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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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Monthly Archives: December 2012
The Boy Versus Girl Debate
Anyone familiar with Asian culture already knows about the gender imbalance going on in many Asian countries, that there’s statistically more boys in countries like China and India, than there are girls, where there’s a cultural bias for having boys. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles
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Stories of Immigrant Elders: Wisdom from the Indian Ice Cream Man
We talk so many times about conflict between ethnic groups that it is refreshing to hear a story where two people from what seem to be vastly different backgrounds find common ground. Author and photographer Tiburon tells this story of … Continue reading
Film Review: A Werewolf Boy
A Werewolf Boy (2012); Korean with English subtitles Park Bo-young, Song Joong-ki. Written and directed by Jo Sung-hee. I recently heard a prominent sports columnist admit that he never felt more guilt than when, after harshly scolding his old dog … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Reviews
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ESPN Magazine: True or False with Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin and James Harden
ESPN Magazine recently did an interview with both Houston Rockets’ Jeremy Lin and recently acquired from the Oklahoma Thunder, James Harden and asked each of them questions about the other to see how well they knew their fellow teammate, in … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Sports, TV
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When The (White) Husband Doesn’t Want An Asian Baby
There’s an interesting letter circulating the internet on Dear Prudence’s advice column. Dear Prudence is one of those Dear Abby/Ann Landers columns, on manners and morals, and this particular letter comes from a Caucasian husband married to an East Asian … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles
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Historical Drama ‘Sand in the Waves’ Based on Taiwan’s First Female Doctor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K_2qPufT4s Throughout my life of consuming media, the large majority of my diet has been in languages other than Taiwanese. Growing up Taiwanese American, I just have had generally less access and exposure to media in Taiwanese, and no, I … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, TV
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New York Times Writer Describes Mother’s White Worship One Day After UCLA Anti-Asian Racial Slurs
by Leeland Lee In a piece published online last Thursday in The New York Times entitled “A Messy Relationship,” Titi Nguyen describes her mother’s pivotal role in introducing her to her future significant other, a man by the name of … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Dating, Lifestyles, Observations
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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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8Asians Reader Response: Reaction to UCLA Racist Posters
EDITOR’S NOTE: For the last few days, the Asian American websphere has been buzzing about two possibly related incidents at UCLA which campus police are investigating as hate crimes. This was submitted by a Cornell student in response to the … Continue reading