Asian-Americans

The Asian community grew 37% in the past decade, and the region’s universities play a key role as an attraction. But there are many other things that make the area desirable.

Shayn Prapaisilp has lived in St. Louis his whole life, but because of his race, people often ask where he’s “really” from.

St. Louis Metropolitan Police officers are investigating a noose that a Black contractor found hanging in a tree on an Asian American woman's property in the Benton Park neighborhood.

The Senate approved new legislation to address a spike in hate crimes and violence targeted at the Asian American and Pacific Islander community. It marked a rare moment of bipartisan unity.

What’s it like growing up in a Black and white city when you don’t fit neatly in either category? A Chinese American and Thai American share their perspective on life in St. Louis — and the deadly attacks in Atlanta that have galvanized Asian American communities across the U.S.

After a man killed eight people in Atlanta, six of them Asian women, Asian Americans in St. Louis are on heightened alert for hate crimes and discrimination. Community leaders want Asian Americans to understand that they can report racist acts to authorities.

Asian American leaders in the St. Louis region are decrying a rise in racist comments reported by people in their communities. They are raising the alarm just days after authorities charged a man with killing eight people, most of them Asian women, at three Atlanta spas.

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, Aug. 24, 2009 - On the rooftop terrace of the Moonrise Hotel, more than a dozen members of the Young…

This article first appeared in the St. Louis Beacon, April 10, 2009 - During testimony in the Texas House of Representatives about voter identification, a…