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Tag Archives: Silicon Valley
Boba Bubble: Will we ever have too many Boba Shops?
When Westfield Valley Fair mall, the preeminent shopping mall of Silicon Valley, became more accessible, I visited there after about a year and was struck by one thing: the sheer number of places you can get Boba Tea. I don’t … Continue reading
Home Remodeler’s Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
Satish Ramachandran’s discrimination lawsuit against the city of Los Altos and other individuals has been mostly dismissed. Judge Beth Labson Freeman threw out most of the allegations in suit saying that most of them in the lawsuit had already been … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged housing, Los Altos, Satish Ramanchandran, Silicon Valley
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How a Remodeling project led to a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit against a Silicon Valley City
You might think that getting buying a home in an upscale Silicon Valley city like Los Altos, where the median home price is over $2 Million, means that you have “made it” as an American. Satish Ramachandran feels differently. His … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged housing, Los Altos, Satish Ramanchandran, Silicon Valley
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Meeting HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ & CRA’s Jimmy O. Yang – One Funny Guy
Season 6 Trailer (Final Season) for ‘Silicon Valley’ When I saw that actor, standup comedian, and writer Jimmy O. Yang was going to be performing Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, I wanted to see him perform. While waiting for … Continue reading
HBO’s Silicon Valley’s VC-Bro ‘Ed Chen’ – Breaking the Stereotype
Recently, I had blogged about HBO’s Silicon Valley portrayal of Asian stereotypes, specifically about how I was not a fan of the character Jian-Yang. One character I did forget to mention, was the venture capitalist (VC) Ed Chen, who is portrayed by … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
Tagged Silicon Valley, Tim Chiou
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Wired: It’s Time For ‘Silicon Valley’ to Disrupt Its Toxic Asian Stereotypes
Note: this discusses a little bit of the current season – so possible spoilers if you haven’t been watching. When I saw this headline on Facebook, I wondered why no one had written about this yet. I’m a fan of … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Tech, TV
Tagged Silicon Valley, television, tv, tv shows
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The Most Asian American Congressional District: California’s 17th
This article from the Daily Kos talks about the most Asian American congressional district in the United States – California’s 17th District. I would have thought that a district in Hawaii would be more Asian American, but the Honolulu district … Continue reading
Asian American Medical Hazard: Working in Silicon Valley
While mobile health units are used in impoverished places like the slums of Mumbai to deliver health care to Asians there, they are also used to deliver health care to Asians in not so impoverished places – the companies of … Continue reading
Few Asian American Basketball Players at the NCAA D1 Level – Does it Really Matter?
After almost 10 years of playing in community, NJB, AAU, and school leagues, Number Two Son dropped out of organized basketball for good this year. When I saw this article asking why there are very few Asian American division I … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education, Sports
Tagged basketball, Colorlines, Division I, NCAA, professionalization of youth sports, Silicon Valley, WCAL
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Asian American High Schools in Top 25 List for SAT/ACT Scores
When Number One Son took an SAT prep course in Fremont last summer, I looked at the kids coming out of the class and saw nothing but Asian kids. Curious, I asked him some questions: “Do any white kids go … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education
Tagged ACT, college admissions, SAT, Silicon Valley, standardized tests, test preparation
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Where White means Mediocre: High-Skilled Asian Immigrant Enclaves
“Are you taking AP [Advanced Placement] courses?” “Oh no, I’m white.” – Conversation overhead by a teacher in Cupertino. Stanford sociologist Tomás Jiménez has been studying immigrants and the communities they live in, and he recently published what he found … Continue reading
Asian Americans Now a Majority of Silicon Valley Tech Workers
You won’t be able to tell from Bravo’s Silicon Valley show, but Asian Americans now make up the majority of Tech workers in Silicon Valley and the San Francisco Bay Area. 2010 Census data reveals that the Asian American share … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Business, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Silicon Valley, Technology workers, Workforce
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