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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

In 1985, he traveled from Queens to Jamaica to Hong Kong to China to bring his father in law (my great grandfather) who was originally from Shenzhen back home after sixty years spent in the Caribbean. Here are a few stills, trailer is coming soon.

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Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Tomorrow is the USA premiere of my film BLACK PACIFIC, CHINESE ATLANTIC @ ICA in Philadelphia. Part of a group exhibition on #AfroAsian ecologies that will be on till Feb 21, 2027. An Afro-Chinese Jamaican cinematic odyssey, it follows my grandad’s errant itineraries from Asia to the Americas.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

A photograph of a Japanese American child riding a toy bike at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. Caption on back: "Baby on little bike- Ono, August 10 1944." The photograph was taken by Yoshio Okumoto. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

A photograph of a young Japanese American boy riding a four-wheeled toy in the dirt. The child faces the camera and is standing up and holding his arms out. A small garden on the side of a camp barrack is in the background.

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Anirvan Chatterjee @chatterjee.net · 16/04/2026

Hello Bay Area! We’re running the Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour again on Sunday, March 26. Come join us to discover four generations of South Asian activism: Desi feminists, Punjabi revolutionaries, immigrant caregivers, and Berkeley’s first South Asian anti-racist protest.

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Berkeley South Asian Radical History Walking Tour

Discover the secret histories of South Asian Americans in Berkeley and San Francisco, California. As seen in National Geographic and NPR.

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Josh Chafetz @joshchafetz.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Adam means that she is the daughter of immigrants, but it is worth emphasizing that *every* U.S. citizen who has not been naturalized is a birthright citizen, either by the 14th Amendment or by statute.

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Quincy Surasmith | ควินซี่ สุรสมิทธ์ @quincetessence.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

I wrote a (long) thing! I must also credit the LA Reporting Collective conversations that really informed a lot of this, especially @papayathemariah.bsky.social at @lapublicpress.bsky.social, @adamrose.bsky.social of @freedom.press, and photojournalist Zaydee Sanchez. And my work at @fi2w.org!

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Frank Abe @frankabe.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

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James everything is analog @analogist.net · 12/02/2026

If you live in Seattle, 140 years ago to the month in Feb 1886, a mob started forcibly rounding up and violently deporting Chinese migrants. This is immediately after a similar mob did the same in Tacoma a few month before. Remind you of anything? www.historylink.org/File/2745

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Mobs forcibly expel most of Seattle's Chinese residents beginning on

On February 7, 1886, violence breaks out in Seattle as a mob starts to forcibly expel most of the city's Chinese population. The next day one man dies and four are injured when they attack Home Guard

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

“There are no sidelines any more, friends.” - @philtajitsunash.bsky.social 1942. Mochida Family awaiting deportation in Centerville, CA. Photo by Dorothea Lange. 2026. Five year old Liam Ramos taken away by ICE returning home from pre-school, Photo via Columbus Heights Elementary, Minneapolis.

Two children of the Mochida family who, with their parents, are awaiting evacuation bus
Centerville, CA, May 8, 1942 photo by Dorothea Lange

5 yo in bunny hat and checked flannel shirt taken by ICE from his school

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/01/2026

Chinese people were driven out with murder and threat of murder. There were repeated massacres. That is what happened.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/01/2026

In the 1870 census, Boise, Idaho was almost 50% Chinese. Just...think about that. Think about Boise, Idaho today and what you think about it racially. What happened after that was, to put it bluntly, repeated violence against the Chinese population in the West.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 22/01/2026

Anytime I see numbers showing that Asian people are less underwater than others, I wish we were actually fucking teaching the history of Asian people in this country. Instead, maybe people are told that Chinese laborers built the railroads in the mid-1800s and then... like, nothing at all.

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Gale Galligan @galegalligan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

HELLO!! 2025 is drawing to a close, people are buying gifts for the tweens in their lives, and DID YOU KNOW that a graphic novel named Fresh Start came out THIS YEAR? ⭐THREE starred reviews! ⭐about a kid who moves around a lot AND THEN HAS TO STAY IN ONE PLACE OH NO ⭐VERY FUNNY, LOTS OF DRAWINGS

Author Gale Galligan executing a years-too-late kneeling dab next to a standee of the cover for FRESH START (2025).

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Phil Yu @angryasianman.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Alice Wong, writer and disability activist, has died. She was an educator and a communicator and a warrior who lit the way. I’m grateful to have crossed paths with her. Rest in peace.

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Jane Shi | 皮爬高 echolalia echolalia is out now @pipagaopoetry.bsky.social · 15/11/2025

Thank you Alice for being my friend and comrade. You have been a beacon, a badass crip auntie who modelled incredible boundaries and offered the world such incisive wisdom and grace. We are all better for having known Alice. #ConnectingGaza

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s. e. smith @sesmith.lol · 15/11/2025

‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’ —Alice Wong

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

A photograph of two Japanese American soldiers posing in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Date unknown, the photograph was likely taken by George Nakamura. 🗃 #skystorians

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Renee Tajima-Peña @rtajimapena.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Today #ICE and Border Patrol descended on the plaza of the Japanese American Nat'l Museum. The very spot where Japanese Americans, including my family, were rounded up and sent to concentration camps with no due process in 1942. The community wasn't having it. Read JANM's statement bit.ly/4oDsjng

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LA Public Press @lapublicpress.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

The teen-led Chinatown Oral History Project documents struggle and amplifies the voices of elder residents. Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories and local activism through film, podcasts, and public forums.

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Teens spotlight stories of LA Chinatown seniors

Chinatown teens, with support from librarian Lynn Nguyen and Conectopod, documented seniors’ stories through film, podcasts, and public forums.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

A photograph of two Japanese American men on a row boat at Bass Lake, California. The photograph was taken sometime between July 28-30, 1941. Caption in album: "Camping at Bass Lake"

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CAAM @caamedia.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

We are deeply disappointed by Congress' vote to take back funding for public media. But we remain committed to elevating Asian American stories.

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Michael W. Kraus @mwkraus.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

"Andrea Chu, the Midwest organizing director for Asian American Advancing Justice Chicago, said that Wu’s death shows the “devastating” impact of the China Initiative." www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/04/n...

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Northwestern sued over suicide of professor targeted in China investigation

The estate of Northwestern University Professor Jane Wu, who died by suicide last year after being investigated in a controversial federal probe, is suing the school for allegedly discriminating ag…

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · 06/07/2025

Such a hard story to read about a woman in science who was clearly passionate about what she did — and excellent at it — and had that taken from her because she was Chinese. May she rest in peace. 🧪

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Kavitha Rajagopalan @kxraja.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Asian Americans have been here — and erased here — for so long. Researching the history of Asian American journalism was the first time I felt empowered by U.S. history. (Read it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1UaX5...) A thread on the identities of those told our stories, and kept our history:

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AAPI News Media: Origins and Futures - Newmark J-School

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Quincy Surasmith | ควินซี่ สุรสมิทธ์ @quincetessence.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

I just gave, and I'm happy to support Asian American-run journalism doing SUCH important coverage!

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 23/06/2025

Time for some real talk: @thexylom.com, the only Asian American-run news outlet covering science, climate, and the environment, will run out of funding in July if we don't secure $7,500 by the end of the month. I might lose my job at a time while waiting for a visa extension -- a nightmare scenario.

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Urgent! Every Dollar Counts!

We grow science with words, and are the only Asian American-run science newsroom: independent, nonprofit, led by Gen-Z! The Xylom needs to raise $7,500 by the end of the month to stay afloat. Please…

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Rani Bagai @ranibagai.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Approximately one in every ten Indian immigrants in the United States experienced a violent expulsion in the early twentieth century.

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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 12/06/2025

We're taking WhatsApp's misinformation ecosystem head-on. You can be the difference by helping us get to 100 text subscribers by the end of the month!

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Quincy Surasmith | ควินซี่ สุรสมิทธ์ @quincetessence.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

It does not escape me that this area is in Little Tokyo, the neighborhood and home of another community that's been rounded up and locked away by the government without due process before.

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 03/06/2025

The city of Tulsa, home to one of the most horrifying racial-terror massacres in U.S. history and the people who tried to cover it up, has announced a $105 million reparations package.

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Tulsa announces reparations for the 1921 ‘Black Wall Street’ massacre

It took decades of research by historians and journalists — and reports by state and federal commissions — to uncover the violence that claimed more than 300 Black lives.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Infuriating - just learned from Renee Tajima-Peña that #PBSLearningMedia has disappeared the Vincent Chin teaching module.

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Feet in 2 Worlds @fi2w.org · 20/05/2025

In 1885, white miners brutally murdered 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming. Producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history. We’ll hear from Chinese Americans in Rock Springs today and the descendants of the Massacre across the country.

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The Ghosts of Rock Springs - Feet in 2 Worlds

In 1885, white miners brutally murdered 28 Chinese miners in Rock Springs, Wyoming. In 2025, producer Harrison Vijay Tsui goes to Rock Springs to unearth this dark chapter of U.S. history — and to ask...

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Melissa Hung @melissahung.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

The print is a collaboration with Agnes & Sherman, a new Asian American diner in Houston (co-founded by a friend). Felicia said she read my essay on Houston Asiatown as she worked on this print. ❤️ www.houstoniamag.com/news-and-cit...

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The Story of Asiatown Is Very Houston

It's been 40 years since Chinatown and Little Saigon began moving west. Writer Melissa Hung reflects on this neighborhood refuge for food and family.

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Remembering Vincent Chin who should be 70 years old today. Learn more about the story of Vincent and the ongoing movement for justice and the fight against anti-Asian hate in this handbook from the Vincent Chin Institute www.vincentchin.org/legacy-guide #APAHM

Drawing of Vincent Chin, young Chinese American man - with flowers in background

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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

I get why people are focusing on Kilmar Abrego Garcia, but we should be demanding the return of every single person ICE abducted and that the Trump administration trafficked to El Salvador. I don't care if they're an angel or a terrorist. Everyone deserves due process and a chance in court.

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Footnotes in History @footnotesinhistory.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

A photograph of Grace Maruki and her sister, Yoshiko, at the Tule Lake incarceration camp in California. The two pose in front of various camp barracks. The photograph was taken on April 17, 1945. 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Note on reverse: My Dearest Chan -- Here's a picture of my sister & myself. I hope you like it, wishing you all the luck in the big big world. I am 16 yrs and Yoshiko is 17 1/2 yrs. I got thin don't you think so - ha ha ha ain't I [illegible] thow ----"

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NPR @npr.org · 08/04/2025

Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

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Asian grocery stores, a lifeline for immigrants, brace for steep new tariffs

Asian grocery stores are a lifeline to the communities they serve. But store owners say the prospect of sweeping tariffs are threatening their ability to stock up on goods and keep prices affordable.

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The Xylom @thexylom.com · 21/03/2025

Wait, we're bringing back #FollowFriday? Here are some of the folks who built the only Asian American-run news outlet dedicated to science, climate, and environmental coverage! go.bsky.app/MVFrz7S

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

People attending the Manzanar Pilgrimage are encouraged to memorialize those who were incarcerated by placing a hanko (stamp. To request to stamp a name in memory of those incarcerated in camp, the Ireichō Book of Names sign up here: bit.ly/ireicho

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Request to stamp the Ireichō Book of Names at Manzanar National Historic Site

Event Address: Manzanar National Historic Site Visitor Center Located at 5001 Highway 395, Independence, CA 93526 Contact us at admin@duncanryukenwilliams.com The Irei Project, in conjunction with th...

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Manzanar Committee @manzanarcommittee.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

The Irei Project will be traveling to the 56th Annual Manzanar Pilgrimage on Saturday, April 26, 2025. As part of the pilgrimage, Irei Project representatives will present the interactive memorial Ireichō Book of Names which documents the 125,000 Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII.

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Kiku @ SPX W15A @kikuhughes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Tsuru for Solidarity had been working with the Pike Place Market on a Day of Remembrance event where they could apologize for kicking out the 70% of their workers who were Nikkei in 1942, while also committing to protect their vendors today. They informed us on Friday that they were cancelling on us

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Lawrence Hurley @lawrencehurley.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

The great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark — whose landmark 1898 Supreme Court case helped establish a birthright citizenship for all children of immigrants — blasted President Donald Trump’s new executive order seeking to revoke the long-standing right. www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-a...

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Great-grandson of the man who established birthright citizenship slams Trump's new executive order

“He’s feeding off the American mindset, and it’s not a healthy one,” said the great-grandson of Wong Kim Ark, whose 1898 Supreme Court case helped guarantee birthright citizenship.

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