asian — SOCIAL JUSTICE — The Catalyst Project

By: Holly Ji

To be gay and a POC means you have to prove to your “queer siblings” that your identity is just as valid and just as queer. This invalidity is a product of white supremacy.

The CatalystJune 3, 2021lgbtq, queer, asian, asian american, poc, gayComment

An Account of Asian American Hate Crimes in the Past Week

By: Serene Hwang

These are just a couple of the innumerable anti-Asian hate crimes that have occurred in the past few weeks, but the American government refuses to recognize the issue. How many more parents and grandparents must we lose before justice is served?

The CatalystFebruary 8, 2021asian american, asian, hate, hate crime, cover 19, violence, society, racismComment

Tolerance and Diversity; Importance of Education

By: Sumedha Mahesh

Tolerance. Acceptance. Diversity. These three words are words that each and every one of us have heard sometime in our lives. These three aspects are taught and encouraged among work areas and any work position in the world, but what about schools?

The CatalystDecember 9, 2020tolerence, diversity, asian, asian american, indian, acceptanceComment

Implicit Bias or Being A Racist?

By: Rosaline Dou

It has been old news that an Asian American female reporter asked President Trump, why testing is a global competition to him. She got an answer of “that’s a question you should ask China,” and was cut off from the question. I started to think about how people think of me, as a Chinese studying in the US all alone. Are they going to blame me for the pandemic?

The CatalystDecember 9, 2020asian american, asian, racism, china, biasComment

A Glance at Racism

In the land that preaches about freedom for ALL, happiness for ALL, and quite frequently, equality for ALL, you would think there would be fewer problems with racism. It isn’t the one or two radicals that appear in the media that represent the population but often the gestures or the actions of each and every person that determines the presentation of the image produced by the population.

The CatalystOctober 16, 2020race, racist, racism, asian, asian american Comment

I, an Asian American, am not your foreigner

I’ve grown to develop a burning hatred for the question, “where are you from?” Despite its intentions, the question only conjures up bad memories that make me feel excluded. The question has only taught me that America doesn’t see me as American even though I’ve lived here my entire life.

The CatalystAugust 11, 2020asian, asian american, reform, social justiceComment

Everybody Deserves To Be a Hero: an Interview with Dr. Sayantani Dasgupta

by Ela Mody
”For kids of color or marginalized kids to take their place in and feel confident taking their place, they have to have seen themselves represented.” An interview with author Dr. Sayantani Dasgupta on representation in literature.

The CatalystMarch 23, 2020asian, south asian, south, dasgupta, sayantani, representation, book, literature, marginalized, color, window

Where Affirmative Action Fails

by Gina Kong

My name is Gina and I am rooting for the plaintiffs as an opponent of affirmative action.

The CatalystSeptember 26, 2019asian, asian american, affirmative action, admissionsComment

Social Justice;

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Eva’s capstone project, described by Eva;

My page is about understanding the social inequalities of shaker heights. Holistically, shaker heights succeeds national standards in

average income, health insurance, and poverty percentage. However, this affluence does not apply to all of our community. IN my

project I use public 202 cencus data to find this divide. I also investigate the history of shaker heights to understand why this has

happened.

Project brief video;

Why explore inequalities of Shaker Heights?

Learn more here; links worth a look!