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Although most Southern California residents view Asian Americans favorably, a new poll on interethnic relations released by Los Angeles Times indicates ambivalent feelings and persistent stereotypes.
Standing with their fists aimed at the sky and shouting out words of encouragement, a huge crowd of supporters greeted us as we stepped out of the UCLA Faculty Center on May 11, 1993.
Demonstrating students, hunger strikes and arrests all make good press. But events at UCLA and UC Irvine last spring were not fueled by a few militant minorities letting off steam.
Asa Japanese – American growing up on the Eastside of Los Angeles, Don Nakanishi dreaded going to school on December 7.
They say this country is a melting pot. Have you ever tasted the dish? I have. I found it in my parents’ little donut shop in Pasadena, California.
More than a year has passed since the Los Angeles civil unrest. The scars on the city remain. Yet, there are those who can reflect back on the unheaval and regard themselves as among the few fortunate people. My parents are among those individuals.
With the help of fellow students this summer, second-year graduate student Darryl Mar completed a stunning mural on Asian American history.
It’s a long-awaited triumph in the making – Asian Pacific languages and Cultures Committee will develop a minor or specialization in south and southeast Asian Studies (classes relating to Pilipino, Thai, Indian, and Vietnamese cultures) hopefully in the next year.
The Rockefeller foundation Humanities Division has provided a major grant to our Center to sponsor a humanities and ars symposium on Asian Americans at UCLA on April 29-31, 1994.
“The Grand Reunion” was the title of an alumni event held October 2 in Ackerman Grand Ballroom to benefit the UCLA Japanese Aemrican Remembrance Fund.
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