94. This Week in Asian American Politics: Asian Am. Tech Company Exploits Asian Workers Online, Making Zines About ATL's Cop City Is A Crime, Oprah's Hawaii Donations, the IRS Goes After Millionaires
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This week in Asian American news:
- We cover Scale AI, an Asian American-founded tech company that outsources the AI training to workers in Asia (particularly Nepal, India, and the Philippines). Filipino workers speak out about these “digital sweatshops.”
- In Georgia, RICO indictments seek to paint the Stop Cop City movement as a massive criminal enterprise. Police are citing use of words like “mutual aid,” “zines,” and “collectivism” as proof of criminal conspiracy. Ok, Sherlock Holmes.
- Billionaire Oprah donates 10million to Maui relief efforts. Native Hawaiians point out that it’s only .5% of her wealth (roughly $16 for the average American) and that she owns almost half as much land as what was burned in the fires.
- And finally the IRS plans to actually do something cool: go after nearly 1,600 millionaires who owe a loooooot in taxes—upwards $250,000 each.
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