Category Archives: Current Events

Why Stockton for Asian Americans?

Stockton – a mid sized city in California’s Central Valley known for being one of the poorest, most dangerous cities on the West Coast. Whenever the name is mentioned, there is a negative connotation associated with it; being one of … Continue reading

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Asian Boyz – A Cambodian Street Gang in SoCal

Asian Americans are often thought of as the “model minority” – a highly educated, wealthy, and good-behaving demographic. Sure, Asian Americans as a whole do have the highest income amongst all racial demographics and are massively overrepresented in higher education, … Continue reading

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Fremont: The Asian American City that rates as “Happiest” in the United States

In the movie Didi, the lead character Chris seems anything but happy.  Ironically, his home of Fremont, which is also the home town of Didi‘s creator Sean Wang, was selected by Wallethub as the happiest city in the United States.  … Continue reading

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Asian American Admissions after the end of Racial Affirmative Action

After the end of racial Affirmative Action last year, a key question of interest emerged:  how would admissions to elite colleges be affected? Would Asian American admissions skyrocket?  Would be Black and Hispanic numbers decline? Looking at some summaries of … Continue reading

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Filipino American Cristeta Comerford Retires as White House Executive Chef

Filipino American Cristeta Comerford has retired as White House Executive Chef after working almost 30 years in the White House.  She prepared food for five US presidents, including Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, Donald Trump, and Joe Biden. … Continue reading

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Historic Japanese American Farm to become Silicon Valley Housing

Five days a week, I drove past the patch of land owned by the Sakauye family and worked by the Tsukuda family when going to work at my tech job. When I was doing that commute along Montague Expressway in … Continue reading

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AAPIs (and some Asian Canadians) in the 2024 Paris Olympics: A Retrospective

After watching the 2024 Paris Olympics which closed last week, I definitely felt that AAPI athletes had a high profile. That led me to decide to create this retrospective on AAPI (and some extent, the Asian Canadian) presence in the … Continue reading

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US Table Tennis Gains visibility during the Paris Olympics

US Table Tennis, a sport in the US that has faces many struggles and in which the US has never medaled, has gotten a huge lift in visibility during the Paris Olympics.  This viral video from the day of the … Continue reading

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Sunny Choi and other AAPI to watch in the Paris Olympics

The Wife, Brother-in-law, and I watched the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony last night, and what struck me as cameras panned over the Team USA boat was that there were a fair number of Asian faces. We have talked about gymnasts … Continue reading

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Asian Americans Gymnasts in the Paris 2024 Olympics: Sunisa Lee, Asher Hong, Leanne Wong, and Tiana Sumanansekera

A number of Asian Americans are representing the US in Gymnastics at the 2024 Paris Olympics.  2020 Olympic all-around Champion Sunisa Lee is returning.  Stanford Gymnast Asher Hong is on the men’s Squad.  Leanne Wong is a travelling alternate while … Continue reading

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Have Asian Americans Gotten Richer or Poorer?

Asian Americans have often been lauded for their high financial and educational achievements, despite being second-class citizens when they first arrived in America. They have some of the highest average incomes, educational attainment, and standards of living in the US, … Continue reading

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Calls for Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao to Resign After Mass shooting and FBI Raid

I recently went to a funeral and met someone with a bandage on his forehead.  When we asked what happened, he said he was taking a nap in his car in Oakland when someone broken in, pistol-whipped him, and then … Continue reading

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