Asian-American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Resources

Explore the Asian-American & Pacific Islander (AAPI)  Resource Guide assembled by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion.

1. Articles
2. Books
3. Films
4. Guides
5. Wellness Resources
6. Organizations
7. Podcasts
8. Videos
9. Websites

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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