An Open Letter to Aunties: End Family Detention
Auntie, I feel like I grew up with you. When I pass you in the street or see you in the spice store, I feel like you’re one of the[…]
Tagged: Immigration
Weaponizing the Bible to Separate Families Is Unchristian
As immigrant families are torn apart, two South Asian American pastors speak out *** As South Asian American women and ordained Christian pastors in northern California, we take the Bible[…]
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Immigrant Status, Power & Politics in the South Asian Diaspora
As someone who became an immigrant at the age of 9, I talk about my experiences quite often. Looking back there’s a lot of material I can write about. From[…]
Movies · Opinion · Pop Culture
Feel-Good Film ‘Breaking the Bee’ Explores How Indian-American Kids Have Become Spelling Champs
“The way to win the bee is simply 90 percent hard work, 10 percent other.” That recipe for spelling bee success is from Akash Vukoti, who at age 6 was[…]
Life · Movies · Opinion · Politics · Pop Culture
Thoughts on the Sunken Place, Wakanda, & the Model Minority Myth
I sometimes wish I could go back in time and be my own guardian angel. I would reach down into that dark place of the Model Minority Myth and pull[…]
The Enduring Struggle for Immigration Reform: Talking About Race, Class & National Myths
It’s been a long two years for Carimer Noelia Andujar, an engineering student at Rutgers University and undocumented activist. “Sometimes, I feel completely exhausted and I’m doing everything I can[…]
Hookworms and Angel Island: Two Brothers’ Immigration Story
The following piece is part of The Aerogram’s collaboration with the South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA), which documents and shares the history of South Asian Americans. *** On April[…]
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[…]
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[…]
Literature · Opinion · Politics
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[…]