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Category Archives: History
8Questions with Claire Mix, Producer/Writer/Director of Gila River and Mama: The Ruth Mix Story
The first national organization to speak out against the illegal incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II was the Quakers. The Quakers have a long standing commitment to progressive causes. Many don’t know this but they were one of … Continue reading
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Memorial To Be Placed at Oregon’s Chinese Massacre Cove
On May 25, 1887, a group of up to 34 Chinese miners were massacred by a group of white frontiersmen in Hells Canyon in a section of the Snake River now officially known as Chinese Massacre Cove. After robbing them … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History
Tagged American frontier, chinese, Discrimination, hate crime, massacre, old west, Oregon, racism
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Are there Japanese American Concentration Camp Deniers?
I spend a lot of time on the Internet trying to find crazy people. I get a sick thrill reading their ramblings and trying to understand where they are coming from. I feel it’s my duty as a writer on … Continue reading
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The Chinese Mythology Of Dragons and Tigers
With all the recent news on Tiger moms and the even more recent discussion on Dragon moms, it should be no surprise that tiger moms and dragon moms crept into our internal author’s mailing list as well. During a recent … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, History
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Church Bells Taken In Philippine-American War Returned, Balangiga Bells Remain In U.S. Hands
Two church bells taken from a church in Meycauayan Bulacan Philippines 110 years ago during the Philippine-American War were returned to Filipino hands as representatives from the Sisters of Mercy order gave them to the Philippine Consulate in Chicago. According … Continue reading
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Tagged Balangiga Bells, Balangiga Massacre, Meycauayan bells, philippine-american war
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Chinese Linguist Who Created Pinyin Now a Political Dissident
Most Chinese American kids who inevitably take Chinese courses in high school or college learn pinyin, a phonetic way to record Chinese sounds to the Westernized alphabet. NPR has recently published an article on its 105-year-old creator, Zhou Youguang: “[He] … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Education, History
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8Questions with Frank Abe of Conscience and the Constitution
The generally accepted Japanese American narrative goes something like this: We came to this country. There was discrimination. Then Pearl Harbor happened. We went peacefully to the concentration camps and then while there we remained docile and peaceful. Some fought … Continue reading
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From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans and Food
While Asian American designers, CEOs, and chefs may grab our attention, it becomes easy to forget that many of the first Asian Americans came over as plantation and farm workers. An exhibition called “From Fields to Family: Asian Pacific Americans … Continue reading
Instant Noodle Museum Opens In Japan
Nissin, the company who invented instant ramen, is celebrating their 40 years of success by opening a museum dedicated to noodles in Japan: “Up to 10,000sq m covers the museum grounds with visitors given the chance to create their own … Continue reading
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City of Life and Death Documentary Review
Almost exactly four years before Pearl Harbor was bombed, the Imperial Japanese Army descended upon the Chinese city of Nanjing, also known as Nanking, and one of the darkest times of humanity was unleashed. The event is often referred to … Continue reading
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Congrats, Mooncakes from the Mid-Autumn Festival: You are the New Fruitcake
For the Chinese, Vietnamese and appropriate Americans out there: Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! One of the traditional Chinese holidays with a ridiculously long history that I don’t really know much about because I’m American, the Mid-Autumn Festival to me is the … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, History, Lifestyles
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Colima Road Music Video Celebrates San Gabriel Valley
Many Asian Americans in Southern California call San Gabriel Valley the “626” or the abbreviation, SGV. I’ve even had a couple of friends who aren’t from Southern California ask why is San Gabriel Valley even called “626”? The way I … Continue reading
Posted in History, Local, Music, Southern California
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