Holidays
This annual Indian festival of lights celebrates the victory of light over darkness and good over evil.
What is Diwali?
This 2018 film was the first major Hollywood movie in 25 years to feature an all-Asian cast and grossed over $200 million worldwide.
What is Crazy Rich Asians?
This Indian bread, often served with curries, is traditionally baked in a tandoor.
What is naan?
This trailblazing Chinese American actor starred i
n Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Marvel’s first Asian-led superhero film.
Who is Simu Liu?
This U.S. federal law passed in 1882 barred Chinese laborers from immigrating to the country, marking the first major immigration exclusion based on race.
What is the Chinese Exclusion Act?
This Chinese holiday, also called the "Moon Festival," is celebrated with mooncakes and lanterns.
What is the Mid-Autumn Festival?
In 2021, this film became the first Marvel movie to feature an Asian lead superhero and a majority Asian cast.
What is Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings?
A staple in many Pacific Island diets, this starchy root vegetable is often baked, boiled, or mashed into poi.
What is taro?
This Canadian actress of Korean descent gained widespread fame playing Dr. Cristina Yang on Grey’s Anatomy.
Who is Sandra Oh?
This Cold War-era conflict intensified U.S. militarism and immigration from Korea and Southeast Asia, leading to long-term AAPI refugee resettlement.
What is the Vietnam War?
This springtime holiday marks the Lunar New Year in Vietnam and is celebrated with ancestral offerings, food, and red envelopes.
What is Tết?
“In another life, I would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you.”
What is Everything Everywhere All at Once?
In Filipino cuisine, this delicacy is made from fertilized duck egg with a partially developed embryo, typically boiled and eaten from the shell.
What is balut?
This actress made history by winning a Golden Globe for The Farewell, becoming the first Asian American woman to do so in a lead film role.
Who is Awkwafina?
Created in the 1970s, this term emphasized a collective political identity for people of Asian descent in the U.S., replacing outdated and colonial labels.
What is “Asian American”?
Launched in Hawai‘i in 1991, this annual celebration uplifts Pacific Islander heritage, sovereignty, and culture through art, dance, and food.
What is Pacific Islander Festival?
First aired in 1994, this TV show was the first American sitcom centered around an all–Asian American family.
What is All-American Girl?
This rice and lentil porridge is a staple comfort food in Tamil and Sri Lankan cuisine, often eaten for breakfast.
What is kanji?
This Chinese Malaysian actress starred in Everything Everywhere All at Once and became the first Asian woman to win Best Actress at the Oscars.
Who is Michelle Yoeh?
In the 1920s, this type of zoning law was used in many California towns to prevent Asian immigrants from owning land.
What are alien land laws?
This Burmese holiday includes water fights, sand pagoda building, and is celebrated as the Burmese New Year.
What is Thingyan?
“I’m good at math. It’s genetic.”
What is Saving Face?
A South Indian dish, this crispy crepe-like food is made from fermented rice and lentil batter and often served with chutneys.
What is dosa?
This Native Hawaiian musician and ukulele virtuoso went viral with his instrumental version of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”
Who is Israel Kamakawiwoʻole?
This 1908 agreement between the U.S. and Japan limited Japanese immigration while allowing “picture brides” to enter and join male workers.
What is the Gentlemen’s Agreement?