Entries by CNK Staff

#AntiRacistLA

UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge director Paul Ong was featured as a panelist for an online event #AntiRacistLA, hosted by Supervisor Mark Ridley-Thomas, in which a critical conversation was held to discuss ways to create a more anti-racist and equitable Los Angeles. Present-day economic conditions and social injustices brought to light by the coronavirus pandemic […]

Impact of coronavirus pandemic on U.S. Census 2020

UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge was recently featured in a LA Times article discussing the difficulties caused by the coronavirus pandemic for census workers in canvassing and reaching out to the most vulnerable communities. The article reveals that the pandemic is impacting everyone’s responses to the census and in particular those from affluent areas, not […]

Asian Americans face dual challenges: Surging unemployment and racism

A report by UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge was recently featured in a NBC article, discussing how racializing the COVID-19 pandemic as the ‘China virus’ has led to the increase of unemployment and hate crimes against the Asian American community. Anti-Asian sentiments have led to less patrons frequenting Asian businesses, causing many family restaurants to close […]

A New Gentrification Crisis

UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge was featured in a Washington Post article covering how the coronavirus pandemic and subsequent economic recession could wipe out minority-owned businesses in ethnic enclaves throughout Los Angeles. This could usher in a new, unprecedented gentrification crisis that would wipe out the longtime residents of these communities. “The covid-19 recession is disproportionately […]

Report shows impact of COVID-19 on Asian American labor force

Increasing difference in unemployment, jobless rates between Asians and whites among the findings Released on July 22, 2020, our new report unveils the disparate economic effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had on Asian Americans, pointing to a critical need in expanding financial relief for all workers to counter the worsening effects of the crisis and […]