When Constance Wu landed the part of Jessica Huang, the Chinese-American matriarch on the ABC sitcom “Fresh Off the Boat,” she didn’t realize just how significant the role would turn out to be. As she developed her part, Ms. Wu heard the same dismal fact repeated over and over again: It had been 20
A long list of Asian-American groups plans on Monday to call for federal investigations of Brown University, Dartmouth College, and Yale University for alleged discrimination in admissions.
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Several Los Angeles City Council members gathered Thursday to denounce an uptick in graphic racist and sexist remarks during City Hall meetings.
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The Obama administration’s directive last week instructing public schools to allow transgender students to use bathrooms and locker rooms of the gender they identify with has set off an intense debate.
Many politicians and parents have raised alarms about privacy and warned of predatory boys
The percentage of families earning middle-class incomes fell in nearly nine out of 10 major metro areas across the country between 2000 and 2014, according to new research by the Pew Research Center. The study defined middle-class households as those making between two-thirds and twice the national median income. That was roughly $42,000 to $125,000
Frustrated over a major fracas that led to increased
tensions at Sylmar High School, actor Danny Trejo, known for his violent cult films, had a message for school officials Wednesday: Listen to students for a solution.
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Seven women are suing Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach for discrimination, alleging they were targeted last month for being “visibly Muslim” while wearing head scarves and ordered to leave the restaurant before they finished eating.
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In recent years, federal prosecutors have brought a number of high-profile criminal cases against Asian Americans accused of economic espionage or theft of trade secrets. Announced with great fanfare, many of these cases later collapsed.
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It’s no secret that in searching for a home, parents scrutinize nearby schools. The wealthy can afford to live in neighborhoods with small school districts, where most other students are wealthy, too.
Now, a new study out of USC confirms that this decision-making process is partially responsible for the rise in America’s income segregation between 1990 and 2010.
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LOS ANGELES — A woman is suing the Getty Foundation alleging she was denied an undergraduate internship with the institution because she is white.
Samantha Niemann filed the lawsuit Friday in Los Angeles Superior Court, alleging a violation of her civil rights, racial discrimination and harassment as well as retaliation. She seeks unspecified compensatory and punitive