This past weekend a 15 year old boy was struck approximately 12 times with a metal pole on the back of the leg, which caused injuries. He was beaten because the parents found a lighter and suspected the boy had been smoking. The boy was brought to the house of Paul Kim, who also attended the same church as the boy’s family. Kim again questioned the boy and thought the teen was lying so he used corporal punishment after getting permission from the boy’s father. This isn’t the first time either. Investigators believed Kim has been used by other families to discipline their children as well. Paul Kim was arrested last Tuesday.
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At just 22, Yani Tseng is the youngest golfer (man or woman) to win five major titles. Currently playing on the LPGA tour and ranked as the world’s no. 1 female golfer, Tseng is ridiculously famous in Taiwan and China where she is treated like a superstar. But here in the States, she’s much less well-known. ”Tseng’s fame in Asia dwarfs her profile in the United States, which raises the question: in an increasingly globalized world, does it matter if the brightest stars shine in the East or West? Robert Thompson, a professor of mass media and popular culture at Syracuse, said, ‘We have this prejudice that it does not matter if you’re huge anywhere else, that the only real sign of success is if you’re famous in the United States….If I were advising her, I don’t think I’d put being famous in the United States at the top of my list. When you’re really famous in Asia, there are billions who know you, compared to millions in the U.S.’” As a female and an Asian, the odds for superstar status in the US are against her, but it seems like Tseng is gonna keep fighting for the fame.
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Taekwondo: it’s the national sport of South Korea. It’s a favorite after school activity for little kids. Earning its black belt makes you feel invincible. It’s in the Olympics. It’s also one of the cutest videos that I’ve seen this week and it’s also probably how I’d fight someone in the alley (a.k.a. completely missing all my kicks).
I once had to help out at a TKD tournament during college and was lucky enough to be assigned as the timer for the little kiddie matches, which was equally adorable–until I realized that the fights consisted of the larger kid beating the crap out of the smaller kid, one of whom promptly burst into tears in the middle of everything. Yay for little children and martial arts!
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This is part of 8Asians’ 2011 “8Days of Giveaways” Celebration.
Created by three first-generation immigrants, Off the Boat Greeting cards bring old-world logic to every occasion. Find just the right card to communicate how you feel– whether evaluating your options for the future: become a doctor or lawyer or marry a doctor or lawyer or just celebrating: gan bei! When a simple “happy birthday” isn’t enough, check out these well wishes with a touch of straight off-the-boat immigrant humor.
Over at GASP!, we loved how “held aspects of creativity, humor and aesthetics altogether”… with “clever expressions that are a twist to the words of wisdom shared by the older generation of Asians and other immigrants.”
You can normally send e-cards for free, at Off the Boat Greetings, and you even create your own, but exclusively for our 8Days Celebration, OTB has produced an exclusive 5-pack of greeting cards that you can actually handwrite on and put in the mail!
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As I’ve mentioned in other articles, I work for the Japanese American National Museum here in Los Angeles. My job is to plan the public programs. One of my more popular programs is Target Family Free Saturday, which is a day where we have crafts, performances, and workshops for families. A couple of years ago, I did a “take a picture with a Japanese American Santa” event, thinking it’d be fun. To my surprise, it was a HUGE hit. People came from all over LA and wanted to take pictures with him. And in the years since, people have come back hoping to take another picture with him again.
This got me thinking, why can’t Santa be Asian? Do I want my newborn to wish for an Asian Santa to sneak through our dog door (we don’t have a chimney) and leave a present under the tree? Or does it even matter?
Via Yahoo! News: “A photograph of three women reportedly fighting fires in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor has been debunked. Katherine Lowe, 96, who is the woman standing second from the right in the picture, says that while the photo is real, it wasn’t actually taken on December 7, 1941. [...] Lowe says she and her co-workers at the Dole pineapple factory did go to work as civilians at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard, which did include fighting fires. However, she said the photograph that has received so much attention was likely taken during a training exercise later during the war.”
In August, as part of our post on Top 5 Gay/Lesbian Asian Channels On YouTube, 8Asians highlighted Hank Chen. Now, Chen is part of Verizon’s online campaign for 4G LTE, highlighting Verizon’s speedy next generation network.
One of the interesting things is that Chen was partially selected as one of the spokespersons due to his popular YouTube presence. I had blogged in August that the New York Times had reported the obvious – that Asian Americans have used YouTube as a more direct channel for reaching an audience that they haven’t been able to do through traditional media. Kind of neat to see that Chen’s online efforts have translated into a paid opportunity! You can catch Chen’s other online spots visiting D.C., Baltimore, Boston, and Philly. Hopefully in the near future, we’ll be seeing Chen in a broadcast Verizon spot like Jared Asato.
Winter is coming up, so why not wear a fleece hat to keep yourself warm while rocking a cute fashion look? And for those who love pandas, look no further! Adorn yourself with a Steppie Fleece Panda Hat (25 USD) that will attract others’ attention and who knows–maybe you will find yourself starting a conversation with another panda lover!
Editor’s Note: The hat shown is no longer available, but there’s tons of cute items available at Steppies shop at Etsy!
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, we talk about a recent story of Lia, a minimum-wage cashier at a Southern California Chick-Fil-A who thought she could get away with naming two of her Asian customers “CHING” and “CHONG” on their receipts. And then about the restaurant chain itself that serves crispy chicken sandwiches. Delicious, hate-filled, crispy chicken sandwiches. Let’s watch, shall we?
From Chosun: “In the poll of 29,000 men and women from 36 countries by Harris Interactive for condom maker Durex, 34 percent of Korean men answered that they had been unfaithful to their partners, second only to Thailand’s 54 percent. Malaysia ranked third with 33 percent, followed by Russia (32 percent) and Hong Kong (29 percent).”
The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) has released a report examining the issues related to children of immigrants growing up in immigrant entrepreneurial families.
The study focused on the children of U.S. immigrant entrepreneurs, specifically Asian American and Latino graduate and professional students. Study participants grew up in households in the U.S. The main common shared experience among the study participants was their immigrant entrepreneur parents and their experiences growing up around the family business. Both of which heavily influenced their desire to pursue an education in the U.S. and determined their job choices and decision to work in the States.
When I first saw this commercial a few weeks ago, I thought it was hilarious. I was wondering what was taking VW so long to post this up on YouTube. In any case, I love Randall Park‘s brief and subtle awkward role in this commercial as he tries to convince the test drivers to return to the dealership. I was just cracking up when I first saw him speak up. Park seems to be the go-to-Asian American guy for commercials lately, seeing him cast in commercials for Chase Sapphire, HBO Go and Ally Bank.
VW isn’t new to casting Asian Americans in their commercials – the last time I recall blogging about their commercials was again for their Sign Then Drive promotion.
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