Republican politicians keep spewing violent rhetoric. Not all voters are aware of this, so we must keep warning them. And we mustn’t normalize it. The GOP’s gun-waving craziness endangers our country. This thread includes some shocking examples. 1/13

🚨TOMORROW🚨AALDEF will be on the ground in Miami for the hearing in the case challenging Florida’s unconstitutional land law, SB264. The US Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit will hear arguments in the morning, directly followed by a rally led by the Asian American community.

JUST IN: Asna Tabassum, USC 2024 valedictorian banned from giving her commencement speech, wanted to talk about hope. She feels USC betrayed her and caved to haters. But “when you silence us, you make us louder,' she tells Jaweed Kaleem Los Angeles Times
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We’re so excited to announce a new CAA zine...
💥 Language is my Superpower💥

Read on to see what Chinatown was like in the 1960s, and how activists fought for the right to a bilingual education through the landmark Supreme Court case Lau v. Nichols! caasf.org/lau-v-nichols/

BREAKING: The #2030Census and federal surveys are getting new checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” after White House’s Office of Management and Budget approved the first changes to U.S. government standards on racial & ethnic data since 1997
federalregister.gov/public-inspect…

🚨NEWS: Today, Office of Management and Budget published updated government-wide standards on the collection of federal race and ethnicity data for the first time since 1997.

Here's why this matters for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities 🧵

whitehouse.gov/omb/briefing-r…

.Mehdi Hasan of Zeteo:
“Joe Biden has the power to pick up the phone and end this war. He can ring the Israeli PM and say ‘we're cutting you off.’ He didn't do it after 10,000 dead, 20,000 dead, today we cross 30,000 dead. You have to ask the question, why? This is a man

💬 'Anti-blackness is fed to us from birth, and it is up to us whether or not we want to eat.'

In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth , we sat down with Sy 🍉 for a conversation about cross-racial solidarity between Black and Asian communities and much more. tiktok.com/@stopaapihate/…

A minor is a child.

Never forget that tens of thousands of people win asylum every single year because they managed to prove that they were at serious dangerous of persecution. If you get rid of asylum, you are potentially condemning them to death.

Why has there been more outrage over Barbie's Oscar nominations than the horrors unleashed against Palestinian women?

A searing piece from the brilliant Nesrine Malik 👇

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The court ruled Florida law was blatantly discriminatory and unconstitutional. Yet this is no time to rest. We must stay vigilant. Visit stoptheblame.org/sign-up to get started. #StopTheBlame Chinese for Affirmative Action Stop AAPI Hate

Federal appeals court narrowly blocks controversial Florida law barring Chinese land ownership - POLITICO ⁦Stop AAPI Hate⁩ ⁦Chinese for Affirmative Action⁩ politico.com/news/2024/02/0…

Please read this piece by Ron Wyden. We are so lucky to have someone in Congress who is this deeply knowledgeable about the intricate details of U.S. government surveillance laws and practices *and* this fiercely protective of our constitutional rights. justsecurity.org/91633/the-fact…

Join us as we continue to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Lau v Nichols on 2/8 at 12pm PT. Trish Morita

RSVP: bit.ly/LauVNichols

Sarah Wan of Community Youth Center of San Francisco discusses the direct victim services her team provides throughout SF. Thank you, Sarah and CYC!

.Cynthia Choi, she/her/anything respectful of Stop AAPI Hate discussing the size and scope of anti-AAPI hate at today’s USAO summit. We are starting with data bc we can’t fix what we don’t measure. 1/

This morning, a video resurfaced of Nancy Pelosi outside her San Francisco home, telling protesters calling for a ceasefire in Gaza to “go back to China.” More recently, she called for an investigation into pro-Palestine protesters for alleged ties to Russia.🧵

By all means join with Texas to prevent the border patrol from saving human beings caught in razor wire death traps from drowning #TexasBorder

U.S. gunmakers hide behind a legal shield to avoid liability for crimes committed using their guns. I've long supported eliminating this escape hatch, and the First Circuit's decision is another important step toward accountability and justice for survivors.