Asian-American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Resources
Explore the Asian-American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Resource Guide assembled by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.
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- Books
- Films
- Guides
- Wellness Resources
- Organizations
- Podcasts
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Articles
- The 10 Most Impactful and Best Asian Movies to Binge Right Now
- The 20 best Asian American films of the last 20 years
- 25 Must-Read Books by Asian and Asian American Authors
- American Ruined My Name for Me
- Asian hate crimes: How to be an ally to community amid racism
- The Atlanta Shooting and the Dehumanizing of Asian Women
- Avoiding cultural appropriation: Why you shouldn’t wear a kimono during Lunar New Year
- Be an Ally: How to Help Fight Anti-Asian Racism and Xenophobia | Hey BU
- The Best Books About Asian American Identity, According to Experts
- Confronting Anti-Asian Discrimination During the Coronavirus Crisis
- Covid ‘hate crimes’ against Asian Americans on rise
- The Experience of an AAPI Undocumented Student
- Grace Lee Boggs, Activist And American Revolutionary, Turns 100
- Here’s What You Get Wrong When You Culturally Appropriate Asian Fashion
- How the Model Minority Myth of Asian Americans Hurts Us All | Time
- Stop sexualizing Asian culture – Baron News
- Tetsuro Miyazaki – Hafu2Hafu – A Worldwide Photography Project about Mixed Japanese Identity
- The term “Asian American” doesn’t serve everyone it covers
- To Dismantle Anti-Asian Racism, We Must Understand Its Roots 2 hours ago
- What AAPI Stands for and Understanding Its Complicated Meaning
- When Immigrants Are No Longer Considered Americans
Books
- Afterparties
- A Burning
- Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
- The Collected Schizophrenias: Essays
- Crying in H Mart: A Memoir
- Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets & Advice for Living Your Best Life
- Dogeaters
- Dogeaters
- Edge Case
- God of Small Things
- How Much of These Hills Is Gold
- In the Country
- Kitchen
- Klara and the Sun
- Land of Big Numbers: Stories: Chen, Te-Ping
- Learning from Los Kogi Angeles: A Taco Truck and Its City
- Lives of Notable Asian Americans: Business, Politics, Science (The Asian American Experience)
- Little Fires Everywhere
- Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning
- My Year Abroad
- Norwegian Wood
- On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous: A Novel
- One Rapping and Repping Asian: Race, Authenticity, and the Asian American MC
- Pachinko
- Part Asian, 100% Hapa
- The Paper Menagerie and Other Stories
- A Personal Matter
- Rise: A Pop History of Asian America from the Nineties to Now
- Secret Identities: The Asian American Superhero Anthology
- Spinning Identities: A Social History of Filipino American DJ’s in the SanFrancisco Bay Area
- Those are the Breaks: Hip-Hop and AfroAsian Cultura (Dis)Connections
- Trick Mirror: Reflections on Self-Delusion
- VIBE Magazine November 2002: The Real Eminem
- Whereabouts
- Woman Warrior, Maxine Hong Kingston
Films/TV Shows
- Advantageous (Film)
- American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs (Film)
- Better Luck Tomorrow (Film)
- Celebrate Asian American & Pacific Islander Stories
- All in My Family (Film)
- Always Be My Maybe (Film)
- Naomi Osaka (TV Show)
- Never Have I Ever (TV Show)
- Colma: The Musical (Film)
- Columbus (Film)
- Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (Film)
- The Emperor’s Assassin (Film)
- Farewell, My Concubine (Film)
- The Farewell (Film)
- Gook (Film)
- The Grace Lee Project (Film)
- Hard-Boiled (Film)
- House of Flying Daggers (Film)
- The Ice Storm (Film)
- In Between Days (Film)
- In the Family (Film)
- Journey from the Fall (Film)
- Journey to the West (TV Show)
- Kung Fu Hustle (Film)
- Maheshinte Prathikaaram (Film)
- Masters of None (TV Show)
- Minding the Gap (Film)
- The Motel (Film)
- Monsoon Wedding (Film)
- The Namesake (Film)
- New World (Film)
- Ode to My Father (Film)
- Parasite (Bong Joon-Ho) (Film)
- Persepolis (Film)
- Raise the Red Lantern (Film)
- Refugee (Film)
- Ring (Film)
- Roshomon (Film)
- Saving Face (Film)
- Searching (Film)
- Spa Night (Film)
- Studio Ghibli Films
- Castle in the Sky
- Howl’s Moving Castle
- My Neighbor Totoro
- Ponyo
- Princess Mononoke
- Spirited Away
- Squid Games (TV Show)
- Train to Busan (Film)
- The Wind Rises (Film)
Guides
- Asian American Racial Justice Toolkit
- AAPI RESOURCE GUIDE
- AAPI Resources
- The Essential Grace Lee Boggs Reading List: Grace Lee Boggs’s List of Influential Books | American Revolutionary
- Guide for Parents of Asian/Asian American Adolescents
- Stop AAPI Hate
- Ways to Support the Asian Community – API
Organizations
- 18 Million Rising
- AAJA Asian American Journalists Association
- Anti-Racism Resources for the AAPI Community
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
- Asian American Feminist Collective
- Asian American Writer’s Workshop
- Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
- Discussing Anti-Asian Racism with Students: An Educator’s Guide
- GAPA | Asian Pacific Alliance
- MAPAC Michigan Asian Pacific American Caucus
- Q-Wave
- Red Canary Song
- Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center
- Stop AAPI Hate
Podcasts
- Asian American History 101
- Dear Asian Youth
- Queer Asian Social Club
- Self Evident: Asian America’s Stories
- Soul-Sides
- Why You No Doctor Podcast: An Asian-American Podcast
Videos
- A Look at Asian American Male Masculinity in Films
- Are We Allies? Black Americans vs Asian Americans | Middle Ground
- ASIAN | How You See Me
- Do All Asian American Parents Think The Same? | Spectrum
- Do All Asian Americans Think the Same? | Spectrum
- Do All Asian American Women Think The Same? | Spectrum
- If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say
- Let’s talk about the rise in hate crimes against Asian Americans
- Queer Asian Americans Talk About Coming Out & Dating
- Things Not To Say To East Asians
- Things You Should Never Say To South Asians
- We Need To Talk About Anti-Asian Hate
- The Weird History of Asian Sex Stereotypes | MTV Decoded
- 21 Things Asian People Are Tired Of Hearing
- Slaying the Dragon
Websites
- AG – Hate Crimes Unit
- Anti-Asian Violence Resources
- Asian Pacific Institute on Gender Based Violence
- Stop AAPI Hate
Wellness Resources
- The AAPI COVID-19 Project
- Asian American/Pacific Islander Communities and Mental Health
- Asian American and Pacific Islander
- Mental Health Resources
- Resources to Share: Documentation of Impact on Asian American Communities