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Monthly Archives: September 2021
Jeopardy shows that Asian Americans have a Ways to go to be Widely Recognized
When I saw this category on Jeopardy last Friday, September 24, 2021, I was excited that Asian Americans would be the focus of a category on a popular nationally televised US TV show. Given the perpertual foreigner stereotype and the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Sports, TV
Tagged figure skating, Jeopardy, Kristi Yamaguchi, Michelle Kwan, Tara Lipinski
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Former Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Touts Basic Income at Mountain View Rally
Former presidential candidate happened to be in Mountain View on Saturday (September 25, 2021) for a Universal Basic Income rally while UBI supporters across the country in different cities were also holding rallies and marches. At the rally, many speakers, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Andrew Yang, Universal Basic Income
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US Attorney General urged to move faster on Federal Anti-Asian Hate Law
Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) and Representative Grace Meng (D-NY) sent this letter (a portion shown above) to US Attorney General Merrick Garland asking for faster action on implementing the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. They specifically ask for speeding up implementation … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination
Tagged #StopAsianHate, coronavirus, COVID-19, Grace Meng, mazie hirono
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Pixar’s Asian-led ‘Turning Red’ Feature to be Released March 2022
While checking out the #GoldOpen for Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Five Rings, another feature on the #GoldOpen list caught my eye. My niece’s husband works for Pixar and when I asked him about what he was working on, … Continue reading
‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings” breaks Labor Day Box Office Records
As I mentioned in a previous post about this movie, it was an open question how the it would fare during the Delta Variant surge. Looks like the question has been answered – it would fare very well! According to … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Movies
Tagged Chloe Zhao, Gold Open, Michelle Yeoh, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simu Liu
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8mm Film Review (Non-Spoiler): ‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’
I’ve been a fan of Marvel comics as a kid, collecting comics including Spider-Man, The Avengers, the Fantastic Four, etc. and a fan of the film adaptations from the first Tobey Maguire Spider-Man to the first official Marvel Cinematic Universe … Continue reading
‘Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings’ gets a #GoldOpen
Variety reports that Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings is slated to open this week on September 3 with a Gold Open. For those of you who don’t know, this means that the Gold House organization and CAPE … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged awkwafina, COVID-19, Gold House, Gold Open, Marvel, Michelle Yeoh, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, Simu Liu
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