THE ITHACAN

No one’s account of an instance of racism should be ignored

By Frances Johnson, Columnist • November 19, 2015

It’s a kind of discomfort that no one will believe when you say you’ve experienced racism.

The term “people of color” includes Asian Americans

By Frances Johnson, Columnist • October 21, 2015

If I’m not a person of color, and I’m not white, then what am I?

Commentary: Asian American cinema gets outlet in festival

By Phuong Nguyen • April 15, 2015

On the week of April 20, Cinemapolis will host the first-ever Ithaca Pan Asian American Film Festival.

#CancelColbert More Complicated Than a Single Tweet (Pt. 2)

By Jared Wolf • April 2, 2014

When I wrote about the 'other side' of the #CancelColbert controversy, the side that is being ignored by the mainstream media airtime but is at the heart of why the movement is so important, I realized...

Commentary: US racial solidarity exists only within borders

By Asma Barlas • November 21, 2013

In the 15-odd years I’ve been associated with the Center for the Study of Culture, Race and Ethnicity, I’ve spoken from the positionality of an African-, Latino/a, Asian-, Native American person even...