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Flushing Councilman Peter Koo Switches From Republican to Democrat
On Thursday, New York City Councilman Peter Koo of Flushing, Queens announced that he’s switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat. There are several reasons why he may have switched. Reports have surfaced that Koo had problems with the Queens County Republican Party. But more interestingly, some have speculated that Koo did it to increase his influence. As a Democrat, he could bring more city funds to his district. Moreover, he could serve as [...] Continue »
Papa John’s “Lady Chinky Eyes” Incident: What Does “Chink” Even Mean?
Minhee Cho made headlines after ordering pizza from Papa John’s and had her name misspelled as “Lady Chinky Eyes”. While I’m sure American Law gives the benefit of the doubt to the employee to defend herself as a mentally challenged and defective wart who ingested too much over-due pizza and had a cerebrovascular accident, myocardial infarction and carotid stenosis when typing it in, I’m more inclined to think it was somewhat slightly malicious in nature [...] Continue »
New York Redistricting Dilutes Asian American Voting Power
By Lexington In recent years, there has been substantial press coverage predicting that the dramatic increase of New York’s Asian American (APA) population would lead to an increase in political influence. Yet that population increase hasn’t translated to greater APA representation in elected office. To date, there are currently four APA elected officials. Part of it may be low rates of voter registration and lack of interest in American politics. But when you look at [...] Continue »
Jeremy Lin Off to the New York Knicks
Well, NBA basketball player Jeremy Lin didn’t have much time to settle down at the Houston Rockets. He’s already been traded to the New York Knicks: The New York Knicks have claimed guard Jeremy Lin off waivers to fill a void at backup point guard. Lin was released Sunday by the Rockets to make roster room for Houston’s signing of Samuel Dalembert. … The Knicks, who last week claimed sharpshooter Steve Novak off waivers, needed [...] Continue »
Eight Soldiers Charged in Death of Private Danny Chen
I haven’t been following the case of Private Danny Chen, a 19-year-old from New York’s Chinatown neighborhood, and his suicide in Afghanistan in October too closely, but caught the recent report about his eight fellow soldiers being charged for his death due to bullying: “Chen’s fellow soldiers dragged him across the floor, threw stones at the back of his head, forced him to hold liquid in his mouth while upside down as part of an [...] Continue »
New York’s New Road Safety Guide In Haiku Form
I’m as knowledgeable about writing Haiku poetry as Silvio Berlusconi is about being discreet, but this isn’t such a bad idea. Signs in New York City have appeared which are designed to try and lift awareness of road safety in a light and humorous way. John Morse created a total of 12 different types, 10 in english and 2 in spanish, with the designs made to stand out in a cluttered landscape, although I am surprised there’s no [...] Continue »
Inside Out Project: Calling Artists in NYC
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 [...] Continue »
Mysterious Death of Asian American Soldier Overseas Hints to Suicide, Bullying
From the New York Times: “On Oct. 3, her son, Pvt. Danny Chen, was found shot to death in a guard tower on an American outpost in Afghanistan. He was 19 years old. Three days after his death, a military official told Ms. Chen and her husband, Yan Tao Chen, that investigators had not yet determined whether the shot to the head was self-inflicted or fired by someone else. But the official also revealed, the [...] Continue »
SUNY Binghamton Campus Newspaper Pipe Dream Publishes Racist Cartoon
I received word that late last week Pipe Dream, the campus newspaper at my alma mater published the above cartoon. My response can be summarized in two words: Not funny. I don’t mean “Asians-are-the-butt-of-this-joke-(again)-and-therefore-this-is-not-funny-to-me” not funny. No, I mean it’s not funny. Period. It doesn’t even make any sense. Sure, Asians like money, but to get money, we’re not going to doctor your fortune cookie fortune for a bigger tip. That’s just not how we roll. Instead, we’ll [...] Continue »
The 8Asians Talk About: Foreign Languages on Storefronts
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 the push by a Chinese Queens, NY councilman to make the signs in Chinatown less Chinese. John: Personally, since my Chinese reading is quite limited and Spanish non-existent, I like the idea of [...] Continue »
Is New York Ready For Balut? (Maybe.)
From the Atlantic Wire comes a report that a new Filipino restaurant in New York City, Maharlika, is offering the infamous delicacy balut, the boiled slightly developed duck egg. To his credit, Adam Martin, the author of the piece sums it up precisely: “[it's] the embryonic egg dish popular in the Philippines and elsewhere in Southeast Asia but reviled pretty much everywhere else.” Curiously, he also states that it’s impossible to find in the US, [...] Continue »
Should Vegetarian Hindus Sue Over Being Served Meat?
Poor Moghul Express of Edison, NJ. An Indian restaurant in the heart of Edison’s Indian community owned by a Hindu, Moghul Express (reported at CNN as “Mughal Express”) is being sued by a group of 16 Hindus who felt harmed “emotionally and spiritually” for accidentally being served meat in a tray of samosas two summers ago and want to be flown to India to “purify their souls.” Strict vegetarian Durgesh Gupta and Sharad Agrawal had [...] Continue »
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