John Delloro: Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) response to the racial incident at UCSD may foreshadow the fate of race and racism in this nation.

John Delloro: With a rise in right-wing populism, I am worried. Our history tells us that immigration will become the key hot button issue these next coming elections and, in the past, hate crimes against AAPIs and Latina/os have consistently risen with increasing anti-immigrant sentiment, especially during low economic periods.

The debate around Obama’s Nobel Peace Prize can be another boxing match between left and right or a tool to bring us together with a newfound global credibility and promise to recognize the integral role we play in the world. This is crucial not only for AAPIs but all of us.

We mustn’t forget it was a 26-year-old Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King who led the Montgomery Bus Boycott, a 20-year old Clara Lemlich who ignited some of the first marches for women’s rights in the US, an 18-year old Sieh King King who led a rally in San Francisco for equal rights for women

Thus after a history of repeated othering of African Americans in the US, it is not unusual for the picture of the black thief climbing through the windows of our homes to evolve into the imaginings of a black man in the White House stealing our healthcare and hard fought freedoms.

On the presidential campaign trail, Christina Chavez reminded us that her father, Cesar Chavez, once said that we don’t need perfect government but perfect participation. Criticism comes easy to those who have been long disappointed but hope lives on imagination, perseverance, and initiative.

The companies too big to fail have grown larger. The financial companies still run under the same model and free of much regulation like before.

With the passing of Michael Jackson, I am 12 years old again and rediscovering the subversiveness of living authentically.
Now, Michael Jackson is not a “John Lennon.” He never used his celebrity status to aid …

Some progressives and liberals may cheer at a rudderless and shrinking GOP but as a nation we should be concerned. Recent events illustrate why: The killing of Dr. George Tiller by an anti-abortion …

The passing of leading thinkers in the ethnic studies canon — Ron Takaki, Mark Him Lai, Richard Aoki, and the poet Al Robles — in the last few months challenges us to complete unfinished tasks.
During …

We now own a major stake in the largest auto company in the world.
With the General Motors Corporation filing the second-largest industrial bankruptcy in world history, the US government has stepped in to take a …

Lately, I have found myself absorbed in continual political debate on various social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter or my own personal blog. Some begin as friendly banter but quickly escalate to the …

The 2009 Tax Day “Tea Party” protests remind us of the stubbornness of Bizarro politics.
On the cube-shaped Bizarro World, the backward planet of DC comic’s universe, a salesman hawks bonds “guaranteed to lose money for …

This Cesar Chavez Day (March 31) reminds us how forgotten stories can perpetuate stereotypes.
Charlotte, an Asian American student leader at Pomona College, asked me how do we ignite people into political action and sweep away …

The inauguration of President Obama signals us to move from voice to leadership.
While listening to President Obama’s somber but inspiring inaugural address, I returned to a painful moment in my life.
Five years ago, someone had …

With the election of Obama as president, comes the dawning of a new era of our making.
On Election Day, my 7-year-old daughter took care to cross out the names of the “already voted” on our …

The student movement meets the new labor movement in the classroom.
“How do we make democracy stronger?” community college instructor Salvador Sanchez posed to the room crowded with more students than chairs. By the end of …

Bible or no Bible, the bigotry of opposing gay marriage obstructs our overall pursuit for equality.
When I was many years younger, I had shared with a group of men how I was bothered that a …

Reagan’s America is dead.
If not dead, it lies fallen on a US economy near ruin. The recent collapse of several financial giants and the extreme concentration of wealth in a few hands have reached levels …

The Bush bail-out plan is nothing more than a slap in the face of all working families.
As Peter Dreier notes, “we have been here before—in the 1930’s Depression, when the entire economy collapsed, and in …

At the Republican National Convention, Palin and Giuliani mocked Obama’s experience as a community organizer and the attending crowd laughed in response.
Palin and McCain can wear whatever “outsider” mask they wish, nothing can hide the …