Category Archives: Discrimination

An ‘Oriental’ Requests an Apology from Rob Ford

Posted on March 8, 2008 by Xxxtine

You might have read over at AngryAsianMan about Toronto City Councillor Rob Ford said about how ‘Orientals are taking over’. You can read the article here and his refusal for an apology here. Toronto-based playwright and actress, Jean Yoon, circulated … Continue reading →

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Barack ‘Fauxbama’ ‘black enough’ on ‘SNL’?

Posted on March 2, 2008 by John

Last Saturday, Saturday Night Live’s Fred Armisen played presidential hopeful Senator Barack Obama in the opening skit, in a faux CNN debate against Hillary Clinton, parodying the apparent favorable and fawning coverage by the press of Obama. Armisen’s racial background … Continue reading →

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On Diversity, America Isn’t Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is

Posted on February 26, 2008 by John

In “On Diversity, America Isn’t Putting Its Money Where Its Mouth Is,” The Wall Street Journal reports: “More than 40 years after job discrimination was outlawed, the wage gap between white men and just about everyone else persists. The one … Continue reading →

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Asians and Black History Month

Posted on February 24, 2008 by Efren

Just read this interesting article in the Advertising Age website by Bill Imada called, “Have Asian Americans Done Enough for the Black Community?” It’s sad that I think the really obvious answer to this really is, no. Given the history … Continue reading →

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66 years since 9066

Posted on February 22, 2008 by jozjozjoz

I meant to post this a couple of days ago, but now that I’m in our fine nation’s capital, I’m reinvigorated… albeit tardy. 66 years ago, on February 19, 1942, United States Executive Order 9066 was issued during World War … Continue reading →

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Cowardly assault at WSU a reminder of racial intolerance

Posted on February 22, 2008 by Ben

As the years pass, you would have imagined that racial tolerance would be progressing. Yet an incident that occurred at my alma mater, Washington State University, spoke of regression. Why is this problematic? When I first read about this particular … Continue reading →

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Couple Gives UCLA $1 Million to Further Chinese American Studies

Posted on February 20, 2008 by John

Last month, The Los Angeles Times reported that Walter and Shirley Wang donated $1 million to UCLA to establish the nation’s first endowed academic chair on U.S.-China relations and Chinese American studies in the article “Couple gives UCLA $1 million … Continue reading →

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China’s Mao Offered to Send 10 Million Women to U.S. in 1973

Posted on February 19, 2008 by John

Last week, the U.S. State Department released the a 268-page document titled “Foreign Relations of the United States, 1969-1976, Volume XVIII, China, 1973-1976” which covered Henry Kissinger’s (Richard Nixon’s national security adviser) meeting with Mao Zedong on Feb. 17, 1973 … Continue reading →

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Chinese espionage on the rise

Posted on February 11, 2008 by Ben

…at least that’s what the media is saying. And unfortunately, the only thing this type of negative news reporting does is create fear where it should not exist. Think about it. If the Chinese have sent their spies here to … Continue reading →

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Rainbow Nation and Gay Asian Male Stereotypes

Posted on February 10, 2008 by Ernie

From Current: Rainbow Nation, a five minute “pod” on stereotypes and Gay Asian males. That’s a way to get a response from me; create a video that starts out with the line, “Asian men have a lot of diseases [and] … Continue reading →

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Seattle Takes Steps to Recognize Minorities’ Role in Shaping Region

Posted on February 6, 2008 by John

In “Seattle Takes Steps to Recognize Minorities’ Role in Shaping Region,” The New York Times reports on Seattle’s troubled racist past and efforts to bring historical context and recognition of this past: “This year, two new museums and a new … Continue reading →

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“Racist” Super Bowl Ads written by Asian

Posted on February 4, 2008 by jozjozjoz

In a completely unrelated post, 8Asian readers have been weighing in on the SalesGenie.com ads which aired during yesterday’s Super Bowl. As such, I thought I should give the topic its own post. The basic consensus seems to be that … Continue reading →

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