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Once again, & because now more than ever, #AAPI 
must be fiercely proud of our heritage, I’ll be posting a thread, updated daily, for #AAPIHM .
My 2018 thread: https://twitter.com/i/events/994572402708418560?s=21
2019 is here: https://twitter.com/danielmkim/status/1123946240474009600?s=21
& 2020’s thread begins here: https://twitter.com/danielmkim/status/1256585319379501057?s=21 https://twitter.com/danielmkim/status/1123552816855957506
must be fiercely proud of our heritage, I’ll be posting a thread, updated daily, for #AAPIHM . My 2018 thread: https://twitter.com/i/events/994572402708418560?s=21
2019 is here: https://twitter.com/danielmkim/status/1123946240474009600?s=21
& 2020’s thread begins here: https://twitter.com/danielmkim/status/1256585319379501057?s=21 https://twitter.com/danielmkim/status/1123552816855957506
For day 1 of the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month thread, I wrote a few years ago about the question we all hate, “where are you from?” #AAPIHM https://appafortwo.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/where-are-you-from/
https://appafortwo.wordpress.com/2018/01/17/where-are-you-from/
When I started this daily #AAPIHM thread a few years ago, I wanted to highlight people who had left a stitch or 2 in the fabric of American society, regardless of how or where. I hope that people can find value & inspiration in them like I have.
thread a few years ago, I wanted to highlight people who had left a stitch or 2 in the fabric of American society, regardless of how or where. I hope that people can find value & inspiration in them like I have.
Today for #AAPIHM , we celebrate Jhumpa Lahiri, a Pulitzer Prize- and PEN Award-winning author whose writing can evoke a Brooklyn sidewalk & the smells of food on a Kolkata street in one page. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/01/jhumpa-lahiri-ive-always-existed-in-a-kind-of-linguistic-exile
, we celebrate Jhumpa Lahiri, a Pulitzer Prize- and PEN Award-winning author whose writing can evoke a Brooklyn sidewalk & the smells of food on a Kolkata street in one page. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/may/01/jhumpa-lahiri-ive-always-existed-in-a-kind-of-linguistic-exile
Today for #AAPIHM , a trailblazing politician. Peter Tali Coleman was the first American of Samoan descent to be appointed as the governor of the Territory of Samoa in 1956. He later won 3 elections for governor, & founded the Samoan Republican Party. http://archives.starbulletin.com/97/04/29/news/story4.html
, a trailblazing politician. Peter Tali Coleman was the first American of Samoan descent to be appointed as the governor of the Territory of Samoa in 1956. He later won 3 elections for governor, & founded the Samoan Republican Party. http://archives.starbulletin.com/97/04/29/news/story4.html
Today for #AAPIHM , who doesn't enjoy watching Conan O'Brien getting his ass kicked? Especially when it's by renaissance man Steven Ho @steviehaute: actor, director, stuntman, interior designer, & martial artist? https://vimeo.com/17770588
, who doesn't enjoy watching Conan O'Brien getting his ass kicked? Especially when it's by renaissance man Steven Ho @steviehaute: actor, director, stuntman, interior designer, & martial artist? https://vimeo.com/17770588
A culinary star today for my #AAPIHM thread. @ManeetChauhan was born in Punjab, but has been cooking in the US for 20 years. When she opened the Indian-Latino fusion restaurant At Vermilion in NYC, I remember that the thali sampler was to die for. https://www.maneetchauhan.com/
thread. @ManeetChauhan was born in Punjab, but has been cooking in the US for 20 years. When she opened the Indian-Latino fusion restaurant At Vermilion in NYC, I remember that the thali sampler was to die for. https://www.maneetchauhan.com/
1 of 3: Today for my #AAPIHM thread, a sad but necessary court case. Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco. He visited China in 1890, but was detained upon his return due to his ethnicity & recently passed acts restricting Chinese immigration to the US.
thread, a sad but necessary court case. Wong Kim Ark was born in San Francisco. He visited China in 1890, but was detained upon his return due to his ethnicity & recently passed acts restricting Chinese immigration to the US.
2 of 3: In 1894 the Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, ruled that Wong was indeed an American citizen under the jus soli concept of common law & the Citizenship Clause of the 14th Amendment. 122 years later, a presidential candidate floated the notion that this ruling was invalid.
3 of 3: Millions of Asian Americans, myself included, are citizens who owe our status to this case, among others. We also owe a debt to one brave cook from California who fought for his rights, no matter how long it ultimately took. #AAPIHM https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/169/649
https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/169/649
1 of 2: Another author for the #AAPIHM thread, because I've always loved reading & hope my kids inherit that love. 20-odd years ago, someone loaned me a copy of "Cebu" written by Peter Bacho, & to say I was enthralled would be an understatement. https://www.amazon.com/Cebu-Peter-Bacho/dp/0295971320
thread, because I've always loved reading & hope my kids inherit that love. 20-odd years ago, someone loaned me a copy of "Cebu" written by Peter Bacho, & to say I was enthralled would be an understatement. https://www.amazon.com/Cebu-Peter-Bacho/dp/0295971320
2 of 2: Cebu was one of the first novels to cover an Asian American experience, as opposed to an Asian POV, specifically protagonist Ben not feeling fully at home either in the Philippines or the US. Cebu won the American Book Award in 1992. https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/peter-bacho/cebu/
Today for the #AAPIHM thread, if you watched any movie or tv show in the last 50 years, you've probably seen James Hong, one of the most prolific actors ever. His arguably most important job was founding East West Players, a theatre for & by AAPI in 1965. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/entertainment/james-hong-actor-movie-credits-trnd/index.html
thread, if you watched any movie or tv show in the last 50 years, you've probably seen James Hong, one of the most prolific actors ever. His arguably most important job was founding East West Players, a theatre for & by AAPI in 1965. https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/02/entertainment/james-hong-actor-movie-credits-trnd/index.html
