The fight for media representation has become one of the most prominent rallying cries among Asian Americans. But if we wish to subvert White hegemony, we must step away from the imitation of Whiteness’ exploitation of Blackness.
The “Harry Potter” author’s first book in a new series about North American magic has inspired outrage from Native readers who accuse her of cultural appropriation.
Nadia Sasso explains why it’s a good thing that her new documentary, “Am I: Too African To Be American or Too American To Be African?” is making some viewers uncomfortable.
Michael Derrick Hudson is coming under tremendous fire for using an Asian pseudonymn to get his poetry published. Ken Chen and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop have a powerful hashtag. Plus, the sister of the real Yi-Fen Chou speaks her peace.
Hudson used the pseudonymn Yi-Fen Chou to be published in an anthology called “The Best American Poetry 2015.” Now, the revelation is causing controversy in and beyond the poetry community.
We talked to the outspoken, Desi breakout star of Rihanna’s “Bitch Better Have My Money” video about being Internet famous, her new beauty column and why cultural appropriation bothers her so damn much.
White artist Roger Peet on cultural appropriation: “Capitalism invented whiteness in order to create a class of people that could parasitize the rest of the world.”
The Anomolies DJ, co-founder and activist addresses Shia LaBeouf’s lyric-stealing, the persistent erasure of artists of color, and why she’s not doing interviews on the matter in a searing new op-ed.
