SF BART: Stop Giving A Platform To Hate Groups
SF BART is once again, giving a platform to white supremacists. An organization that calls itself Progressives for Immigration Reform (PFIR), has placed posters at various BART stations, aimed at[…]
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Then And Now: From Internment Camps to Muslim Bans
The Aerogram shares a condensed version below of Pia Sawhney’s conversation with Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro and Margaret Yamamoto. It was filmed in May 2017 in Concord, Massachusetts. Sawhney has also[…]
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The Other One Percent And The Indian American Race Problem
Every history I have read of Indians in America seems to cite certain moments or figures which have become almost canonical (if not mythic) in their significance for the story[…]
Our Histories Must Matter
On November 8, my great aunt passed away. She was born on a tea plantation in Sibsagar, Assam, on September 11, 1925, the eldest daughter of a successful industrialist and[…]
Why I Will No Longer Do Research Sponsored By The Department Of Homeland Security
Shortly after the inauguration, the new administration announced a blanket ban on refugees and any entry into the U.S. from seven proscribed countries. The announcement was met with outrage, ridicule,[…]
Out of Status Remembers Muslims Deported After 9/11
“You can say you’re sorry, you can apologize, but you can’t give back the hours, the minutes, the months a family has been broken up.” — Carma Said In the[…]
Going Their Own Way: Indian Women Immigrating Independently
In 1961, Bharati Mukherjee moved from India to Iowa. She was in her early 20s and single. With a recent master’s degree from the University of Baroda, she had come[…]
An Open Letter To Steve Bannon From A Hyphenated American
Dear Steve Bannon, I might be wasting my time writing to you. You know that old internet saying, Don’t Feed the Trolls? Well for the past couple of years I have[…]
Saree, Not Sorry: Using Fashion To Speak Back
The #sareenotsorry project uses fashion to speak back to the rising anti-immigration discourse in the United States. It’s time we stop apologizing for our skin color, language, and culture. #sareenotsorry[…]
Watch Hyphen American And Read Our Q&A With The Filmmaker
Inspired by Martin Scorsese’s 1974 Italianamerican documentary about his parents, NYC-based filmmaker Chai Dingari made a film to share the story of his parents’ 1994 journey to the U.S. from India. Called Hyphen[…]