Esther Wang
Michael Wang Didn’t Get Into Harvard. He Thinks It’s Because He’s Asian.
A new generation of Chinese Americans is teaming up with a white conservative activist to end affirmative action. If their lawsuit against Harvard goes forward, they could get their wish.
Esther Wang
What A Trip To Japanese Internment Camps Means In Trump's America
When I traveled to the Manzanar and Poston internment camps after the election, I realized that the past has thrust itself into our present.
Esther Wang
“That’s How We Survive": When Police Brutality Turns Mothers Into Activists
Before the mothers of Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, and Eric Garner took to the streets in protest, there was Iris Baez, a homemaker who became an activist after an NYPD officer killed her son Anthony in 1994.
Esther Wang
From Orlando To NYC, Queer Latino Immigrants Ask “What's Next?”
Across the country, LGBT communities are struggling with the aftermath and implications of the Orlando cub shooting. In Jackson Heights, Queens, the queer Latino immigrant community is finding a way to organize.
Esther Wang
Moving Beyond "Crazy Rich Asians" In The Stories We Tell About China
In a time of rising Yellow Peril, it's never been more urgent for us to move away from stereotypes about China and its people in our literature.
Esther Wang
Watching And Reading About White People Having Sex Is My Escape
In romance novels and porn, white people are free to fall in love and have sex without worrying about racial representation.
Esther Wang
