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Category Archives: Family
No Surprise: Asian Americans More Likely to Care For Elders
http://youtu.be/VvnoVq86oqk A new AARP study tells us what all of us Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) already know. AAPIs are more likely than any other racial group to care for their elders. “Caregiving Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian-American, elderly, elderly care
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The Racial Divide Between Elementary Schools
As a child, I attended public school. I didn’t have a choice, it was all my parents could afford, there was zero chance with my parent’s financial status that I’d ever get to go to private school. Even attending public … Continue reading
8$: “I Will Marry Jeremy Lin” Project by Kristina Wong
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
8$: The Nomadic Family Project
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
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American Girl “Archives” Asian American Ivy Ling Doll
Back in 2010 I wrote about the few available Asian appearance dolls on the market for our Asian American daughters, and more specifically as a Christmas present for my own five year old daughter. Top of my list was the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Shopping, Toys
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Father’s Day Video: “Thanks, Dads”
Director Hieu Tran put together this video just in time for Father’s Day. Although the family here is portrayed by actors, the sentiment reflected is real nonetheless for plenty of kids with gay parents. Happy Dad’s Day! From the Director’s … Continue reading
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Creating the Asian Pacific American Family Album
By Eddie Wong Every time I returned to my mother’s house in Los Angeles I would invariably spend some time thumbing through the family photo album. There were few photographs of my parents as young adults; they were poor and … Continue reading
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Screening for Colon Cancer, “The Silent Killer” of Asian Americans
As an Asian American, there’s one killer out there that affects more Asian Americans than any other. The leading cause of death for Asian Americans since 1980 is cancer (unlike for the general population of the U.S. which has heart … Continue reading
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Made In the USA: American Surrogates for Chinese
When I was in college, I stumbled across the Calvin and Hobbes comic strip, by Bill Watterson. In particular I was quite taken with the strip where Calvin and his toy tiger Hobbes discuss where babies come from. By the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Family, Health, Health and Beauty, LGBT, Technology
Tagged American surrogates, China, Chinese nationals, made in usa, one-child policy, surrogates
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The Dilemma of Chinese School
If you’re a Chinese American child of Chinese American immigrants, then it’s quite likely you spent part of your childhood attending Chinese school. It’s a coming of age ritual of growing up ½ or 1st generation Chinese American. And of … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family
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A Look at Asian American Income Disparities and Variation: “Reading Between the Data”
When this report from Nielsen came out a few months ago about how Asian Americans are a wealthy sophisticated group with above average household income that marketers should target, it seemed to me that the people who compiled that report … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Family
Tagged Center for American Progress, disaggregation, household size, income, statistics
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8$: Post Production for Feature Documentary Film ‘TWINSTERS’
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
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