Emil Guillermo
Emil Guillermo is a print and broadcast journalist, commentator and humorist. His column, "Emil Amok," appeared for more than 14 years in AsianWeek at one time, and now appears on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund site. As a former host of NPR's "All Things Considered" he was the first Asian American male, and first Filipino American, to host a regularly scheduled national news broadcast. He is the author of Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective -- a compilation of essays originally published in Asian Week—that won an American Book Award in 2000. Emil Guillermo writes on issues of race, culture and politics for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.aaldef.org/blog)
Emil Guillermo is a print and broadcast journalist, commentator and humorist. His column, "Emil Amok," appeared for more than 14 years in AsianWeek at one time, and now appears on the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund site. As a former host of NPR's "All Things Considered" he was the first Asian American male, and first Filipino American, to host a regularly scheduled national news broadcast. He is the author of Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective -- a compilation of essays originally published in Asian Week—that won an American Book Award in 2000. Emil Guillermo writes on issues of race, culture and politics for the Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (www.aaldef.org/blog)
Fight for the Diversity Vote Intensifies as Week’s Primaries Focus on Michigan and Mississippi
by Emil Guillermo | March 7, 2016 Late last week, Def Jam entrepreneur Russell Simmons announced he was supporting Hillary Clinto Read moreDemarcus Cousins Cries Foul and We All Lose
by Emil Guillermo | February 7, 2016Monday, February 8, is the start of the Lunar New Year and, for Asian Americans of Chinese desc [...] Read more
The Exploitation of College Sports
by Emil Guillermo | January 10, 2016Big-time college sports perpetuate a deeper racism, says sports agent. [...] Read more
Tragedy in Paris
by Emil Guillermo | November 15, 2015An American Global tragedy: Nohemi Gonzalez was an example of diversity in higher ed at its bes [...] Read more
Diversity Questions for Higher Ed after the UC Merced Stabbing Spree
by Emil Guillermo | November 8, 2015By now it may all be forgotten, but last Wednesday, as the news broke, it was shocking the enti [...] Read more
‘The Pipeline Project’ Aims to Save Kids Who Don’t Make it to Higher Ed
by Emil Guillermo | November 1, 2015Anna Deavere Smith’s project seeks to help end “the school to prison pipeline and the effec [...] Read more
Filipino History? Ethnic Studies? Ignorance Isn’t Bliss
by Emil Guillermo | October 25, 2015We’re heading into the last week and winding up Filipino American History Month. [...] Read more
What Donald Trump Sees When He Sees an Asian College Kid’s Face
by Emil Guillermo | October 18, 2015When he heard Donald Trump spewing forth untruths about South Korea on the campaign, economics [...] Read more
Campus Gun Violence, Ben Carson and How to Best Help Students Cope
by Emil Guillermo | October 11, 2015The anxiety over guns in campus life has been a reality since the Virginia Tech massacre in 200 [...] Read more
History Leads to Diversity When it Comes to Asian Americans
by Emil Guillermo | October 5, 2015If you want to understand how some of our best colleges and universities have become 20, 30, ev [...] Read more
An Asian American Coming of Age Tale: Campus Racism
by Emil Guillermo | September 27, 2015For Rini Sampath, her American dream ran into the reality of racism. [...] Read more
The Green Pope: Francis Visit Galvanizes Catholic Educators on the Environment
by Emil Guillermo | September 20, 2015If you haven’t paid attention to Pope Francis’ visit until now, this is the subject he’s [...] Read more
U.S. News & World Report Sells Magazines, Higher Ed Goes into Despair
by Emil Guillermo | September 13, 2015Not No.1 or No. 2? Forget About the Rankings Nonsense [...] Read more
California State University Professor Speaks Out About Pay Issue
by Emil Guillermo | September 7, 2015At California State University, Sacramento, faculty takes to an informational picket. [...] Read more
Political Correctness? Trump Doesn’t Understand Political Inclusion
by Emil Guillermo | August 31, 2015During the same week he had Univision anchor Jorge Ramos physically removed from a news confere [...] Read more
