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Category Archives: Current Events
TurboVax creator Huge Ma honored by New York officials and Andrew Yang
TurboVax is a web site and twitter feed that helps New Yorkers simply and easily find and register for COVID-19 vaccinations. New York City mayoral candidate Andrew Yang and Congressman Ritchie Torres honored TurboVax’s creator, Huge Ma, for his work … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Local, New York
Tagged Andrew Yang, coronavirus, COVID-19, Huge Ma, Ritchie Torres, Turbovax, vaccination
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Grieving Asian Widow Receives “Go back to your country” Letter
After burying her husband Byong, Yong Choi received the letter that we have included in this post. Byong and Yong Choi created successful businesses, raised four daughters, and then moved to the retirement community of Leisure World in Seal Beach, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Southern California
Tagged Perpetual Foreigner, Seal Beach
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Pixar Makes “Float” and “Wind” Shorts Available to All during surge in Anti-Asian Hate
Pixar has made two Asian American themed shorts, Float and Wind, available on YouTube and free to all. In statement on each of the shorts, Pixar explains why they did this: Pixar Animation Studios and the SparkShorts filmmakers of {FLOAT|WIND} … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Movies, The Arts
Tagged #StopAsianHate, Float, Pixar, Sparkshorts, Wind, youtube
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NBA G League Dealing Internally with Player who called Jeremy Lin “Coronavirus”
The NBA has identified the player who Jeremy Lin said called him “coronavirus” during G-League play. Lin, who went back to the NBA’s development league in order work his way back into the NBA after playing for the Beijing Ducks, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged basketball, coronavirus, G League, Jeremy Lin, NBA
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Home Remodeler’s Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
Satish Ramachandran’s discrimination lawsuit against the city of Los Altos and other individuals has been mostly dismissed. Judge Beth Labson Freeman threw out most of the allegations in suit saying that most of them in the lawsuit had already been … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged housing, Los Altos, Satish Ramanchandran, Silicon Valley
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How a Remodeling project led to a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit against a Silicon Valley City
You might think that getting buying a home in an upscale Silicon Valley city like Los Altos, where the median home price is over $2 Million, means that you have “made it” as an American. Satish Ramachandran feels differently. His … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged housing, Los Altos, Satish Ramanchandran, Silicon Valley
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Asian Americans Lead in Intent to Get COVID-19 Vaccinations
A friend of mine had posted about this recent Pew Research report on ‘Intent to Get a COVID-19 Vaccine Rises to 60% as Confidence in Research and Development Process Increases.‘ It surprised me that Asians are currently more likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Health and Beauty
Tagged coronavirus, COVID-19, vaccination
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25-year-old Alex Lee is California’s youngest, 1st Openly Bisexual State Legislator
While going through the local election results last week, I was surprised to learn of Alex Lee: “History was made Tuesday in Santa Clara County where South Bay voters elected the youngest state legislator in eight decades. Democrat Alex … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged 2020 US elections, Alex Lee, California Assembly
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Young Kim and Michelle Steel Join Marilyn Strickland as First Korean American Women Elected to US Congress
Young Kim and Michelle Steel will join Marilyn Strickland as the first Korean American women elected to the US Congress. In that earlier post, we mentioned that Young Kim was in a tight race that had not yet been called. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, Southern California
Tagged 2020 US elections, Michelle Steel, US Congress, Young Kim
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Record Asian American Turnout in Early Analysis of 2020 Election
Source: TargetSmart One of the reasons why I’ve been involved in politics and civically engaged since 2004 and why I blog about such issues since 2007 in the Asian American community is because since 2007 is because I saw a … Continue reading
BIBIBOP Asian Grill giving US Veterans a free bowl on Veteran’s Day 2020
BIBIBOP Asian Grill joins a number of restaurants giving free meals and or discounts to US Veterans on November 11, which is US Veteran’s day. Says Henry Yonky, BIBIBOP director of marketing, on the chain’s website: This is a great … Continue reading
Marilyn Strickland and Possibly Young Kim: First Korean American Women Elected to Congress
History was made this election when Marilyn Strickland, the former mayor of Tacoma, Washington, won her race for the US House of Representatives in Washington’s 10th congressional district: “… becoming the first Korean American woman elected to the US Congress … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged Andy Kim, Marilyn Strickland, US Congress, Washington State
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