American sociologists have been reading Sociological Images for years now, but I think it’s about time for this blog to go big worldwide. The blog, run by a group of US academics, offers sociological commentary on photographs, illustrations, videos, and charts in simple language. The blog is particularly strong when it comes to gender and family issues, but they post on race and ethnicity on a regular basis as well.

Here are some of the best Sociological Images posts on Asia and Asian America.

Asian femininity and the male gaze

• Google Imaging the continents
• Selling feminine passivity in a Cathay Pacific ad
• How to make a Chinese or Japanese book cover
• Classy Asian ladies dating site

Racism and exclusion

• Life in World War II Japanese American internment camps
• Race, ethnicity, and McDonald’s marketing strategies
• Racist caricatures in vintage Valentine’s cards
• China as a strategic political threat
• Cartooning the US Chinese Exclusion Act

The exotic other

• Race, subjectivity, and the centrality of whiteness
• The magic of India (for white people)
• Exoticizing India in Vogue UK
• Travel, privilege, and the crush of the tourist gaze

Forms and numbers

• Race and censuses from around the world
• Asian Americans and unemployment
• Who’s reporting the news?