Understanding Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month #AsianPacificAmericanHeritageMonth #APAHM #AAPIHM

Texa A&M professor Vanita Reddy shares some insights via Texas A&M Today:

One thing we should be critical of as scholars and activists is the fact that AAPI Heritage Month is a state-endorsed month. This month is an act of Congress that’s meant to commemorate. On one hand, we might take pride in the fact that the U.S. state wants to recognize us as a racial group; on the other hand, we need to be skeptical of any kind of state-endorsed project like this and consider what the underlying motives for these projects might be.

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