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Jeff lives in Silicon Valley, and attempts to juggle marriage, fatherhood, computer systems research, running, and writing.

Asian American Subsistence Fishing in Southern California

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Jeff

On a business trip to Southern California, I visited the Daughter, and together we saw this sign about contaminated fish on the Manhattan Beach Pier. It caught my eye that you shouldn’t eat barracuda (you can catch barracuda off of … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Environment, Food & Drink, Health, Local, Southern California | Tagged barracuda, barred sand bass, subsistence fishing, topsmel, white croaker | Leave a comment

Where White means Mediocre: High-Skilled Asian Immigrant Enclaves

Posted on October 11, 2013 by Jeff

“Are you taking AP [Advanced Placement] courses?” “Oh no, I’m white.” – Conversation overhead by a teacher in Cupertino. Stanford sociologist Tomás Jiménez has been studying immigrants and the communities they live in, and he recently published what he found … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, San Francisco Bay Area | Tagged Cupertino, Mission San Jose, Montavista High School, Silicon Valley, stereotypes, white flight | 9 Comments

The Self-Segregation Choice

Posted on October 9, 2013 by Jeff

As Asian Americans and Asian Canadians have become more visible on university campuses, they have been accused of self-segregation, occasionally in negative or outrageous ways. In this video, the Fung brothers talk about self-segregation on American college campuses and pros … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Lifestyles | Tagged Anthony Antonio, Asian Greeks, Asian-American, college, fung brothers, Juilie Park, self-segregation, Thomas Espenshade | 7 Comments

Viral Like SARS: True Move Mobile’s “Giving”

Posted on September 24, 2013 by Jeff

Here’s another Thai TV commercial from that’s going viral. I have seen it shared by people as diverse as my niece in the Philippines to friends all over the US. This Gawker article gushes about how it is much more … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, TV, Viral Like SARS | Tagged Thai commercial, True Move | 1 Comment

Elaborate Proposal Plan Gets Reversed

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Jeff

Vicky Wang, 31, refused two marriage proposals from her boyfriend Jonathan Law, but when she felt ready, decided to do the asking (reading lots of Joy Chen? /kidding). She set up an elaborate scheme at his high school in Vancouver, … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Lifestyles | Tagged Jonathan Law, proposal, Vicky Wang | Leave a comment

“Holistic” Admissions at UC Berkeley: An Insider View

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Jeff

Question: What activity would have enough ethical dilemnas to scare off an ethics professor? Answer: UC Berkeley’s “ holistic” Admissions process. Ruth Starkman, who at the time was an ethics professor at the University of San Francisco, has written this … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, Sports | Tagged college admissions, holistic review, Ruth Starkman, UC Berkeley, University of California admissions | 16 Comments

8Questions with Cung Le on ‘The Grandmaster,’ The Ultimate Fighter China, and Family

Posted on August 29, 2013 by Jeff

I recently got a chance to talk to actor and MMA fighter Cung Le, who is in The Grandmaster, a movie by Wong Kar Wai about Bruce Lee’s teacher Ip Man. We covered a variety of subjects, from movies and … Continue reading →

Posted in 8Questions, Movies, Sports | Tagged Cung Le, Ip Man, MMA, The Grandmaster, the ultimate fighter, Tony Leung, Wong Kar Wai, Yuen Woo-ping | 6 Comments

How White Views on “Meritocracy” Change After Learning About Asian American Student Success

Posted on August 22, 2013 by Jeff

Any discussion about caps on Asian American college enrollment needs to be accompanied by definition what criteria should be used for admissions. University of Miami sociology professor Frank L. Samson found that white Californians that he surveyed strongly supported … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education | Tagged college admissions, Frank L. Samson, University of California | 57 Comments

Viral Like SARS: Thai Pushup Bra Ad (NSFW)

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Jeff

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMqrdY7reTA Here’s another Thai commercial gone viral. This ad for a push up bra shows how convincing it can be. I have to say that I (and the rest of us) saw the end coming pretty early.

Posted in Viral Like SARS, WTF | Tagged push up bra, Thai commercial | Leave a comment

Viral Like SARS: Disconnect to Connect

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Jeff

Thai commercials sometimes go viral when they are clever or really tug at one’s heartstrings. It’s seems odd that dtac, a Thai mobile phone and telecommunications service provider, would create and broadcast this ad, but it seems to resonate with … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Entertainment, Technology, TV, Viral Like SARS | Tagged disconnect to connect, dtac, smartphones, Thai commercial | 1 Comment

National Minority Donor Awareness Week (August 1-7)

Posted on August 9, 2013 by Jeff

I had no idea that August 1 through August 7 is National Minority Donor Awareness Week until a friend of mine posted the above video which featured a friend of hers. We have done many stories at 8asians on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles | Tagged bone marrow, Diabetes, organ donation | Leave a comment

Coaching Asian American Kids in Youth Sports

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Jeff

Coaching Asian American kids in youth sports has some unique challenges. During my twelve years of coaching youth sports, I have worked with a lot of Asian American kids, and while for the most part, they are just like kids … Continue reading →

Posted in Education, Family, Observations, Sports | Tagged Jeremy Lin, youth sports | 11 Comments

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