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“The president’s explosive ramblings on Wednesday paint a clear picture: the president is a puerile racist and a xenophobe, and he lashes out at anyone who challenges him on those backwards and regressive ideas. Between this and the many ways in which he flouts the federal law to rule the country like a petty despot, it’s time to ask ourselves: when can we start impeachment proceedings?“

*** This year, a record number of Asian Americans are running for public office at the local, state, and national level. Reappropriate has partnered with Run for Something — a non-profit launched in 2017 to support grassroots campaigns to elect progressive candidates — to profile these progressive Asian American candidates for higher office. Check back at Reappropriate throughout 2018 to learn more about these candidates and find out how you can get more involved in their campaigns.

BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Sung Yeon Choimorrow, Executive Director, National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum (NAPAWF) “When AAPI women and women in general are confronted with false choices – or, even worse, not given agency over the conditions under which we become parents – the outcome can be devastating. Allowing fake health centers to spread their misinformation in our communities does real harm to low-income communities and women of color by reducing a woman’s chance at having honest conversations about her reproductive decisions.”

Richardson — who is mixed race Black and Asian American — is the only woman of color to currently serve as dean of any top-30 law school, and she may also be the first Asian American woman to be named dean of a major American law school.

(via Respect Must be Earned: BTS' Journey Towards Gaining its Stripes in Black America) BY GUEST CONTRIBUTOR: Monique Jones (@moniqueblognet) "K-pop, as a whole, has a race problem. So, how is BTS overcoming it?"

Takei posted on Facebook a statement addressing his comments to Stern. In it, Takei blames his statements on a “naughty gay grandpa” persona he says he adopted while appearing on Stern’s show. Now, where have we heard the “I was only jokingly pretending to be an asshole when I said that asshole thing” defense before?

Did you miss yesterday's #LetsTalkAAPI Twitter Townhall? Here is the archive of the conversation!

As part of the Trump administration’s pattern of holding refugees’ and immigrants’ lives hostage in service of Trump’s xenophobic and anti-immigrant policies, ICE has rounded up over one hundred Cambodian American refugees and placed them in detainment to face deportation.

(via Authorities Suspect Murder-Suicide in Case of Missing Joshua Tree National Park Couple) Authorities have not released a motive for any possible murder-suicide. Currently, it seems possible that the couple — who were not described as experienced hikers — may have chosen to enter into a murder-suicide pact after having gotten lost in the park and running out of food and water.

"When I look into my daughter’s eyes, I hope for a better life for them. I cuddle them as they sleep. I count each eyelash as a wish that they will never have to experience sexual abuse. I want their childhood to be everything mine was not."

(via Upcoming "Titans" TV Series Casts Ryan Potter as Beast Boy) 2018’s planned Titans TV show has it’s Beast Boy — and it’s Big Hero 6‘s Ryan Potter.

"As founder and editor of Reappropriate ... I write this letter in enthusiastic support of the Asian American Studies Working Group at Duke University, and I urge your university administration to take immediate steps to create an Asian American Studies program at Duke University."

David Cross was a cavalierly racist asshole ten years ago, and literally nothing happened to him. That is not okay.

Big-O-Tree Games has decided to pull the planned game, and has issued a formal apology to the Chinese community. They have also removed all of their hosted web content related to the game from the internet.

We cannot allow America to forget the shameful history of Japanese American incarceration, particularly in these increasingly troubled times. I urge you to please reconsider the plans to erect the perimeter fence around Tulelake Municipal Airport, and instead choose to preserve the integrity of the historic Tule Lake incarceration camp site for current and future students of American and Asian American history.

(via Canada's NDP Party Elects Sikh-Canadian Jagmeet Singh as Leader) In a historic vote, the third largest political party in Canada — the social democrat New Democratic Party (NDP) — has elected Sikh-Canadian Jagmeet Singh as its federal party leader, making Singh the nation’s first non-white leader of any major political party. ...Hours after winning the NDP leadership vote, Singh declared he was challenging Justin Trudeau to be the next Prime Minister of Canada in 2019.

(via Survivor of Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Faces Deportation by US Immigration | #FreeNy) As a survivor of domestic violence and sexual assault, Nourn is a baffling candidate for deportation. Furthermore, in the 16 years since her arrest, Nourn has become a powerful advocate against domestic violence, and has also become a certified alcohol and substance abuse counselor. She hopes to use that training to continue to work with other survivors of domestic and sexual assault. Given that, what purpose does her deportation serve other than to harass and criminalize her and other victims of abuse? #FreeNy (Petition and fundraising links in article)