I spend a lot of time on the Internet trying to find crazy people. I get a sick thrill reading their ramblings and trying to understand where they are coming from. I feel it’s my duty as a writer on 8Asians to “research” these sites so that you don’t have to.
So last week I decided to look for websites that argued the Japanese American concentration camps during World War II was some kind of government conspiracy or an outright fabrication. I figured that if there are Holocaust deniers there has to be people who believe that the camps that held Japanese Americans never existed. I wanted to call these sites out and at the same time educate people about the camps. Continue Reading »
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With the refrain, “We’ll occupy the streets, we’ll occupy the courts, we’ll occupy the offices of you, till you do the bidding of the many, not the few,” Hawaiian singer Makana’s song, “We Are The Many,” “turned a top-security dinner of Pacific Rim leaders hosted by President Barack Obama into a subtle protest with a song in support of the ‘Occupy’ movement.” The video was posted prior to the dinner on November 10 and though the roughly 400 protesters, including activists for native Hawaiian rights and those against globalization, initially planned to march towards the dinner site, they were changed their plans in light of the mass amounts of security.
Shopping With GASP!
Hey kids – so American Thanksgiving is this week, and you know what that means: a four day work holiday that’s all shopping malls and department stores now officially consider the foreplay to Christmas. While I’m only slightly cynical of the holiday, Thanksgiving really is the holiday to show thanks for what you are grateful for. Thankfully (see what I did there?), there is also HappyPlace’s article of the 15 most awkward stock photos of white people celebrating Thanksgiving so we can learn how our white counterparts celebrate: they burn a turkey! They shiv a turkey adorned with fall leaves while their wives wield a rolling pin in anger! They wear slightly creepy hairstyles while giving shoulder massages to father!
Us Asian Americans – hopefully – do things a little bit differently. While we’ve talked about Asian American Thanksgiving traditions in years past, we want to know: how do you guys celebrate Thanksgiving? And is it any different from how I celebrate Thanksgiving, standing around a turkey and Chinese food at lunch time dodging questions from uncles asking when you’ll get married? No? You’re one up on me, then.
In early November, Taiwan revised the Social Order Maintenance Act in which prostitution is legal in designated red-light districts. However, no local governments have been willing to create these zones. This is a highly controversial matter and there are split opinions on this issue. People in Taiwan believe that setting up a red-light district would increase crime and decrease property values. In addition to the legalization of red light district, a new amendment also proposes that both sex workers and their customers could be fined up to NT$30,000 for engaging in prostitution outside of these designated areas. Brothel owners operating outside the red-light districts would also face fines of up to NT$50,000.
Looking to expand your hat collection? What’s better than adding a new GR Angry Robot Baseball Hat ($22) to it? Its simple, snazzy and comfortable design will be fit for everyone and you’ll be the fresh kid on the block.
A recent title card at UFC 139 showed UFC fighter Cung Le with the Communist Vietnamese Flag, even though Cung Le was born in South Vietnam three days before the fall of Saigon and represents San Jose, California. Either someone working for the UFC made a huge error or he really is currently a Vietnamese national. Which would be a huge surprise to many of his Vietnamese-Americans fans who understand what he’s representing by wearing the three stripes flag of South Vietnam on the shorts sold on his website.
So what’s this Inside Out Project? Well, it was founded by JR, winner of a TED prize. As a part of this project, Stefanie emailed us saying that she’s working on a project specifically to talk about the under-representation of Asian Americans in media today. Here’s what she has to say:
How many Asian Americans do you see during prime time TV? I’m looking for Asian American aspiring artist, musicians, singers, writers, actors, etc. in the New York City area from the ages of 18-30. These artists will show the power that Asian Americans have. It will serve to encourage others to continue step up and make a difference, especially in art and media. And it will show every one else, that we cannot be defined by stereotypes and cultural references.
If you’re interested, email Stefanie at aanyc.insideout[at]gmail.com. Your head shot photo will get posted around Times Square somewhere – can’t wait to see the final results!
While Asian Americans are the most bullied students in school, among them Sikhs are a particularly tempting target, especially after 9/11 where they are often taunted with the label of “terrorist. Gulshan Singh made “Let it Out” as an entry in the Sikh coalition Diversity video contest on minority experience. His video took first place and was recently featured at the 2011 Sikh Arts Film festival. I don’t agree with everything he says, but it’s worth checking out, along with some of the other entries in the contest
India is one of those countries where there’s a serious imbalance between males and females, where the number of male babies seems to outstrip that of females every year, even with laws against gender selection. The birth this week of one little girl in India may help change attitudes and even the gender imbalance in India.
Yul Kwon was recently interviewed for CNN’s “In America – You define America. What defines you?” blog about identity. If you’ve seen him speak before, I don’t think this interview necessarily reveals anything too new, but you can watch or read his interview here.
The last I had blogged about the first Asian American winner of Survivor was that he was hosting Link Asia, and it looks like he still doing that. Kwon is also the host of a four-part PBS series America Revealed but that series has yet to air. Stay tuned…
This is probably the most embarrassing post I’ve ever had to write (not counting the one about my butt). Welcome to the very first 8Asians vlog. You see, while we’re all about writing, sometimes we wish we had a little more “video” fun–just like our friends Jen and Diana from Disgrasian. Also, it was raining outside so Ernie and I couldn’t go anywhere. This is what happened.
If this video wasn’t awful enough, you’re in luck because we’ve got a couple more to show you! Sorry.
College admissions officers have been criticized about things like caps on Asians Americans and decisions about who gets in and who does not. But what do they really think? The Daughter’s high school held a session where a college admissions officer talked about admissions from the his perspective and gave us parents a chance to ask him questions. This segment presents a view of the admissions game from the other side. The admissions officer, the Dean of Admissions from a small San Francisco Bay Area private university, talked about trends, tricks, and test scores in today’s world of college admissions.
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