Monthly Archives: November 2008

Legacy Anti-Asian American Ballot Initiative Fails in Florida

I had read about this prior to the election, but didn’t have a chance to blog about this until now. In Florida, there was a change in the Florida state consitution adopted back in1926 allowing the state legislature to prohibit … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Asians and Swim Goggles

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 … Continue reading

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Dad Faces Death Penalty for Burning Children Alive

Today, prosecutors announced that a man accused of murdering his 11-year-old daughter and 10-year-old son by setting his SUV on fire with the children inside will face the death penalty. The story is quite tragic, as reported by the LA … Continue reading

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Asian Americans Overwhelmingly Supported Obama

America’s next “First Family.” Well, it’s been two days since America elected the first African American president by electing Barack Obama to the White House and I’m sure a lot of us are still digesting what this means for American … Continue reading

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Deftones’ Bassist Cheng In Coma

I don’t know how many of you are hardcore rockers, but Chi Cheng, the Chinese-American bassist for the Deftones and spoken word poet, is in a coma after a car accident in Northern California. It sounds pretty bad, as the … Continue reading

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Just Because Obama is a Minority is No Reason to Vote for Him

(Note: Song Park is President of the Korean American Republican Party of VA. He previously appeared in a debate with Dan Ye.) Dear Obama supporters, independents and for those who haven’t decided yet, Although Obama has made enormous strides in … Continue reading

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Ask an Asian: I’m Carrying My Asian Boyfriend’s Baby

(Every so often, we here at 8Asians get e-mails asking for advice. Here is one such e-mail from a white girl with an Asian boyfriend — let’s call her “H” — asking for advice on how to deal with her … Continue reading

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Power of the Swing Vote

I saw this over on Angry Asian Man: “Power of the Swing Vote last week. Power of the swing Vote is a short documentary is produced by Projekt NewSpeak and includes interviews with Asian Americans Bobby Lee, Tia Carrere, Russell … Continue reading

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Battleground Nevada. Is she oriental too?

They have some big signs in Nevada… This past weekend, I was in Reno, Nevada. As you know, Nevada is a “battleground state.” Obama is leading McCain in California by something like 25% … so there are a flood of … Continue reading

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Where’s my Furniture? Adventures with Extended Family

When Barack Obama took time off from his campaign to visit his ailing grandmother, it made me think of the time when I woke up one morning, got out of my room, looked around the house, and wondered, “where’s my … Continue reading

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