Hernandez Sentenced to Community Service; Probationary Period Shortened
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A rally was held in Torrance’s Wilson Park in 2020 following anti-Asian attacks perpetrated by Lena Hernandez. (MARIO GERSOM REYES/Rafu Shimpo)
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TORRANCE Lena Hernandez, who pleaded no contest last year to a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an attack on an Asian American woman at the Del Amo Mall in Torrance in 2019, was back in court on May 10 to say that she could not comply with the sentence imposed on her.
Hernandez had been sentenced in a Torrance courtroom to serve 47 days in jail, to take 52 anger management sessions, and to be placed on three years of summary probation. On Monday, Hernandez said she was unable to pay for the sessions.
These Asian American Creators Want Visibility, and We Want to Be Seen for Who We Are
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Adweek intern Sujean Gahng conveys being trapped underwater from the pressure to be more Asian or using her Asian American identity as a veil.
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Editor’s Note: It’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month again, and this year, it feels different. It feels like we can own our voice. So we speak, in all our varied capacities and capabilities.
NORRISTOWNÂ â Montgomery Countyâs Asian and Pacific Islander community was formally recognized as the Montgomery County Commissioners presented a proclamation designating May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month.
âItâs been a wonderful relationship that the AAPI community has been building in Montgomery County, and I m so honored to receive this proclamation. Thank you so much for your recognition,â said Sharon Hartz, president of the Korean American Association of Greater Philadelphia.
First established in 1992, Congress passed legislation featuring May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, according to the proclamation. Approximately 8 percent of Montgomery County residents are of Asian and Pacific Islander descent.
The Best Song You’ve Never Heard: “Run Or Hide” By Run River North
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May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, an opportunity to reflect on how Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have made a huge impact on our culture. Asian Americans have influenced the music industry as solo artists like Japanese Breakfast, lead singers like Karen O of Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and band members like Joe Kwon of The Avett Brothers.
Today’s Best Song You’ve Never Heard features Run River North, a Los Angeles band whose members are Korean American. They formed while attending California State University Northridge, originally named Monsters Calling Home before changing their name and recording a viral music video from their Hondas. The video led Honda to surprise the band with a
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Racism against Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders can be difficult to explain and challenging to get others to take seriously. And it can often come in the form of microaggressions having your history and culture explained to you, being complimented for speaking English, or being mistaken for someone else at work, to name a few.
Psychologists refer to microaggressions as “death by a thousand cuts,” according to Derald Wing Sue, a professor of psychology at Columbia University and author of “Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender and Sexual Orientation.”
They can come from out of the blue, sometimes from well-intentioned people. However, those on the receiving end can feel regret or frustration for not knowing how to respond in the moment.