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Author Archives: Jeff
2013 Growing Up Asian in America Art, Essay, and Video Contest: If I Were President
Every year, the Asian Pacific Fund hosts an art and essay contest on Growing up Asian in America. 2013′s theme is “If I were President”. San Francisco Bay Area students from Kindergarten through the 12th grade can submit essays, poems, … Continue reading
Chinese Air Pollution Reaches US West Coast
While smog is yet one of the many problems afflicting Los Angeles, this blog entry points out that some of LA’s famous air pollution comes all the way from China. According to this report, some days have a third of … Continue reading
What Asian American Kids Watch on the Internet: Atban Klann’s Puddles of H2O
When Number One Son asked me to look at this video, I wondered “what is ‘Atban Klann’?” Before they formed the Black Eyed Peas, apl.de.ap and will.i.am (then Will 1x) were part of the group The Atban Klann (ATBAN stands … Continue reading
An Asian American Journalist Talks about Overcoming Depression
In this piece from The Fil Am magazine, Asian American journalist Ryan Macasero opens up about his struggle with depression. He talks about how depression first set in during childhood and how free mental health services in college helped him … Continue reading
Judge Refuses to Block California Shark Fin Ban
U.S. District judge Phyllis Hamilton refused to block the enforcement of California’s ban on the sale of shark fins, rejecting charges that the law is discriminatory against Chinese Americans. Two organizations, Asian Americans for Political Advancement and the San Francisco … Continue reading
The Top 10 Asian American Sports Figures of 2012
Northwest Asian Weekly recently published its list of the Top 10 Asian American sports figures of 2012. The list was full of Olympians, some of who we covered before covered before, like #6 volleyball player Tamari Miyashiro and #8 wrestler … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
Tagged Clarissa Chun, Cung Le, Jeremy Lin, Michelle Kwan, Nonito Donaire, Northwest Asian Weekly, Tamari Miyashiro
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Young, Deaf, Samoan and Bballin’ Down the Court
After Number Two Son played in a basketball tournament that had a team from California School for the Deaf (CSD), I was immediately intrigued when I saw this video by Tama Irie from Silicon Valley De-Bug. The video features Easter … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education, Sports
Tagged basketball, Deafness, Easter Fa’afiti, Gallaudet University, Silicon Valley Debug, Tama Irie
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Sprint NBA “Pajamas” Commercial with Kevin Durant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvypu0AHM8A In this Sprint commercial, an Asian American dad turns into a clone of 6’9” basketball player Kevin Durant. His wife isn’t at all displeased. Watch to the end to see what the mom wants from her huge, newly transformed … Continue reading
Gangnam Style invades Christmas Lighting
If Gangnam Style isn’t everywhere already, this video shows that it has invaded Christmas. This display, created by John Storms, was an entry in the Old Navy Griswold Lightacular Challenge. Sorry Gangnam Style fans, voting has already closed for this … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, WTF
Tagged Gangnam Style, Old Navy Griswold Lightacular Challenge, Psy
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New Garden Grove Councilman Celebrates Swearing in with a Marriage Proposal
Chris Phan, a newly elected Councilman for the city of Garden Grove, had a unique way to celebrate being sworn in – making a very public wedding proposal to his girlfriend Cindy Pham! According to this interview, he checked first … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Lifestyles, Politics
Tagged Chris Phan, Cindy Pham, city council, Garden Grove, wedding proposal
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Last Soldier in Danny Chen Abuse Case to be Removed from the Army
The eighth and last soldier to be tried in the Danny Chen abuse case, Chen’s platoon leader, First Lt. Daniel L. Schwartz, will be removed from the Army. This punishment was handled outside of the court martial process. If he had … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, Discrimination
Tagged Danny Chen, First Lt. Daniel L. Schwartz, U.S. Military
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Asian American MMA Fighters go 2-2 in UFC on Fox 5
Asian American MMA fighters in UFC on FOX 5 won two out of four matches this past weekend. Benson Henderson (pictured above with his mom after the match) dominated Nate Diaz to defend his lightweight belt. Scott Jorgenson, who I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Sports
Tagged B.J.Penn, Ben Henderson, MMA, Nam Phan, Scott Jorgenson, UFC, UFC on FOX 5
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