Yearly Archives: 2008

Olympic Event: Protests Kick Off The Torch Relay – San Francisco Awaits

Posted on March 25, 2008 by John

In Greece yesterday, the Olympic torch was lit and the ceremony was briefly interrupted by members of the Athens chapter of Reporters Without Borders. It was broadcast live by Greek television, but China state television cut away to a prerecorded … Continue reading →

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The next evolution of pen twirling

Posted on March 25, 2008 by Ben

I don’t care where you learned it or how. It seems that at some point, there was probably an Asian involved, wasn’t there? Pen twirling that is. Don’t deny it. You were in awe when you first saw it and … Continue reading →

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NPR: Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?

Posted on March 24, 2008 by John

I was just driving home from work when I heard this National Public Radio (NPR) piece on (listen/read at): “Long Duk Dong: Last of the Hollywood Stereotypes?” and knew I had to blog about this right away. In “Sixteen Candles,” … Continue reading →

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Conversation with Kina Grannis

Posted on March 24, 2008 by Ben

A while back, I got the chance to interview the lovely Kina Grannis, on behalf of 8Asians. She is one of Interscope’s newest artists ever since winning the Dorito’s Crash the Superbowl contest. The conversation itself covers everything from some … Continue reading →

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Mixed Messenger: Obama, bi-racial / Hapa America

Posted on March 23, 2008 by John

Reporter Peggy Orenstein discuss the role of race, racial identity and Obama (with Obama’s speech on race bringing up much discussion in America), as well as America’s growing, bi-racial nature. I thought Orenstein’s thoughts, as a parent of a bi-racial … Continue reading →

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Taiwan’s Ma wins in presidential polls; UN referendums fail

Posted on March 22, 2008 by John

Today, Taiwan held it’s fourth truly democratic election for president, where it elected its first president who had campaigned for closer economic relations with Beijing, paving the way for a considerable lessening of tensions between the Taiwan Straits, as reported … Continue reading →

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On Visit, Pelosi Offers Support to Dalai Lama

Posted on March 21, 2008 by John

Apparently San Francisco’s own Nancy Pelosi, along with others, in a Congressional delegation are currently in India, and had an opportunity to meet the Dalai Lama, as reported in The New York Times: “On Visit, Pelosi Offers Support to Dalai … Continue reading →

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Kaba Modern from America’s Next Dance Crew Eliminated: Racial Card Played?

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Ernie

First, the bad news – after dancing their Asian-American hearts out on a reality show, Kaba Modern was eliminated from MTV’s America’s Next Dance Crew this week. Here’s a performance of Kaba, Fysh N Chicks and JabbaWockeeZ – the eventual … Continue reading →

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Let’s help Rodney Kageyama

Posted on March 21, 2008 by jozjozjoz

For a while it seemed like he was stalking us… or that we were stalking him. Whenever we would go to Little Tokyo, or if we were at some community event, or once just walking down a random street, there … Continue reading →

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Margaret Cho’s Beautiful

Posted on March 21, 2008 by Ernie

Last week, I had a chance to go with my friend Adam to the Warfield to see Margaret Cho’s latest comedy tour, Beautiful. Margaret Cho has been on my radar for years – first as one of the first visible … Continue reading →

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SF Mayor hints at 2008 Beijing Olympic torch route

Posted on March 21, 2008 by John

In today’s front page story in the San Francisco Chronicle, the newspaper reports on a little bit more detail about the 2008 Beijing Olympic torch relay happening in San Francisco on April 9th – the only city to be represented … Continue reading →

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On fringes today in film, Asians had early pioneer

Posted on March 20, 2008 by John

Stephen Whitty does a nice profile of Japanese-American actor Sessue Hayakawa, an early pioneer in a new medium of silent films, and one of the most well known Hollywood movie stars in his day: “Born in 1889 to a prominent … Continue reading →

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