- “TOKYO!” (the movie) opens in selected cities 3/20/2009 – Amazingly, the movie doesn’t involve school girls or tentacle rape.
- Dartmouth College Appoints First Asian American President of Ivy League University – All well and good until some smart-ass white kid writes a racist, follow-up e-mail. “In jest,” of course.
- What ethnicity is Carmen Wong Ulrich? – OMG WONG? SHE DOESN’T LOOK LIKE A WONG
- Quest Crew Wins America’s Best Dance Crew Season 3 – Hooray for break dancing Asians. And hooray for break dancing Asians that have been on previous dance-based reality television.
- Are Asian American Bloggers the New Journalism Frontier? (No.) – Seriously, folks. This is just a blog. No one is going to die here.
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