Month.
- Chancellor and Provost @jeffreypgold welcomes keynote @knguyenpoetry at @unmc @NebraskaMed for Asian American Heritage Month.
"Poetry and medicine are rarely mentioned in the same sentence, which is why I am so excited to join the two today. It is the art of taking what is unknowable and making it known."
- @knguyenpoetry, Vietnamese American award-winning poet and keynote for #AAPIHeritageMonth
- @knguyenpoetry, Vietnamese American award-winning poet and keynote for #AAPIHeritageMonth
"What makes narrative medicine so important is its emphasis on the literary arts. It boldly claims that an understanding of storytelling is necessary in medicine. It transforms a patient from symptom input to a real person who lives outside the diagnosis."
- @knguyenpoetry #AAPI
- @knguyenpoetry #AAPI
🚨 JUST OUT ➡️ The 2023 STAATUS Index
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings @taaforg #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
Now in its third year, the STAATUS Index (Social Tracking of #AsianAmericans in the US) is the leading nationally representative survey of Americans' attitudes towards #AsianAmericans
🧵of some findings @taaforg #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM
1 in 4 Americans believe that #AsianAmericans are MORE LOYAL to their country of origin than to the United States
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
1 in 5 Americans still believe that Asian Americans are partly responsible for #COVID19
31% of Americans believe that #AsianAmericans should be subject to MORE SCRUTINY when working in areas considered critical to US global strategic competitiveness
This #AAPIHM & #MilitaryAppreciation month we recognize Frank Arceo, an immigration service officer at our Las Vegas field office. Frank knows his Pacific Island values and family’s history of military service has contributed to his career.
“My parents and grandparents instilled all the values that come with the Filipino, Hawaiian, Chamorro, Samoan cultures in me including respect (especially for elders), humility, service to others & our country, spirit of aloha, hard work & to protect our loved ones," said Frank
Frank says he brings these values to USCIS to serve others and protect our nation. "I am an Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) vet, my son is in the military, my dad served in the Gulf War and my grandpas served in WW2 and the Korean wars."
Thrilled to kick off our #AAPIHeritageMonth program with keynote speaker @chancellor_li from @UNOmaha to discuss the importance of community!
We are all from different families, cultures and backgrounds. The strength of an academic health center is in its diversity!
We are all from different families, cultures and backgrounds. The strength of an academic health center is in its diversity!
"This is a time of tragedy with recent hate crimes. This is also a time of opportunity. The more we can bring our communities together the better we can eliminate disparities. We are so lucky to have @chancellor_li's leadership!"
- Chancellor @jeffreypgold at #AAPIHeritageMonth
- Chancellor @jeffreypgold at #AAPIHeritageMonth
"With our 10,000 plus employees at @NebraskaMed, I am thrilled to celebrate #AAPIHM and to learn from our colleagues. Our culture is so important to our work in healthcare."
- @drjlinder CEO on the importance of diversity on our teams.
- @drjlinder CEO on the importance of diversity on our teams.
🚨 JUST OUT: The 2022 STAATUS Index
Despite a new administration, attacks against our community continue to increase, reminding us that racism against #AsianAmericans is deeply embedded in US history, culture & institutions, and have been for over 150 years.
🧵 of some findings
Despite a new administration, attacks against our community continue to increase, reminding us that racism against #AsianAmericans is deeply embedded in US history, culture & institutions, and have been for over 150 years.
🧵 of some findings
1/ Compared to 2021, Americans in 2022 are nearly TWICE as likely to say that #AsianAmericans are at least partly responsible for #COVID19: 11% vs 21%
2/ Alarmingly, in 2022, 33% Americans believe that #AsianAmericans are MORE LOYAL to their country of origin than to the United States, up from 20% in 2021.
#AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #APAHM
#AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPIHM #APAHM
This month, we are excited to #PassThePlatform to @_projectlotus! Celebrate #AAPIHM and #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth by learning how you can get involved and ways to dismantle mental health stigma. Keeping reading to learn more:
Hi, we’re @_projectlotus! We’re excited to share our mission and the work that we’re doing to educate and empower Asian American communities, destigmatize mental health, and tackle the model minority myth. Check out theprojectlotus.org to see our work!
While all communities care for mental health and face mental health problems, Asian Americans often deal with community-specific problems that exacerbate the issue, causing Asian Americans to be 3x less likely than white people to seek help.
This 71-year-old Asian Latino man was bitten by a woman & dragged face-down on the pavement for his jade necklace.
He lost 7 teeth & now needs dental implants. He told me “I love Oakland but not anymore.”
#stopasianhate #aapihm #AAPI
(1/4)
He lost 7 teeth & now needs dental implants. He told me “I love Oakland but not anymore.”
#stopasianhate #aapihm #AAPI
(1/4)
Today he met with Carl Chan of the Chinatown Chamber of Commerce who was attacked himself last month.
Carl is not only helping him w/services but encouraged him to speak out to encourage other Asians “not be afraid.”
#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate #AAPIHM
Carl is not only helping him w/services but encouraged him to speak out to encourage other Asians “not be afraid.”
#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate #AAPIHM
There was also a witness named Linda. She told me multiple cars drove around the 71 y/o’s body & NOBODY stopped.
The man is grateful for Linda saying she was a “Good Samaritan to me & I will forever be grateful to her.”
#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate
The man is grateful for Linda saying she was a “Good Samaritan to me & I will forever be grateful to her.”
#StopAAPIHate #StopAsianHate
What does it mean to belong somewhere? #APAHM on.natgeo.com/3vkZHDn
"That question of belonging is at the heart of our essay exploring how Asian Americans across generations navigate the balancing act of their identities and carve out a place for themselves in this country," writes Elaine Teng (@elteng12) email.nationalgeographic.com/H/2/v600000179…
Elaine and photographer Haruka Sakaguchi (@hsakagphoto) met with over a dozen families in the Atlanta area, the site of the deadliest anti-Asian hate crime in the last year, to ask what belonging means to them, and what their American Dream looks like.
Today the media & community waited for Chesa Boudin outside Fanly Chen’s store in Chinatown
She was attacked & pepper sprayed after stopping a shoplifter
Chesa was supposedly going to visit
Critics say he appears w/AAPIs for “photo ops” so I asked...
1/4 #StopAsianHate #AAPI
She was attacked & pepper sprayed after stopping a shoplifter
Chesa was supposedly going to visit
Critics say he appears w/AAPIs for “photo ops” so I asked...
1/4 #StopAsianHate #AAPI
Fanly her thoughts: “I don’t care about him use me…I just want to do the right thing”
So we waited. Chesa didn’t show. Ppl f/DA’s office did met w/Fanly tho
They came out & Fanly said something different: she didn’t expect Boudin today.
#StopAsianHate #AAPIHM
(2/4)
So we waited. Chesa didn’t show. Ppl f/DA’s office did met w/Fanly tho
They came out & Fanly said something different: she didn’t expect Boudin today.
#StopAsianHate #AAPIHM
(2/4)
Nobody f/the DA’s office who met w/Fanly today wanted to talk.
This is what I emailed Chesa and his communications person shortly after I left the store.
I have yet to receive a response.
(3/4) #StopAAPIHate #AAPIHM
This is what I emailed Chesa and his communications person shortly after I left the store.
I have yet to receive a response.
(3/4) #StopAAPIHate #AAPIHM
"65% of reports of anti-Asian hate are against women.
Allyship is something for us to practice.
Report incidents to #StopAAPIHate and work on your allyship."
- @InclusiveComm Virtual Table talk with Krystal Vuong Wegner, Lorraine Chang, Sharon Ishii-Jordan, @mariaecorpuz
Allyship is something for us to practice.
Report incidents to #StopAAPIHate and work on your allyship."
- @InclusiveComm Virtual Table talk with Krystal Vuong Wegner, Lorraine Chang, Sharon Ishii-Jordan, @mariaecorpuz
"We need to have a seat at the table so our voices are heard. "
- Lorraine Chang at @InclusiveComm Table Talk on the need for Asian American Pacific Islander voices to be included in elected office, leadership, diversity initiatives, etc.
#AAPIHM #StopAAPIHate
- Lorraine Chang at @InclusiveComm Table Talk on the need for Asian American Pacific Islander voices to be included in elected office, leadership, diversity initiatives, etc.
#AAPIHM #StopAAPIHate
"You can learn more about Japanese Americans by visiting this website - densho.org. We have to work in a bipartisan fashion to stop anti-Asian hate crimes."
- Sharon Ishii-Jordan on #AAPIHM
- Sharon Ishii-Jordan on #AAPIHM
NAIK FAMILY AULAKI (POHA)
I teamed up with @comcast to share my recipe for a Maharashtrian Spiced Flattened Rice in celebration of #AAPIMonth. I ate this delicious dish all the time at home growing up in NY and in India when I visited.
Enjoy my rendition of Aulaki!
I teamed up with @comcast to share my recipe for a Maharashtrian Spiced Flattened Rice in celebration of #AAPIMonth. I ate this delicious dish all the time at home growing up in NY and in India when I visited.
Enjoy my rendition of Aulaki!
Vegan Aulaki:
1 c Flattened rice rinsed 5x, drained
1 russet🥔 peeled & diced
1 small red 🧅 diced
1-2 serrano chilies minced
1/2 fresh🍋
Handful fresh coriander chopped
1-2 tsp neutral oil
2 tbsp🥜
1/2 tsp hing
salt
1 tsp Turmeric
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 c 🥥
Sev for garnish
1 c Flattened rice rinsed 5x, drained
1 russet🥔 peeled & diced
1 small red 🧅 diced
1-2 serrano chilies minced
1/2 fresh🍋
Handful fresh coriander chopped
1-2 tsp neutral oil
2 tbsp🥜
1/2 tsp hing
salt
1 tsp Turmeric
1/2 tsp sugar
1/4 c 🥥
Sev for garnish
Method:
1. Over medium heat, saute together onions, chilies, potato, peanuts, hing and salt in neutral oil until potatoes are fork tender (cover occasionally). Add in turmeric, sauce another 3-5 minutes.
@comcast #comcast #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #AAPIHM
1. Over medium heat, saute together onions, chilies, potato, peanuts, hing and salt in neutral oil until potatoes are fork tender (cover occasionally). Add in turmeric, sauce another 3-5 minutes.
@comcast #comcast #AAPIHeritageMonth #AAPI #AAPIHM
Imagine a Native American community with a Disneyland-like resort built over their villages & ancestor's graves, made to do bastardizations of sacred dances, in 'sexy feather headresses' & entertain the rich tourists for starvation wages, 12 hrs a day 7 days a week 1/?
#AAPIHM
#AAPIHM
living sardine-packed 20-to-a-house. And then be arrested for speaking their own language. It'd be an outrage, right? But that's just everyday life, in US-colonized Hawaii. (2/?)
#AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth
#AAPI #AAPIHeritageMonth
Yes, the language was banned, and in 2018 a Hawai'ian professor Kaleikoa Ka'eo was arrested for speaking Hawai'ian in court despite Hawai'ian *technically* being an officially recognized language.
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𝗧𝗥𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗔𝗥𝗡𝗜𝗡𝗚: after much discussion and debate, I am choosing to show you video I obtained from sources of the two Asian senior women were stabbed along Market Street this week.
This was not an easy decision.
Here is why:
(1/5) #StopAsianHate #AAPI
This was not an easy decision.
Here is why:
(1/5) #StopAsianHate #AAPI
There always has to be a purpose to what is shown. To show context.
In this case my team and I felt like it was important to see what happened so you understand how serious this crime is— as you learn the previous criminal history of the suspect.
#StopAAPIHate #AAPIHM
(2/5)
In this case my team and I felt like it was important to see what happened so you understand how serious this crime is— as you learn the previous criminal history of the suspect.
#StopAAPIHate #AAPIHM
(2/5)
Takeaways f/the video:
You can see how calmly the suspect approaches
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There are others in the area but the women are the clear targets.
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A bystander rushed to help. More came shortly after.
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I spoke to one yesterday who cradled Mrs. Fong while SFPD arrived (3/5) #AAPI
You can see how calmly the suspect approaches
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There are others in the area but the women are the clear targets.
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A bystander rushed to help. More came shortly after.
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I spoke to one yesterday who cradled Mrs. Fong while SFPD arrived (3/5) #AAPI
Yes, exactly. The definition of "Taiwanese" or "Taiwanese American" is something that has continually evolved. I will attempt to unpack it a bit 🧵👇(but may oversimplify and make some mistakes, so pls correct me if ! do). Paging @TaiwaneseAm_org. #AAPI #AAPIHM
@TaiwaneseAm_org First, a generalization. People in Taiwan can largely be categorized into three groups:
@TaiwaneseAm_org The first group would be native/indigenous/aboriginal. People such as the Ami, Bunun, Kavalan. Roughly a dozen or so groups, who currently make up 2-3% of Taiwan's population.
Excited to kick off #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth at @unmc @NebraskaMed with incredible panelists and thought leaders.
As we have learned in the last year, we all have much to learn about inclusion and it is helpful to approach with a sense of humility.
#StopAAPIHate
As we have learned in the last year, we all have much to learn about inclusion and it is helpful to approach with a sense of humility.
#StopAAPIHate
"The #AAPI community is critical to building our future.
All voices need to be heard in our community and our med center."
- Chancellor @jeffreypgold on #AAPIHeritageMonth
All voices need to be heard in our community and our med center."
- Chancellor @jeffreypgold on #AAPIHeritageMonth
"I have had dear friendships with members of the #AAPI community since high school and college. We have so much to learn from our colleagues."
- @NebraskaMed CEO Dr. Jim Linder
- @NebraskaMed CEO Dr. Jim Linder
The grandson of one of the two women in their 60’s and 80’s— stabbed on Market yesterday gave me permission to share this photo.
She was stabbed in the arm and chest. I learned the other woman was stabbed in the back & has broken bones.
(1/2)
#StopAsianHate #AAPI
She was stabbed in the arm and chest. I learned the other woman was stabbed in the back & has broken bones.
(1/2)
#StopAsianHate #AAPI
The grandson and his family have requested privacy during this time. I promise them I would learn as much as I could about their suspected perpetrator and his record.
More soon. (2/2)
#StopAsianHate #aapi
More soon. (2/2)
#StopAsianHate #aapi
Here is the only real @gofundme the Eng family has set up.
Grandson Andrew says he doesn’t like asking for a handout but that his grandma really needs the support. I told him the community wants to help ❤️ bit.ly/3enyEBv
#StopAsianHate #AAPIHM
Grandson Andrew says he doesn’t like asking for a handout but that his grandma really needs the support. I told him the community wants to help ❤️ bit.ly/3enyEBv
#StopAsianHate #AAPIHM
𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝘄𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗼𝘄𝗻 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗯𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗲𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲
Jeremy & Hudson of @PainaSF finished holding a self-defense class when they spotted the robbery in progress! (1/4)
#AAPIHM
Jeremy & Hudson of @PainaSF finished holding a self-defense class when they spotted the robbery in progress! (1/4)
#AAPIHM
The tourist family were from Chicago & on their way to the airport. Here is their luggage, which Hudson & Jeremy managed to save.
Jeremy told me break-ins happen ALL the time & most of their staff have had their cars broken into. One 9+ times!
#AAPI
Jeremy told me break-ins happen ALL the time & most of their staff have had their cars broken into. One 9+ times!
#AAPI
Once again, & because now more than ever, #AAPI must be fiercely proud of our heritage, I’ll be posting a thread, updated daily, for #AAPIHM .
My 2018 thread: twitter.com/i/events/99457…
2019 is here:
& 2020’s thread begins here:
My 2018 thread: twitter.com/i/events/99457…
2019 is here:
& 2020’s thread begins here:
For day 1 of the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month thread, I wrote a few years ago about the question we all hate, “where are you from?” #AAPIHM appafortwo.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/whe…
When I started this daily #AAPIHM thread a few years ago, I wanted to highlight people who had left a stitch or 2 in the fabric of American society, regardless of how or where. I hope that people can find value & inspiration in them like I have.
Today is the start of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, and I ask you (everyone not just AAPIs) to do at least one action. It’s been a tough year for AAPIs. Hear Us, See Us for who we are. I made this #AAPIHeritageMonth guide with ideas to do. Please share. #APAHM (THREAD)
WATCH: I often get asked how to learn about AAPI history. I’ll admit I don’t know as much as I should too. Please set aside time to watch this PBS series on the history of Asian Americans. AAPI history is American history, for all of us to learn(2/20) pbs.org/weta/asian-ame…
READ: There are a lot of good books and people should recommend others. One that is really informative about Asian American history is Erika Lee’s THE MAKING OF ASIAN AMERICA (3/20) amazon.com/Making-Asian-A…
Our diversity is our strength. The AAPI community has been a part of this Nation’s fabric since our founding, & the heritage, history & diversity of the 22 million AAPIs in the United States has made a lasting impression on American cultural and political life. #AAPIHeritageMonth
It is shameful and disturbing that some have used this pandemic as a pretext to act on hateful ideologies, which is why I signed a letter led by @SenDuckworth @maziehirono & @SenatorMenendez to President Trump stressing the importance of standing up to anti-Asian racism. #AAPIHM
I also cosponsored a resolution condemning the increasing discrimination against the AAPI community.
I stand in solidarity with the Asian-American & Pacific Islander community in PA and throughout our Nation who are experiencing discrimination. We must reject this kind of hate.
I stand in solidarity with the Asian-American & Pacific Islander community in PA and throughout our Nation who are experiencing discrimination. We must reject this kind of hate.
