8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Viki J-Drama Review: A Calm Sea and Beautiful Days with You
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Doodle 4 Google 2014 Winner: Audrey Zhang
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PSA: Write in “Taiwanese” on the 2010 US Census
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Should This Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed Girl Have Won a Miss India Pagent?
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Secrets of the Kung Fu Temple: Shaolin Inc.
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Author Archives: Jeff
Jeremy Lin is Training the Next Generation of Asian American Basketball Players
Jeremy Lin’s playing days are nearing an end as he just finished his 15th pro season with the New Taipei Kings. Despite that, he is building on his legacy in a new way. Jeremy Lin is training the next generation … Continue reading
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged Ashley Chea, basketball, Home Court, Jeremy Lin, Palo Alto, Ryan Agarwal
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Inside the Rise of Asian American Cooking with Eddie Huang
Eddie Huang is a major player in the rise of Asian American cooking. While the story of his life and his impact of his restaurant has been told in a fictionalized TV Series and a book, I found this summary … Continue reading
Maybe Happy Ending Casting Controversy
You may have heard about the Maybe Happy Ending casting controversy, but in you have not, here is a quick summary. We have mentioned that Darren Criss would leave his Tony Award winning role in the play by August 31. … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Theatre
Tagged BD Wong, broadway, Darren Criss, Helen J Shen, Maybe Happy Ending
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Daniel Dae Kim’s Butterfly Spy-thriller series coming to Prime Video
Daniel Dae Kim’s Butterfly spy-thriller series is coming to Prime video. Based on Marguerite Bennett and Arash Amel’s graphic novel series of the same name, the story is “a character-driven spy thriller that explores complex family dynamics within the treacherous … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Amazon Prime Video, Butterly, Daniel Dae Kim, Louis Landau, Piper Perabo, Reina Hardesty
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US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans
NBC News Asian America reports that US-Born Asian Americans no longer the Healthiest Older Americans, as was found in previous surveys. This study published in the Journals of Gerontology that the article cites focuses on adults over the age of 50. … Continue reading
The Trump Administration is Picking AAPI Lawyers for Circuit Court Positions
Bloomberg Law reports that the Trump Administration is Picking AAPI Lawyers for Circuit Court Positions. While overall diversity is going down, recent judicial nominations include a notable number of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. These include Eric Tung for the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Legal, Politics
Tagged 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Donald Trump, Eric Jung, Judges, Patrick Bumatay
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Another Asian American City tops a Best City List
I was surprised to find another Asian American City that tops a US Best City List, especially one that wasn’t on any of the previous lists that I discussed in the past. This year, Johns Creek in Georgia was number … Continue reading
Guide to A Filipino American Funeral
What do all-you-can-eat buffets, butterflies, and taking the long way home have to do with death? They are all part of the Filipino American funeral practices, at least from what I have seen practiced here in my Silicon Valley ethnoburb. … Continue reading
Kaitlyn Chen Remains on the Valkyries (at least for now)
After being signed by the Golden State Valkyries, getting waived, and then re-signed, we expected that Kaitlyn Chen would be waived yet again when players returned back from the Eurobasket tournament. As it turns out, Kaitlyn Chen remains on the … Continue reading
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged basketball, Golden State Valkyries, Kaitlyn Chen, Valkyries, WNBA
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Asian American Sports Fans becoming attractive Marketing Targets
Asian American sports fans are becoming attractive marketing targets. Asian Americans spend 15% more time viewing live sports than the general public according to a Nielsen report. Given that most sports marketing efforts are targeted at live sports and that … Continue reading
Maybe Happy Ending Almost Did not Open
We have talked about how the musical Maybe Happy Ending was nominated for 10 Tony Awards and won 6 of them. As this New York Time article discusses, Maybe Happy Ending almost did not open! It faced many obstacles in … Continue reading
New York State Bill on Diagnosing Asian American Diabetes
With more than half of Asian American Diabetes cases going undetected, a bill in the New York State legislature tries to reduce that rate. Specifically, it asks insurance companies to pay for diabetes diagnostic tests for people who have a … Continue reading