Meet the Asian American Olympians

Hello, fanclubbers!

Here’s our bibliography from our latest episode!

Here’s my research about the first AAPI Olympians:

• https://www.britannica.com/sports/Olympic-Games

• https://www.espn.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/id/105788/notable-asian-pacific-american-athletes-and-achievements

• https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vicki-draves-and-sammy-lee-win-olympic-gold-medal

• https://www.history.com/topics/sports/modern-olympic-games-timeline

• https://www.history.com/topics/sports/olympic-games

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/7-asian-american-sports-trailblazers-who-changed-games-n1006201

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/golden-friendship-between-two-first-asian-american-olympic-champions-n1006191?icid=related

• https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/12/05/504421352/sammy-lee-climbed-above-racism-dove-into-olympic-history

• https://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/sports/sammy-lee-dies-asian-american-olympic-gold.html

• https://olympics.com/en/athletes/vicki-draves

• https://olympics.com/en/news/vicki-draves-diving

• https://seattleglobalist.com/2016/12/15/real-first-asian-american-olympic-gold-medalist-doesnt-get-due/60115

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Far_Eastern_Championship_Games

• https://elischolar.library.yale.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1002&context=ceas_publication_series

Clare’s research about Asian Americans in ice skating:

• https://iro.uiowa.edu/esploro/outputs/doctoral/Yellow-Pacific-on-White-ice/9983776793202771 (Primary Source)

• https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/sport/asian-american-figure-skaters-record-trnd/index.html

• https://www.eastwestbank.com/ReachFurther/en/News/Article/Mirai-Nagasu-Breaking-Barriers-On-and-Off-the-Ice

• https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/theballisinyourcourt/chapter/breaking-the-ice-of-white-privilege/

• https://goodwordnews.com/how-the-media-has-traditionally-covered-the-bodies-of-asian-olympians/

• https://www.huffpost.com/archive/ca/entry/figure-skating-sexism_b_1134019

• https://medium.com/@thefourthwall/what-is-it-with-asian-americans-and-figure-skating-16d7c44f9423

• https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/descriptions-asian-olympians-bodies-are-part-trend-dehumanizing-asians-rcna1375

• https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/02/24/starr-andrews-black-like-me-michelle-obama/

• https://olympics.nbcsports.com/2021/04/09/hate-is-a-virus-michelle-k-hanabusa-figure-skating/

• https://www.newsweek.com/jewel-winter-games-200524

• https://thediplomat.com/2014/01/mirai-nagasu-skating-controversy-did-race-play-a-part/

• https://www.vox.com/the-goods/22276736/figure-skating-olympics-winter-2022-lessons

Books we talked about:

• A Is for Awesome! - Eva Chen, Illustrated by Derek Desierto

• Antiracist Baby - Ibram X. Kendi, Illustrated by Ashley Lukashevsky

Enjoy!

-Mari