Category Archives: Current Events

The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me

Posted on April 17, 2023 by Jeff

Almost every week, I get a new LinkedIn connect request from an attractive and highly accomplished Chinese woman. When I finally got around to looking in detail at the profile of one of these requestors, it was fake. I figured … Continue reading →

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Harvard Asian American Admissions Up in 2023 as Supreme Court Decision Looms

Posted on April 13, 2023 by Jeff

Harvard’s Asian American admissions, subject of a lawsuit that accuses of Harvard of suppressing Asian American admissions, rose to 29.1% for the incoming class for 2023.  This is an increase from 2022’s 27.1% of the admitted class, a absolute percentage … Continue reading →

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Asian American Civic Involvement: A California Study

Posted on March 6, 2023 by Jeff

Although we have talked about Asian American voter apathy for years now, recent elections in places like Georgia are said to have swung based on increased Asian American voter turnout.  Does that mean that Asian American civic involvement, which more … Continue reading →

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Where Increasing Asian and Asian American Media Representation has its Limits

Posted on February 27, 2023 by Jeff

It’s impossible to miss the increase in Asian and Asian American representation. This year, Everything Everywhere all at Once and its actors won a number of Golden Globe awards and received several Oscar award nominations.  In the past few years, … Continue reading →

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California Shootings Highlight the Struggles of Asian American Seniors

Posted on February 6, 2023 by Jeff

After the initial shock about hearing about the Half Moon Bay shootings, my next reaction to hearing that Chunli Zhao actions were related to his work on a farm was “why is a 66-year-old working on a farm?” This shooting … Continue reading →

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Asian American Candidates Tie after Recount – Winner Determined by Drawing Lots

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Jeff

I wrote before about how every vote can make a difference, and when I wrote the story, Murali Srinivasan was beating Justin Wang for Sunnyvale City Council by just one vote.  A recount found 3 more ballots – two for … Continue reading →

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Visualizing the Asian American Population in California

Posted on January 3, 2023 by Jeff

Graphical visualizations are often the best way to understand data. The San Francisco Chronicle recently published this dynamic set of visualizations looking at the Asian American population.  It allows interactive exploration of California Asian American population trends. Some of the … Continue reading →

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One Vote Victory, Recounts, and Failed Recount Requests: Asian American Votes do Matter

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Jeff

Our writer John has written about Asian American voter apathy over the years and sometimes brings it up when we have lunch, but for me, three recent events really bring out the importance of Asian American votes.  The first is … Continue reading →

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Michelle Yeoh is Time Magazine’s 2022 Icon of the Year

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Jeff

Michelle Yeoh has been selected to be Time Magazine’s 2022 Icon of the Year. She is riding a streak of hit movies in the United States, from Crazy Rich Asians and Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings to this … Continue reading →

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Documentary: Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Jeff

The documentary Rising Against Asia Hate:  One Day in March came out about a month ago, but it some of its key points are particularly relevant today, particularly with the Senate runoff in Georgia between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker.  It … Continue reading →

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From Homeless Single Mother to Oakland Mayor: Sheng Thao wins through Ranked Choice Voting

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Jeff

In an amazing journey from being a homeless single mother living in a car, Sheng Thao was elected mayor of Oakland. The journey is even more amazing considering that in the initial count of votes, Thao was in second place.  … Continue reading →

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Study finds that Cyberbullying of Asian American Youth increased during Pandemic

Posted on November 14, 2022 by Jeff

Generating a result that should surprise no one, a study concludes that while all youths (teens 13-17) experienced increased cyberbullying compared to before the pandemic, Asian American youths endured were increasingly targeted because of their race after the pandemic started. … Continue reading →

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