By VACAVILLE HERITAGE COUNCIL This is part of a series of occasional pieces contributed by the Vacaville Heritage Council. — Editor Yee Ah Chong, whose father ran a small restaurant and sold lottery tickets in Vacaville in the 1890s, was one of the first Chinese-Americans born i ...
Racism And Discrimination Are A Key Public Health Threat—But Overlooked And Dismissed Using Poor Science, Researchers Warn TOPLINE Racism, xenophobia and discrimination have a profound impact on health but are largely overlooked and erroneously dismissed with low-quality science, ...
#OnThisDay in 1864, the first Korean to become a naturalized U.S. citizen receive a medical degree in the US, Dr. Philip Jaisohn (also Soh Jaipil or Seo Jae-pil) was born. Dr. Jaisohn was a political activist and physician.
Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas Keon’s racist mockery of Asian language at the university’s commencement ceremony can’t be whitewashed by an apology and rhetoric about “cancel culture.” Keon’s decision to unleash a racist trope at a moment of celebration for students ...