Here to report a theft. I spent three decades of my life to write my books. The Al large language models did not "ingest" or "scrape"
"data." Al companies stole my work, time, and creativity. They stole my stories. They stole a part of me. Article written by Alex Reisner for @TheAtlantic

I got an F on my midterm in Korean History taught by a Japanese history professor at Yale. He said Asians were Math and Science majors. I was majoring in History. I wrote a novel called “Pachinko” which is now taught in Japanese history classes, as well as other disciplines.

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As a college student, I also co-founded the Korean Studies Task Force which was instrumental in having Korean language taught at Yale. The white Japanese history professor’s mistreatment of my fellow AAPI classmates and me taught me an invaluable lesson of academic racism.

Many high school seniors are still waiting to hear from colleges/universities regarding admissions. Please do not ask waiting parents or seniors what is going on with their applications. If they bring it up, just listen with sympathy. If they do not bring it up, please do not. If you are a high school senior and you are still waiting, please know this, you are more than your scores, GPA, extracurricular activities, and where you get it or don't get in. You are valuable, essential, and important. We believe in you. You are enough.

Today, a 67 y.o. gunman murdered 7 Chinese farm workers and injured 1 in two separate locations in Half Moon Bay, CA, which is 28 miles from San Francisco. The gunman, Zhao Chunli, was captured. This is the second mass shooting in CA within 72 hours with 18 lives lost. nytimes.com/live/2023/01/2…

Intra-racial, intra-ethnic, or intra-religious violence—whether Asian on Asian, Latino on Latino, Black on Black, or White on White—is still violence. Despite the fears we may have of stereotypes being cast on members of our community, attention and investigation must be paid. It would harm the victims if we buried this story because we were “ashamed” that the gunman was an Asian or Asian American man. There is a *theory* that the suspect may have been motivated by jealousy, and if that is the case, we need to investigate this tragedy accordingly.

Late last night, a gunman murdered 10 people and injured at least 10 others at a Lunar New Year celebration in Monterey, CA. Monterey, east of L.A., is more than 65% Asian and 27% Latino. The gunman is still at large. My heart is with Monterey. nytimes.com/live/2023/01/2… cnn.com/us/live-news/l…

John McWhorter ignores the history of hatred and violence against Asian Americans and Asians in the U.S. McWhorter forgets that genocide begins with words. I remind @JohnHMcWhorter that Mr. Keon is a chancellor @PurdueNorthwest. He was punching down. nytimes.com/2022/12/20/opi… There may be other remedies available to an institution of higher learning beyond "apology accepted" or termination. The hysterical term "cancellation" is a distracting misnomer. In a democracy, the students and faculty of Purdue Northwest may seek the appropriate remedies.

A gorgeous and important exploration of an immigrant’s sense of “cultural bereavement” by Alisha H. Gupta @nytimes “It’s not a nation or a place and it’s not just that they miss the taste of food — it’s that all those things are essentially associated with a loss of an identity.” An immigrant, expatriate, exile, or any person experiencing the process of diaspora gains an identity but also loses one or more. Such losses are felt keenly, internalized, carried over and through. nytimes.com/2022/10/22/wel…

The average author in America makes about 20k per annum, which is below the federal poverty guidelines. The merger between Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster will likely create a very very large publisher, which will likely decrease the number of buyers of manuscripts. The words "merger," "antitrust," or "monopsony" (having one buyer) may not be exciting. However, mergers like this may cause: unemployment to publishing workers; harm to small publishers; bullying tactics toward booksellers; loss of distribution power, resource access, diversity.

By nature, a reader is independent and fierce. The folks who want to ban books are not readers; they are wannabe oppressors. The reader will win. Throughout history, oppressive governments have censored & continue to censor. We will keep reading, writing, and continue to question and engage with authority. There is a long-standing fight against ideas. None of this is new. This is no more alarming than the worst examples.

Book banning continues. Julie Otsuka’s novel “When the Emperor Was Divine” has been banned for 10th grade English classes in a school district in Wisconsin. Undisputed historical fact: The American government imprisoned Japanese Americans during WWII. insider.com/wisconsin-scho… Author Julie Otsuka was born in California. She is a native born American so it is fair to say that her perspective is as American as any other American citizen. Make no mistake: School Board VP Terri Boyer is implying that Otsuka’s novel un-American and not objective.

Julia Li, 34 y.o., lived and worked in Minnesota. She immigrated to the U.S. in 2007. A graduate of Economics & Global Studies @UMNews, Li worked in marketing at @GlueTalk & previously @amazon. On Feb. 16, without provocation, a 15 y.o. shot & murdered Li while driving. Two days prior, on February 14, a young man murdered Christina Yuna Lee, having followed her home. On January 15, a man pushed Michelle Alyssa Go to her death off a train platform. On March 16, 2021, less than a year ago, a man murdered 8 people, 6 were Asian women.

Michelle Go was 40 years old. She worked at Deloitte. She is from CA, a graduate of UCLA and NYU Stern. She took spin classes and was a good friend & neighbor. Michelle Go had the right to be safe on the subway. Every person has the right to feel safe. nytimes.com/2022/01/16/nyr… Reported by @traceytully @AshleyAtTimes for @nytimes

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reappropriate.co/2014/11/sunday… The attackers on the links are of all races, obviously mentally ill and deranged. The majority of the attackers are White according to Dr. Janelle Wong as reported by @kimmythepooh Takeaway: AAPI must be protected. google.com/amp/s/www.nbcn…

The suffering of Asians and Asian Americans is growing at alarming rates. If national, state, local and community resources are not forthcoming at sufficient rates to stem the tide, I have to wonder, are we having an empathy problem or a believability problem? 1/5 Our brothers, sisters, fathers, mothers, uncles, aunts, cousins, and children are being murdered, chased by cars, shot, pushed off transit platforms, punched, kicked, insulted, spit upon, stabbed, hammered, bludgeoned, and stoned in 2021 throughout America. Right now. 2/5

The assailants who are attacking Asians and Asian Americans believe that we are worth attacking. Who told them this? Why? Each person is responsible for his crime. Yes. However, when a mentally unstable person attacks an Asian person and not someone else, we need to ask why. How did the Asian face become the enemy to the assailant? Who put that information in the assailant's mind and heart? How do we remove that seed of hatred? Each of us is responsible for examining and disseminating falsehoods about Asians and Asian Americans. This is the work.

“According to psychologists who study adolescent resilience, one of the biggest threats to the well-being of today’s teenagers is not social isolation but something else — the pressure to achieve, which has intensified over the past year.” nytimes.com/2021/05/04/opi… Today, our young people are feeling the pressure of extraordinary, unusual achievement. They are suffering.

Matthew Cramer, age 21, asked Vietnamese-American Shane Nguyen, a food truck owner and operator, for a ride. Later, Cramer murdered Nguyen then he and two men dismembered him. Before anyone says it is *not* about race, please consider that an Asian man was murdered. "Cramer told police he’d asked Nguyen for a ride from Elkhart back to Fort Wayne and that he planned to kill Nguyen before they reached Fort Wayne, the affidavit said. It remains unclear why."

Thursday, April 29th at 5:30pm ET: Visionary photographer and filmmaker Gordon Parks: “A Choice of Weapons.” Conversation among Drs. Dionne Bennett, Marcyliena Morgan, and Michal Raz Russo — moderated by George Larkins. .@MHMorgan_HARI @HiphopArchive @DMBennettPhD @GParksFound @COMD_CityTech

Right now: I’m listening to wisdom and insights of @jelani9 @JiayangFan @ellendwu — How does media cover violence against Asians & Asian Americans? —excellent & informative. @NewYorker @PrincetonUPress

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RE: Atlanta Spa Shootings—“What is the power dynamic between Asian massage parlor owners versus Asian workers?” @JiayangFan

"Hyper-sexualization" is never a positive attribute. It means that others think of you as always being sexually available, unable to consent, without morals & "promiscuous." It is dehumanizing. Everyone has a sexuality. Each person should have his/her/their sexual dignity. In Western media, you will notice the stereotypes: ethnically Asian woman as the 3d wife of evil rich White guy, the GF/wife of the White "loser," the bitchy, unethical officemate, the mean girl & the valedictorian who cheated...usually, it's topped off with hyper-sexualization.