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Author Archives: Jeff
The University of Utah honors Wat Misaka, first person of Color in the NBA
Long before Linsanity or even before any African Americans would play in what would become the NBA, Wataru “Wat” Misaka became the first person of color to play professional basketball in the Basketball Association of America, playing three games for … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, History, Sports
Tagged basketball, Jeremy Lin, University of Utah, Wat Misaka
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Apple’s 2022 Chinese New Year Short: The Comeback
Every year, Apple releases a short film for Chinese New Year that is shot on an iPhone. This short for this 2022, called The Comeback, is very “meta,” and I liked it a lot. The film was created by Chinese … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Movies
Tagged Apple, Chinese New Year, iPhone, iPhone 13
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8mm Film Review: Try Harder
Before Try Harder came out in theatres, Number Two Son mentioned to me that he had a friend who worked on the marketing of the film, and so we decided to watch it together while he was home on winter … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, Education
Tagged Debbie Lum, Lowell High School, Try Harder
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Asian American Segregation and Income Inequality in the San Francisco Bay Area
The Othering and Belonging Institute recently issued an update to their report on segregation in the San Francisco Bay Area using 2020 census data, and the section on the most segregated Asian American neighborhoods caught my eye. Some of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Chinatown, Fremont California, income disparity, segregation
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US Mint to Produce Anna May Wong Quarter
The US Mint will produce a quarter in 2022 featuring pioneering Asian American Actress Anna May Wong. The quarter is part of the America Women Quarters program. On th web site for the Anna May Wong coin it says: Anna … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Movies
Tagged American Women Quarter, Anna May Wong, quarter, US Mint
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Ivy League Olympians Chloe Kim and Nathan Chen prepare for Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics
When I read about these two Olympic athletes who are favorites for gold in the 2022 Beijing Olympics, I was struck by a number of the similarities in their lives and mental approaches. Figure skater Nathan Chen is a favorite, … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Sports
Tagged 2022 Beijing Winter Oympics, Beijing, Chloe Kim, figure skating, Nathan Chen, snowboarding, Togetherx, Winter Olympics
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Chinese American WWII Veterans to be Honored with the Congressional Gold Medal
Chinese American WWII Veterans have been honored with the Congressional Gold Medal in a series of ceremonies across the country. The Chinese American WWII Veterans Recognition project pushed for recognition of Chinese American Veterans like Hazel Ying Lee, who died in … Continue reading
Filipino American Nurses: Then and Now
This photo essay on Filipino American nurses dealing with the pandemic, coupled with it being Filipino American History Month, made me reflect on the long history of Filipino American nurses. We have talked before about why so many nurses in … Continue reading
Celebrating the Contributions of Filipino American Sailors
Before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, a major path to the US for Filipino Immigrants was through the US Navy. My father came to the US that way, as well as tens of thousands of other Filipinos. As … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History
Tagged Filipino American History Month, U.S. Navy, USS Hornet
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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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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