http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/05/students-say-kal-penns-asian-american-studies-class-was-a-hit/ A blog for Asian Americans Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:50:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/05/students-say-kal-penns-asian-american-studies-class-was-a-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-125394 8Asians.com » A New White Castle for Kumar – Kal Penn Goes to Washington Tue, 28 Jul 2009 14:02:16 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1141#comment-125394 [...] who is Indian-American, has a deep interest in policy and in promoting Asian-Americans in the arts. Last year, he taught a course at the University Of Pennsylvania on how Asian-Americans are portrayed in the media. Although he played a terrorist in 2007 on [...] [...] who is Indian-American, has a deep interest in policy and in promoting Asian-Americans in the arts. Last year, he taught a course at the University Of Pennsylvania on how Asian-Americans are portrayed in the media. Although he played a terrorist in 2007 on [...]

]]> http://www.8asians.com/2008/05/05/students-say-kal-penns-asian-american-studies-class-was-a-hit/comment-page-1/#comment-118802 8Asians.com » Kumar Goes to Washington Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:00:46 +0000 http://www.8asians.com/?p=1141#comment-118802 [...] In his role, Penn will essentially be an “emissary” to the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, along with arts and entertainment groups. It really isn’t a big departure for Penn if you’ve followed his involvement in Obama’s 2008 election campaign; Penn was an active, vocal volunteer, often appearing on talk shows like Larry King Live and traveling the country. Do a simple search on YouTube for “Kal Penn Obama”, and you will find a large collection of videos of Penn on the campaign trail. This isn’t Penn’s departure from acting — last year, Penn was a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania for an Asian American Studies course titled, ... [...] [...] In his role, Penn will essentially be an “emissary” to the Asian-American and Pacific Islander communities, along with arts and entertainment groups. It really isn’t a big departure for Penn if you’ve followed his involvement in Obama’s 2008 election campaign; Penn was an active, vocal volunteer, often appearing on talk shows like Larry King Live and traveling the country. Do a simple search on YouTube for “Kal Penn Obama”, and you will find a large collection of videos of Penn on the campaign trail. This isn’t Penn’s departure from acting — last year, Penn was a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania for an Asian American Studies course titled, … [...]

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