8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Was Jesus Asian?
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Gurriel’s Racist Gesture to Darvish Recalls Other “Slant eye” Photos
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
Posted in (featured), Current Events, Discrimination, Sports
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My Father’s Lost Concentration Camp (Pt. 2 of 2)
In April of this year, I was asked by Southern California Public Radio to do a presentation about my family as part of their new series called, Unheard LA. The following is the video from my talk, followed by my … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Discrimination, Education, History, Legal
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My Father’s Lost Concentration Camp (Pt. 1 of 2)
In April of this year, I was asked by Southern California Public Radio to do a presentation about my family as part of their new series called, Unheard LA. The following is the video from my talk, followed by my … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Discrimination, Education, History, Legal
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Asian American Journalists Have Space to Shine In The Changing Industry
Former anchor of The Today Show Ann Curry spoke at the 2013 national convention of Asian American Journalists Association in New York City about keeping faith and passion in the changing industry. Before a flight to the edge of Syria, … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Community, New York
Tagged aaja, ann curry, convention, journalism, Laura Ling, Lisa Ling, mega sugianto, voices
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Bay Area Giveaway: See Jet Li, Andy Lau & Takeshi Kaneshiro in ‘The Warlords’ this Weekend
I’ve had my eyes on ‘The Warlords’ since it was released in Asia as The Blood Brothers (投名狀 / tóu míng zhuàng) in 2007. Directed by Peter Chan, this spectacular historical action film is set in the midst of war … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Entertainment, Movies, Promotions, Reviews, San Francisco Bay Area
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Giveaway: “I Love Yous Are For White People” T-shirt & Autographed Book
UPDATE: Congrats to our winners! Thanks to all who entered, but kudos to Confuse_Us, whose comment was long, complex, and orginal and ngatruong, whose comment was short, simple, and genuine! This isn’t an April Fools joke, yo! Thanks to the … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Fashion, Promotions
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Belldandy, Genghis, and other Fabulous Filipino First Names
We received a link from a reader who thought that Ernie was kidding in this conversation with Rosemary about Filipino names but realized he wasn’t when she saw this link featuring a Filipina girl named Belldandy whose parents dress her … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Family, History, Lifestyles, WTF
Tagged Belldandy, Filipino first names
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Asian American Commercial Watch: All American Mom, Daughter & Boyfriend in Target Ad
While watching The Amazing Race on my DVR, I had to quickly rewind to see what I thought I had seen. Target has done it again, this time with a new television commercial featuring an all Asian American cast featuring … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Entertainment, Observations, TV
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When Is It Stereotype and When Is It Just You?
I was intrigued when I first read Jennifer’s post over at Mixed Race America on things we avoid just to avoid perpetuating a stereotype. For example, when you’re at the food court in the mall, do you avoid going to … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Discrimination, Lifestyles, Observations
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Apolo Ohno vs. South Korea
I realize that the 2010 Winter Olympics ended last week, and you might not care, but I do, so I’m going to keep on writing about it until the cows come home. Whatever that means. I love the Olympics. We … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Current Events, Sports
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Tekken Movie Looks Like Tekken
We’ve had movie versions of Mortal Kombat that was kinda campy but watchable, and we’ve had movie versions of Street Fighter which were pretty bad to downright terrible. Now video gaming males from ages 18-35 — and Moye, ha ha … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Entertainment, Movies, Video Games
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PSA: Write in “Taiwanese” on the 2010 US Census
Recently, the Taiwanese American Citizens League (TACL), TaiwaneseAmerican.org, Taiwanese American Foundation, TACL-LYF: Leading Youth Forward, Taiwanese American Professionals – San Francisco (TAP-SF), Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California helped produce this Public Service Announcement (PSA), advocating for all Taiwanese Americans … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Announcements, Current Events, Entertainment, TV
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