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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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Ronny Chieng & Old Spice’s “The Expert”
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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Monthly Archives: May 2009
Love and Chinese Families
I recently discovered a blog called “Being Asian in America“. It’s fairly new (first post was May 3 of this year), and the writer seems quite young, but he strikes on quite a few interesting topics. One topic that immediately … Continue reading
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month in the Bay Area
Happy Asian Pacific American Heritage Month! Designated by the United States government in 1992, May was chosen because of the first Japanese to immigrate to the U.S. was in May of 1843, and the transcontinental railroad — mostly completed by … Continue reading
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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One Show Only! Catch 18MMW and OPM Comedy together at the Los Angeles Comedy Festival
I know it’s Mother’s Day, but if you’re in L.A. and find yourself wanting to have a few laughs this evening, you’ll get two awesome Asian American comedy groups in one at the L.A. Comedy Festival tonight — OPM Comedy … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Southern California
Tagged 18MMW, Avatar, Bruce Lee, comedy, Ewan Chung, Festival, Kim Jong-Il, la, los angeles, OPM Comedy, Randall Park
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Laura Shigihara Sings the Catchiest Song Ever for “Plants vs. Zombies”
You’ve probably played Plants vs. Zombies, even though you never played it before — as one of those tower defense games on the web that are hot right now with the art direction of a Bedazzled game, think of the … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Music, Video Games
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On Talking With or Without an Accent
I recently read a blog post from Louis Yap, an 18 year old Malaysian, on the topic of putting on a fake American accent when talking to foreigners. Apparently a lot of Malaysians drop their typical Malay accent and go … Continue reading
Boxer Kazumi Izaki Debunks East Asian Female Stereotypes
It’s a fierce, ass-kicking East Asian woman on the rise! In the boxing ring, no less! Kazumi Izaki is a 46 year-old Japanese mother who is in the run to becoming the oldest boxer to win a world title. Izaki … Continue reading
Posted in Sports
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Ex-Power Ranger Patricia Ja Lee in Tostitos Commercial
It’s not too often that you see Asians or Asian Americans in national television brand advertising campaigns, so when I do, I blog about it: take the CareerBuilder.com, Wells Fargo and General Electric commercials, for example. I knew that when … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Observations
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Review: Everything Asian by Sung J. Woo
In Everything Asian, Dae Joon Kim is a 12 year old kid whose family has just moved from Korea to New Jersey. Or more precisely, Dae Joon, his mother and his sister have come from Korea to join the father … Continue reading
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Can Asians Innovate in Business?
I’ve written a few posts here on the lack of Asian executives in American businesses. It’s been argued by some that Asians are just too reserved to be an executive. Others claim it’s because Asians don’t have an entrepreneurial or … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Education, Observations
Tagged asians stereotype business innovation entrepreneur
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Formerly Suspended Shock Jock JV Moves to Revision3
If you grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and you’re in your late 20’s to early 30’s, your familiar with Wild 94.9’s The Dog House, with the team of Elvis, JV and Hollywood. As to what happened with … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, New York, San Francisco Bay Area
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This Weekend: San Francisco’s Taiwanese American Cultural Festival
Each year in May, the Taiwanese American Federation of Northern California hosts the San Francisco Taiwanese American Cultural Festival in Union Square. Participants can watch performances by cultural groups from Taiwan and local Taiwanese American musicians, eat Taiwanese snacks, watch … Continue reading
Posted in Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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