Presenting Politics & Culture of Asian Pacific America| East Wind ezine
"The Poet and the Silk Girl" by Satsuki Ina (2024) is a powerful memoir of her parents' lives during their incarceration and imprisonment during World War II, and an insightful record of intergenerational trauma and healing through protest and allyship with the vulnerable. Dr. Ina's work with Tsuru for Solidarity continues in support of migrants and against detention and deportation. Review by Ravi Chandra.| East Wind ezine
Opinion polls are turning against Mr. Trump's cruel immigration policies. This is the "Human Intelligence Quantum Machine" at work, faced with at least four significant ethical problems. Thinking about these ethical problems can help us understand ourselves and the situation at hand.| East Wind ezine
Many Republican voters dismiss the concerns of Blacks and migrants; this compounds the cruel and unusual punishment of racism, abusive power, and bias. Moving through our national impasse requires changing the very way we relate to each other - from distance to proximity, dismissal to compassion.| East Wind ezine
Evidence has steadily accumulated about Mr. Trump's dangerousness, and his threat to democracy and even the survival of humanity. We cannot understand what's happening without looking at his antagonistic and delusional psychology.| East Wind ezine
For five decades, Professor Bill Ong Hing has been a towering figure in the field of immigration law. Here are a few of his thoughts on the current crisis.| East Wind ezine
President Trump, a convicted felon, has ordered up 7000 National Guard and 700 Marines to cruelly punish those exercising their free speech and standing up for the rights of migrants in LA. If we don't declare this an outrage, we are in danger of further escalation, martial law, cancellation of elections, and martial law.| East Wind ezine
By Linda Wing. Posted May 22, 2025 My grandmother Mary was born in San Francisco in 1902. Both of her parents were American-born as well —her father in San Francisco and her mother in Monterey. In 1854, her grandfather had immigrated from China to San Francisco at the tender age of 12; her grandmother came in 1874. Our family’s long…| East Wind ezine
“Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness” are threatened because this man values himself over the good of the nation, because his party marches in lockstep behind his incompetence, malice, and rapacious exercise of abusive power, and because the body politic and systems that could restrain his abuse have been uninformed about and dismissive of his dangerousness – and have even lined up in support of it.| East Wind ezine
I was recently reminded that DEI doesn’t just stand for “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion,” but is also the Latin word for God. I have decided to form the Universal Church of DEI, or rather join the Church that already exists, in our divine human quest to transcend HEI – Hatred, Exploitation, and Ignorance. The divine can only come to us as call to conscience, consciousness, and uplift. The divine has always come to us as a call to love. (By Ravi Chandra.)| East Wind ezine
By Grant Din. Posted February 15, 2025 William Gee Wong’s Sons of Chinatown tells two improbable stories: his parents’ journeys as a “paper son” and a “paper daughter” from Toishan, China to the United States, and Wong’s journey from Oakland Chinatown to become a pioneer journalist as one of the first Asian American correspondents in mainstream publications like the San…| East Wind ezine
We’ve recently passed the bicentennial of the May 7, 1824 premiere of Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, which includes the magnificent Ode to Joy. What does the Symphony continue to tell us about psyche? About struggle and triumph? About finding and choosing joy in adversity?| East Wind ezine
We're in the final push. The fact that this election is as close as it is reveals some unpleasant truths about America and mass psychology. We've got the message. Now it's up to us to say no to Trump and the GOP's program of domestic terror and psychological warfare.| East Wind ezine
To paraphrase Walt Whitman,| East Wind ezine
Dr. Bandy Lee, forensic psychiatrist, organized| East Wind ezine
A recent article in the New York Times explored the work of Patrick Teahan, a popular online advocate of family cutoffs and no-contact. Others worry about the effects of alienation and estrangement. Family trauma frequently affects BIPOC families, as well as all families, and society keeps the score. This essay explores nuances from social media cutoffs and blocking to our national and international dissociations.| East Wind ezine
By Ravi Chandra. Sean Wang's debut feature| East Wind ezine
As a psychiatrist, my professional opinion is that a single exchange in the debate last night reveals, exposes, and reminds us: Trump is a racist, toxic male. As a leader, he will be continue to be destructive to our mental health and social well-being. Biden is old yet competent, and has broadly earned our trust. Historians and experts rate Biden in the top third of all presidents, while Trump ranks dead last. Our choice in November is not ideal, but should be clear to us all.By Ravi Chandra.| East Wind ezine
A reflection on my 40th high school reunion at Cranbrook Kingswood school: a journey of cringe and compassion, down the river of self.| East Wind ezine
Nguyen Qui Duc, journalist, entrepreneur, and friend, passed away in November, 2023. Here is a memorial to Duc, and a review of his groundbreaking memoir,| East Wind ezine
Democrats are in disarray. What does this unsightly mess reveal? Dr. Ravi Chandra takes a biopsy of the collective psyche, and hopes insight helps The Emergence win over The Authority in mind and society.| East Wind ezine
Former CIA psychiatric profiler Jerrold Post looks at leader-follower relations, predicts outcomes. By Ravi Chandra, M.D.| East Wind ezine