Tag Archives: Asian-American

Tim Burton’s All Asian American Hansel & Gretel Film

Posted on July 11, 2011 by tinabot

So everyone in L.A. has been visiting our beloved Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) to see the latest blockbuster art exhibit featuring the art of director Tim Burton. Appropriately, this exhibit will be on display until Halloween 2011. … Continue reading →

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Daniel Park Interview: A One Man Band

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Mike Saechao

There aren’t that many Asian American singers and songwriters in the media these days. Actually, I don’t think Asian Americans get all the much recognition because they’re considered the underdogs of music. As I was sitting at The Coffee Garden … Continue reading →

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Wesley Yang’s “Paper Tigers” and the APA Identity Crisis

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Edward

When you open Wesley Yang’s  “Paper Tigers” in New York Magazine, you will notice a half naked East Asian man starring blankly right back at you as its greeting. Playfully, you may think that the title evoke images of tigers … Continue reading →

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True Activism Missing In Asian American Fashion Designers

Posted on May 6, 2011 by akrypti

Hyphen Magazine published an incredible piece by Catherine Traywick called “The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion” (February 25, 2011) that analyzes Asian cultural influences in the global fashion industry by comparing it to the emergence … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans Need to be Consistent With Hollywood Protests

Posted on March 30, 2011 by Ben

Do you really want Asians cast in Hollywood roles? Yes. My qualm about it? It doesn’t seem consistent. Everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon with movies that did terrible at the box office. There are multiple sites dedicated to … Continue reading →

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How To Be a Bad Asian: It’s Not All About API Rights in Movies

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Ben

Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading →

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One out of Seven New Marriages Interracial or Inter-Ethnic

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Ben

For those that have never really caught it before, yes, I am in an interracial relationship. So understanding quite well that I too am a part of this Pew statistic where one in seven new marriages are interracial or inter-ethnic, … Continue reading →

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Miss USA Breaks Through Another Racial Barrier

Posted on May 17, 2010 by Edward

Say what you will about the Miss USA pageants, but when I learned today that the winner of the beauty pageant competition was Rima Fakih (who won Miss Michigan on September 19th, 2009), I whooped at my computer screen and … Continue reading →

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Kim Jong Il Loves Women, Doesn’t “Violence Women Domestically (or internationally)”

Posted on January 19, 2010 by jozjozjoz

If you’ve been on Facebook in the last couple of months, then you might have been inundated with requests to vote in Chase’s Community Giving Facebook Campaign. With financial resources drying up for many organizations, this campaign has been a … Continue reading →

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Does Santa Exist For Asian Americans?

Posted on December 20, 2009 by Tim

I came to the U.S. when I was only 2 years old. As an Asian American immigrant child in a family where money was stretched thin, there wasn’t even the hint that Santa could be real in our household. We … Continue reading →

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Adding a Helping of Heritage on a Full Plate (Part 1 – Language)

Posted on September 21, 2008 by Jeff

“Dad, what are they saying?” said Number One Son. “Yeah, what are they talking about?” said Number Two Son.  My sons were referring to the animated conversation that was going on in Tagalog between, their Aunts, their Uncles, and the … Continue reading →

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