Category Archives: Discrimination

Remembering Asian and Pacific Islander Veterans: US Army Profiles

Posted on November 12, 2018 by Jeff

Asian Americans have had a long history with US Armed forces, as we have written about before. I grew up surrounded by Filipino American Navy Veterans and their families, and I lived the Navy Brat lifestyle. When looking for stories … Continue reading →

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Wong Fu Productions First Season of Yappie (Young Asian Professional)

Posted on July 27, 2018 by John

I first learned about Wong Fu’s ‘Yappie’ scripted web series on this NBC Asian America article about Wong Fu Productions & Yappie: “With more than 3 million subscribers on YouTube now, and 500 million-plus views, Wong Fu Productions — created … Continue reading →

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Sherry Chen, Falsely Accused, Wins Case but still has not been Restored to Her Job

Posted on June 22, 2018 by John

Image courtesy of NBC News. Back in 2015, I had watched on 60 Minutes and also read with dismay Chinese American Sherry Chen’s story: “On Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, Sherry Chen drove, as usual, to her office at the National … Continue reading →

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CAAMFEST36: Opening Night Film & Gala Red Carpet Premiere of ‘An American Story: Norman Mineta’

Posted on May 14, 2018 by John

One of the things I have really enjoyed after having moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999 has been attending the San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival, which is now known as CAAMFest, now its 36th year. … Continue reading →

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The Fred Yamamoto Scholarship Fund

Posted on April 23, 2018 by John

A friend of mine, Steven Lee, who is a Palo Alto resident and involved in city government is helping to raise a scholarship fund in memory of Fred Yamamoto and provided a prepared statement: “As a 3rd generation Chinese-American and a … Continue reading →

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8Asians Book Review: The Repatriation of Henry Chin

Posted on March 27, 2018 by Koji Steven Sakai

The Repatriation of Henry Chin, written by Issac Ho and read by Anthony Lee on audiobook, is about a future where the United States has been in an escalating trade war with China which eventually leads to the roundup of … Continue reading →

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8th Annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties & the Constitution – with Daniel Ellsberg

Posted on February 26, 2018 by John

Every year since the kickoff year in 2011, I’ve tried to make the annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties & the Constitution in the Bay Area. This year, I was particularly interested since after watching the movie The Post (about … Continue reading →

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Shark Tank: “Gold digger” Yunha Kim & Simple Habit

Posted on January 25, 2018 by John

I think the last time I wrote about Shark Tank was when 3 Korean American women were trying to raise money for their dating app, Coffee Meets Bagel, where one sister (I think the one that went to Stanford for … Continue reading →

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Nathan Chen and Vincent Zhou Make U.S. Men’s 2018 Olympic Figure Skating Team; Zhou Responds to Racist Tweet

Posted on January 8, 2018 by John

Part 2 of the press conference here. On Sunday, Nathan Chen, Adam Rippon and Vincent Zhou were named to the U.S. Figure Skating Team: “U.S. Figure Skating announced today the men who will compete at the Olympic Winter Games PyeongChang 2018 as part of the U.S. … Continue reading →

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Gurriel’s Racist Gesture to Darvish Recalls Other “Slant eye” Photos

Posted on October 31, 2017 by Koji Steven Sakai

Over the weekend, the World Series broke my heart. First, being a Dodgers fan, the way they have lost have crushed the soul out of me… and then there was the whole Yuli Gurriel incident after hitting the home run … Continue reading →

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Chinese immigrant Hongbin Gu responds to social media criticism on bid for Chapel Hill Town Council

Posted on October 12, 2017 by John

I saw this article by Durham, North Carolina’s The Hearld Sun posted on Facebook recently and was outraged by what I had read, and immediately made a small contribution to Hongbin Gu’s campaign for city council in Chapel Hill: “She’s not … Continue reading →

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Wong Fu Productions: Asian Bachelorette

Posted on September 25, 2017 by John

From a racial perspective, the reality TV shows The Bachelor and The Bachelorette has been somewhat contorversial, considering that for most of the TV series existence, both shows has been pretty white. And 8Asians has covered this issue with blog … Continue reading →

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