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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Ask an Asian: What should I bring and do at a Chinese New Year Dinner?
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PANDA ATTACK!!!
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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My Top 10 Asian Dog Breeds
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The Role of Asian Greeks Today
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Miss Korea 2013: One Dream, One Face
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Michelle Kwan Marries Clay Pell
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Category Archives: Family
Filipino American Downward Mobility and other Asian American Data Points from Pew Research
After he graduated from high school this year, Number Two Son mentioned to me that one conversation he has continually had with a close Filipino American friend regards how few of their Filipino American peers were ambitious with their college … Continue reading
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Tagged Downward Mobility, Educational Attainment, Filipino-Americans, income, Pew Research Center
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8Books Review: “The Leavers” by Lisa Ko
Lisa Ko’s debut novel, The Leavers, follows a mother and son separated by immigration agents, borders, and new families. Deming Guo wakes up one day in the Bronx to find that his mother Polly has disappeared. Soon, he is Daniel Wilkinson … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, Books, Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Family, New York, Politics, Reviews
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8Books Review: “Heroine Worship” by Sarah Kuhn
Heroine Worship by Sarah Kuhn is the riveting sequel to Heroine Complex, starring not just one, but two badass Asian American superheroines. You may or may not recall that I loved Heroine Complex when it came out last summer. The first book in … Continue reading
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8Books Review: “Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire” by Susan Tan
Cilla Lee-Jenkins: Future Author Extraordinaire is the debut novel from author Susan Tan about a spunky and spirited half-white, half-Chinese eight and half year old with grand visions for her future and astute insight into her past. Cilla is our … Continue reading
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Breast Cancer Rates Increasing Among Asian American Women
A new study from the Cancer Prevention Institute of California (CPIC), with Scarlett Lin Gomez as the lead researcher of the study, is showing an increase of breast cancer in Asian American women. This is particularly troubling because the rate among … Continue reading
8Books Review: “The Best We Could Do” by Thi Bui
The Best We Could Do is a beautifully drawn and beautifully narrated memoir by Thi Bui. It is the story of her family and how she reckoned with their past, flight from Vietnam, family members lost and found again…and all the … Continue reading
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8Books Review: “Pachinko” by Min Jin Lee
Min Jin Lee’s second novel Pachinko follows several generations of a Korean family living under Japanese colonialism. In the 1930s in a small town in colonial Korea, a young woman named Sunja is abandoned by her wealthy lover, but saved by … Continue reading
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8Books Review: “Lucky Boy” by Shanthi Sekaran
Shanthi Sekaran’s novel Lucky Boy is the bewitching story of two mothers and their love and expectations for themselves and the one boy each calls their own. Young Solimar Castro Valdez braves the border crossing in pursuit of a better life … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, Books, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, Reviews, San Francisco Bay Area
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The Continual Evolution of Asian American Youth Culture
One of the (few) benefits of having teenagers is getting a glimpse of what youth culture is like these days. Given that I myself am decades removed from that time period, I like to compare what I see and hear … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Lifestyles, Music
Tagged EDM, fung brothers, hip-hop, Youth Culture
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8Books Review: “The Loved Ones” by Sonya Chung
Sonya Chung’s newest novel The Loved Ones is an intense look into love, loss, guilt, and reconciliation. Two families who share a last name find their lives intersecting. Charles Lee is the African American father in a biracial family. Hannah Lee is the … Continue reading
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8Books Review: “The Year of the Rooster” by Oliver Chin
A number of years ago I stumbled upon a series of children’s books, subtitled “Tales from the Chinese Zodiac“. There was a book for the Chinese New Year, and I eagerly bought the one for the Year of the Snake, … Continue reading
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Eking out a living riding a bus: Asian American Seniors in New York
In the Asian ethnoburb where I live, one sees three kinds of buses. One kind is the Santa Clara Valley Transit public transportation bus, and another is the kind is the tech bus, as white Google buses pick people up … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family, Local, New York
Tagged Bethlehem Pennsylvania, bus-kkun, Gambling, Ron Kim, Sands Casino
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