At $863.3 billion, Asian-owned businesses have the largest estimated gross income among minority race groups across all sectors. Through Asian Founded, we hope to make it easier to #shopAPI.
Korean culture is getting mainstream. As a Korean-American, it’s complicated
04-21-2022Reflections
Korean Culture has boomed on the scene, but for this Korean American the experience is more complex. Esther discusses the Korean culture boom and how it has impacted her personally.
Happy Diwali! Here’s the lore behind 3 of the most popular South Asian Dishes
11-04-2021Reflections
Held in some of the darkest months of the year, Diwali is held as both a way to lift the people’s spirit and celebrate the triumph of light over dark. Jigesh's family is scattered right now, and travel is dicey due to Covid, but he thought he could get closer to the light of his culture by learning & sharing the history behind some of its greatest cultural exports.
Growing up as a 1.5 generation Asian American, Mary’s life was significantly different than others. She was the bridge-builder for her parents to the new environment and an outcast that was often being yelled “go back to where you came from”. The feeling of alienation and marginalization was always framed around her immigrant Asian identity until one day, she finally woke up...
What Chinese Herbal Medicine Taught Me About My Identity
07-26-2022Reflections
Growing up Asian-American, Millie Lao found herself leaning more into her American side of her identity while feeling shame towards her Asian side. Until she had an epiphany.
My Do created an all Asian cast film this past year based on his own story with his family, trauma and healing. The month of May is not only the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, but also Mental Health Awareness Month. And we are learning how connected these two can actually be within the AAPI community.
After I came out, my Chinese mother still loved me
12-13-2021Reflections
For those of us not fortunate enough to have parents who grew up in cultures that know and understand queer people, the process will not be simple. But that doesn’t mean that it’s not worth it or that it’s full of pain; in fact, Ian and his Mom had found themselves having more honest conversations than ever, which has made them closer. Ian's coming out story actually ends in love.
The best way to celebrate this National Hispanic Heritage Month is to acknowledge just how diverse the Hispanic diaspora really is. In the process of reducing Hispanic culture to something palatable, our existence has been obscured. This erasure robs the rest of the world from understanding just how rich and diverse Hispanic culture actually is.
Maintaining Vigor for Sustained Change in Asian American Issues
06-04-2021Reflections
Reflecting back on her activism to fight for ethnic studies at her university more than 50 years ago, Laureen Chew talks about what we can learn and where we still need to go.
Patience School - Lessons From the Tiger Parenting Resistant
Reflections
Amidst the merits and criticisms of “Tiger parenting” philosophies in a hyper competitive world, as a third and fourth generation Chinese American, Tanya reflects about the agony of raising kids with the gravitational pull of Asian DNA versus Wholehearted parenting.
