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Monthly Archives: December 2007
Can’t We All Just Get Along? New research explores tensions between US’ largest ethnic groups
New American Media, the nations first and largest collaboration of ethnic news media, released the results of the first multilingual poll examining how the US’ largest ethnic groups feel about each other, as well as their attitudes on key elements … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations
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AsianWeek: The 25 Most Infamous Yellow Face Film Performances (Part 1 & 2)
The San Francisco-based AsianWeek recently did a two-part story on “The 25 Most Infamous Yellow Face Film Performances (part 1, part 2)” You ask, what is “yellow face”?: “It may be hard to believe, but there was once a time … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations
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Presidential Campaign Staff Diversity: Should it matter?
DiversityInc. recently took a look at the campaign staff diveristy of the leading presidential candidates. Considering that the democratic party has three diverse candidates (Hilary Clinton, Bill Richardson, and Barack Obama) to the republican’s big fat zero, it’s no surprise … Continue reading
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Everyone’s favorite billionaire mayor warns Chinese of global warming
It’s amazing to think that it’s only been 35 years since Nixon first visited China and began the process of normalizing relations between the two countries. Mike Bloomberg, possibly the worlds most powerful mayor, is spending a few days kicking … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events
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San Jose, CA: 2,000 push for ‘Little Saigon’
As I had mentioned in my posting in November, “San Jose: ‘Saigon Business District’ wins“,the San Jose City council voted to name a part of San Jose “Saigon Business District” instead of “Little Saigon.” Well, in yesterday’s San Jose Mercury … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
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Let’s scare people: Guangzhou markets and SARS
You know it’s a slow news day when the media, let alone an organization like Reuters throws out a report like such. Let’s create a scare! Yes, the world isn’t screwed up enough that we need to make everyone freaked … Continue reading
Harvard Crimson: Asian American Studies Still Waiting for an Entrance
I was doing a search on “Asian Americans” for any of the latest news, and came across this one in The Harvard Crimson: “Asian American Studies Still Waiting for an Entrance“: “In 1987, Mark H. Kuo ’90 helped collect hundreds … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations
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Taiwanese trucker runs over journalists
Sometimes I really wonder about how crazy politics has become. Funny thing, but I’ve always believed that politics has been two sides of the same coin. But things like this happen and you wonder what exactly goes through people’s minds. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, WTF
Tagged Chiang Kai-Shek, independence, Nationalist, Taiwan, Taiwanese
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Sexy Joker: Chae Yeon
(I fell out of my chair laughing when I saw this the first time.) After Akrypti’s enamored post on Ms. Nguyen (whom in my opinion reminds me of a slick, neatly trimmed version of Peaches. *I love Peaches!), I joked … Continue reading
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Tagged , birthday, chae yeon, high five, korean pop, love letter, x-man
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Veronica “Nikki” Ruiz Missing Since Dec. 3rd
(Update from the Editor, 1/15/08: Body found on Mount Tamalpais is that of missing IRS agent) I just received a chilling email from a friend. His friend’s sister, 25yo Veronica “Nikki” Ruiz, has been missing since this past Monday. Though … Continue reading
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LA Times: Jews, Asians are building bonds
In today’s The Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reports that “Jews, Asians are building bonds“: “Jewish and Asian American leaders, whose communities represent nearly 20% of Los Angeles County’s population, are trying to forge friendships in hopes of combating such … Continue reading
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Belated thoughts on World AIDS Day…
When December 1st rolled around, otherwise known as World AIDS Day, I didn’t think too much about it. Granted that I’ve been involved in one shape or form in HIV/AIDS prevention among the queer Asian men’s community for over 10 … Continue reading