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Kevin is a Taiwanese-American college student in Claremont, CA who immigrated from Taipei to the suburbs of LA when he was six. He enjoys intelligent hip-hop, poetry, watching football (both kinds), playing basketball, sudokus, and delicious fruit.
What if Jeremy Lin Weren’t Asian?
As with most people, I don’t remember much of my early childhood; I emigrated to the State from Taiwan when I was 5 years old and the only relevant and vivid memories I have from my time on the Formosan island was sitting 2 feet away from a sizable television watching Michael Jordan win his first championships. I still have the Bulls snap-back from back then; the logo is faded and the brim is bent, [...] Continue »
Ed Wang: (Soon To Be) First Chinese American Player in the NFL
As an avid football fan, the NFL Draft marks one of my favorite days of the year, on par with opening kickoff for my beloved Green Bay Packers and the weekend of wild card games marking the beginning of the playoffs. It sets the beginning of the future for each individual franchise, the true ray of hope for each team before the season begins. Today was the first day of a new beginning for all [...] Continue »
The Pacific: the Crossroad Between Generation Gaps and Political Correctness
A couple of years ago, I was introduced to Band of Brothers, the hugely successful HBO miniseries about the 101st Airborne and their accomplishments in the European theater in World War II, and was instantly hooked. The miniseries focused more on individual American soldiers and their subsequent achievements and flaws and kept, save for a few instances, the Nazi’s in a faceless shroud. It was effective one-sided, dehumanization that made you cheer for the soldiers [...] Continue »
Ahn Cao, Vietnamese American Republican, Votes for Health Care Plan
Unless you were trapped under a rock, you would know that the much debated and controversial Health Care plan passed in the house with a margin of five votes, 220-215. Despite a huge number of Democrats in the House, the plan barely limped through strange objections and a close vote. And, it still has to push through the Senate. While 36 Democrats voted against the Health Care plan, the sole Republican from Louisiana’s second district [...] Continue »
Santa Anita Race Track Opens Exhibit on Japanese Internment
The biggest news this weekend from Arcadia, CA was Zenyatta coming from behind to clinch her 14th win at the Breeders’ Cup Classic at the Santa Anita Race Track. It was actually quite an amazing feat considering how far behind she was. But lost beneath the headlines was the opening of the race track’s new exhibit about the race track’s often forgotten association with Japanese Internment. Signed in February 19th, 1942 by President F.D. Roosevelt, [...] Continue »
Will You B Here? UC Davis
There was a post a week or two ago about the B Here Campaign, a quick reminder that the UC Davis event is on the 27th and the 28th… make sure you catch the last chance (in awhile) to see the likes of KevJumba and Kaba Modern all in one place! Remember, Hep B still remains as one of deadliest and complicated illnesses today, and it disproportionately targets Asian Americans. If you’re in the area,take [...] Continue »
Will You B Here? Raising Hepatitis B Awareness
A year or so ago, we had a post about Hepatitis B and how it disproportionately affects Asian Americans. For those who don’t already know, Hep B is a disease that attacks the liver without many noticeable symptoms leading many to dub it as the “silent killer” because those who could be infected rarely get tested for it to be diagnosed. Hep B leads to complications with the liver, in forms of liver cancer and [...] Continue »
Which is the “Best” College for Asian Americans?
Asian-Nation.org, run by Professor C.N Le of UMass Amherst recently reprinted a statistical study of college campuses from 9 years ago regarding Asian/Asian American student population, splitting schools amongst “Top Universities” and “Top Liberal Arts Colleges.” The “best” university for Asian Americans is the University of Hawaii (which is unsurprising considering that Hawaiian natives are technically Pacific Islanders), and the “best” liberal arts college is Pomona College, its sister schools Claremont McKenna College and Scripps [...] Continue »
Fundraising Events out in Los Angeles
It seems like Los Angeles has a charity event or fund raising party every other weekend and all of them seem pretty interesting, but it gets pretty difficult to head out to all of them after awhile and they get washed into the background… So, really quickly, a shout out to two events. The first is a fund raiser gala for the Asian Pacific Community Fund, which will honor California State Assemblyman Mike Eng and [...] Continue »
The Evolution of Rex Lee’s Lloyd on Entourage
Throughout the last five or so years, there have only been two shows that have really piqued the interests of almost everyone I know, the first being ABC’s mega-hit Lost (which I’ve only begun watching). The second one is HBO’s comedy Entourage, which never seems to lose any fans and always seems to be adding more by the minute. I remember watching it for the first time right after the second season had ended, and [...] Continue »
Write a Letter to Support Lt. Dan Choi!
I’ve already written a couple posts about Lt. Dan Choi and his organization Knights Out that’s fighting the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits openly gay servicemen from serving their country. Lt. Choi, a graduate of West Point that speaks fluent Arabic, was a translator (among other things) serving overseas. He was discharged in May for violating the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy and is heading into trial on Tuesday. He is now [...] Continue »
“Engrish/Chinglish”: Language Lost in Translation
Growing up, I would visit Hong Kong and/or Taiwan every year to visit family and see my birthplace. At first, during these visits, I would try to read signs or menus using whatever Chinese characters I could muster. However, as I progressed through the American school system, it became much easier and comfortable to read the English translations. Even in my early teens, it was easy to tell that some of these translations had critical [...] Continue »
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