Asian American Archives - Oakland Voices

Ivy Hill makes me, an Oakland-born Chinese-Vietnamese woman, feel at home.

April 14, 2022 Carina V. Lieu

For the first time, I feel part of an Oakland landscape, and can embrace being Chinese-Vietnamese, and second-generation American.

An Asian American mom is in the middle between her two grownup sons

Oakland Community Activist Shirley Gee in The Try Guys YouTube Video, “We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate”

May 13, 2021 Iris Crawford

In March, the popular YouTube Channel The Try Guys shared “We Need to Talk About Anti-Asian Hate,” a video that has now reached nearly two million views on YouTube. The hour-long video was hosted by

Laney College professor placed on leave after telling Vietnamese student to ‘anglicize’ her name

July 8, 2020 Oakland Voices

A Laney College professor was placed on administrative leave after he told an Asian American student to ‘anglicize’ her name.

Oakland talks ABC’s Asian-American Family Sitcom: “Fresh off the Boat”

February 10, 2015 Saa'un Bell

Fresh off the boat? No, actually, my mom hopped off a plane with me and my brother clinging to her legs. Perhaps it was her lack of English, America’s lack of Tagalog, and the resulting