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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Category Archives: Family
Tiger Parent Worship in HBO’s ‘State of Play: Trophy Kids’
“If she’s crying that’s good, because I’m going to make her tough.” – Andre Avery, after making his daughter cry with his criticism her golf play In a documentary full of disturbing parental behavior, one thing that particularly disturbs me … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Movies, Sports
Tagged Amari Avery, golf, parenting, State of Play: Trophy Kids, The Short Game, youth sports
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When You and Your Parents Don’t Speak the Same Language–Literally
Recently on the Washington Post, Daniel Chen was interviewed about his life and the linguistic barriers that made him and his parents veritable strangers in their own home. He’s currently studying Mandarin Chinese at college to try to bridge this … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, History, Lifestyles
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Cross Country: An Ideal Asian American Youth Sport?
While I have seen many heavily Asian American teams at high school cross country meets, one thing that I have recently began to notice is that increasingly, some of the winners are Asian Americans. After seeing this interview with runner … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged Cameron Tu, cross country running, Rajpaul Pannu, running, youth sports
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Elaborate Proposal Plan Gets Reversed
Vicky Wang, 31, refused two marriage proposals from her boyfriend Jonathan Law, but when she felt ready, decided to do the asking (reading lots of Joy Chen? /kidding). She set up an elaborate scheme at his high school in Vancouver, … Continue reading
Book Summary: Making Paper Cranes
One of our own has recently published a book. Mihee Kim-Kort published Making Paper Cranes: Toward an Asian American Feminist Theology. Some might call it cliche because it’s a little Joy Luck Club meets Mulan. An Asian mother teaching her Asian daughter to … Continue reading
Posted in APA Faith Matters, Books, Family, Religion
Tagged Asian-American, Christianity, faith, racism, spirituality
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National Minority Donor Awareness Week (August 1-7)
I had no idea that August 1 through August 7 is National Minority Donor Awareness Week until a friend of mine posted the above video which featured a friend of hers. We have done many stories at 8asians on the … Continue reading
Coaching Asian American Kids in Youth Sports
Coaching Asian American kids in youth sports has some unique challenges. During my twelve years of coaching youth sports, I have worked with a lot of Asian American kids, and while for the most part, they are just like kids … Continue reading
Spousal Versus Filial Duty
When I was growing up, a common way to phrase a politically incorrect, racially insensitive Asian themed joke was to start off with or finish with a punch line that included “Confucius say…” You don’t hear those jokes much any … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Observations
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About ‘626 Night Market,’ the Largest Asian Night Market in the U.S.
Watch out world, the center of Asian America is the 626, which for those of you who don’t know is the area code for the San Gabriel Valley in Los Angeles County. Okay, maybe there’s a little bit of hyperbole … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Southern California
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The Physical Difference Between Asians and Asian Americans
I took a graduate level feminist theory class for fun, and we had an interesting discussion about the false dichotomy of gender. Basically, my professor was stating that the concepts of “man” and “woman” were more socially constructed concepts than … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Family, LGBT, Lifestyles
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Immigrant Linguistic Generation Gap
This Chinglish clip is amusing, the lost-in-translation between Chinese and English so ridiculous it’s almost not funny. But this is between international business collaborators, with veritable strangers. Can you imagine what it’s like to experience this in your home with … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles
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