Understanding Asian American and Pacific Islander Experience: Resource List
In addition to the three-panel series presented in May 2021, below is a list of resources available to further understanding of our diverse Asian American and Pacific Islander communities.
This resource list is intended to be a starting point for learning more about the Asian American and Pacific Islander experiences and is not all encompassing of the many resources available to the community.
Websites
AAPI Data: https://aapidata.com/
An Introduction to South Asian American History | South Asian American Digital Archive (SAADA): https://www.saada.org/resources/introduction
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC: https://www.advancingjustice-aajc.org/
Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders in Philanthropy: https://aapip.org/what-we-do/supporting-api-communities-resource-directory
Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit: https://www.asianamtoolkit.org/
Cornell University Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community: https://asianamericanstudies.cornell.edu/anti-racism-resources-aapi-community
NCAPA | National Council of Asian Pacific Americans: https://www.ncapaonline.org/
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC): https://www.searac.org/
Stop AAPI Hate: https://stopaapihate.org/
UCLA Asian American Studies Department: https://asianam.ucla.edu/
UCLA Asian American Studies Center: http://www.aasc.ucla.edu/
Books
Santa Clara County Library District Recommended Reading for All Ages: https://sccld.org/blogs/post/asian-american-and-pacific-islander-heritage-month/
All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
America Is In The Heart by Carlos Bulosan
Asian American Dreams by Helen Zia
China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston
From a Whisper to a Rallying Cry by Paula Yoo
I Hotel by Karen Tei Yamashita
It Began With a Page by Kyo Maclear and Julie Morstad
Interior Chinatown by Charles Yu
Managing Multicultural Lives: Asian Americans and the Challenge of Multiple Identities and Asian America by Pawan Dhingra
Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong
Multiracial Identity and Racial Politics in the United States by Natalie Masuoka
Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee
Strangers from a Different Shore by Ronald Takaki
The Making of Asian America by Erika Lee
The Myth of the Model Minority by Rosalind S. Chou and Joe R. Feagin
The Politics of Belonging: Race, Public Opinion and Immigration by Natalie Masuoka and Jane Junn
This Time Will Be Different by Misa Sugiura
They Called Us Enemy by George Takei, Justin Eisinger, and Steve Scott
Yellow Peril! edited by John Kuo Wei Tchen and Dylan Yeats
Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White by Frank Wu
Videos & Film
Asian American Heroes and Allies | Honoring AAPI Stories | Dr. Helen Hsu | Sarah Sums It Up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccz_t3rGYQM
Asian Americans series on PBS: https://www.pbs.org/show/asian-americans/
Korematsu Institute: https://korematsuinstitute.org/award-winning-psa/
Minari: https://a24films.com/films/minari
Pacific Islander Poetry Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLxdhhYadU_WjlGLq0AM3Nt861jepqq6dz
The Chinese Exclusion Act | PBS - American Experience: https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/chinese-exclusion-act
Understanding #StopAsianHate | History & Context with Dr. Helen Hsu | Sarah Sums It Up: https://youtu.be/FxCwu056T5E
We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate: https://youtu.be/14WUuya94QE
Podcasts
Anti-Asian Sentiment During Covid: https://www.atstpodcast.com/podcast/episode/23292657/anti-asian-sentiment-during-covid
Asian Americana Asian American culture and history: http://www.asianamericana.com/
Asian Enough: https://open.spotify.com/show/1VHaUWtap7fCvZy7KuSGLj
At the Moment: Asian American News https://open.spotify.com/show/2C05fwgTPTwwEXN58qty5q
Self-Evident: Asian America’s Stories https://selfevidentshow.com/
Courses
Bystander Intervention Training: https://www.ihollaback.org/bystanderintervention/
CAIR Identifying and Interrupting Microaggressions Workshop: https://ca.cair.com/sfba/what-we-do/outreach-education/workshops/
Bay Area Destinations
Chinese American Historical Museum: https://chcp.org/Museum
Chinese Cultural Garden: https://www.chineseculturalgarden.org/
Hakone Estate and Gardens (Saratoga): https://www.hakone.com/
Community days available monthly.
Japanese American Museum of San Jose: https://www.jamsj.org/
“Nihonmachi” | Japantown San Jose: https://jtown.org/