Author Archives: Jeff

About Jeff

Jeff lives in Silicon Valley, and attempts to juggle marriage, fatherhood, computer systems research, running, and writing.

Robberies in South Sacramento Continue As Asian Americans Targeted

Posted on January 27, 2017 by Jeff

My cousin lives in South Sacramento, and when The Wife, my Dad, and I visited her this past summer, we had dinner in one of the many Asian themed restaurant and shopping areas there.  Little did we know that South … Continue reading →

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Revisiting the question of whether Filipinos are Asians or Pacific Islanders

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Jeff

Are Filipinos Asians or Pacific Islanders?  That is a question we dealt with on 8asians a long time ago, and most questionnaires and surveys put Filipinos into the Asian category.  The question does come up peridiocally, as the Fung brothers … Continue reading →

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Eking out a living riding a bus: Asian American Seniors in New York

Posted on December 8, 2016 by Jeff

In the Asian ethnoburb where I live, one sees three kinds of buses.  One kind is the Santa Clara Valley Transit public transportation bus, and another is the kind is the tech bus, as white Google buses pick people up … Continue reading →

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The Corrosiveness of Fake Harassment Stories

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Jeff

You might have seen this story going around social media, about a harassment incident ending up with her being handcuffed by University of Minnesota police.  Thinking about sharing it?  Don’t.  The University of Minnesota police answered questions about this supposed … Continue reading →

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Remembering Asian American Veterans: Drew Pham

Posted on November 11, 2016 by Jeff

I stumbled upon Drew Pham’s story when posting a storycorp session about my mother.  This particular story was a moving.https://thenib.com/i-trained-to-fight-the-enemyhttp://www.npr.org/2014/03/29/295329503/never-truly-over-discussing-deployment-a-challenge-of-its-own I stumbled across Drew Pham’s story when posting a story on StoryCorps about my mother.  My father was a Navy … Continue reading →

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White Flight from Asian Neighborhoods and Schools

Posted on October 27, 2016 by Jeff

While many white liberals declare themselves strong advocates of diversity, in her essay “Ghosts of White People Past: Witnessing White Flight From an Asian Ethnoburb,” Anjali Enjeti says that for many of them, that advocacy ends when a certain percentage … Continue reading →

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When Bollywood Meets the Blues: Aki Kumar Goes to Bollywood

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Jeff

The term “Asian American” talks about the interaction of two sets of ideas, customs, and traditions, Asian and American.   To me, one of the most fascinating instances of this are when two ordinarily distinct notions of Asian and American get … Continue reading →

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City of Fremont restricts Mission Peak parking

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Jeff

A survey conducted by New America Media shows that people of color do care about the preservation of public lands.   This is confirmed by the fact that Fremont’s Mission Peak is a favorite place for Asian Americans to hike, and … Continue reading →

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Teen’s death inspires a new law and an Asian American Studies Endowment

Posted on August 25, 2016 by Jeff

Conflict with a child can be painful to deal with for any parent – for an Asian American parent, when the conflict stems around one’s ethnic Asian background, it can be extra painful.  If that child’s life is cut short … Continue reading →

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Space Jam 3 Anime Parody Featuring Jeremy Lin

Posted on August 4, 2016 by Jeff

With all kinds of grim videos out there from police shootings to cringe inducing videos about “Neenjas” and Xenophobic videos about Chinese buying American farms, this NigaHiga/Jeremy Lin collaboration really made my day.  It pulls in some popular Anime characters … Continue reading →

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Maui in Disney’s Moana: An obese and insulting stereotype?

Posted on July 13, 2016 by Jeff

The image of Maui in Disney’s upcoming movie “Moana” has triggered some anger.  Some say the body of Maui, played by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, is obese, an insulting stereotype of Polynesian men.  This picture, from Samoan Rugby player Eliota … Continue reading →

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Linsanity Left off the list of 21st Century Knicks Highlights

Posted on July 7, 2016 by Jeff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iWWFk6TX18 The New York Post is disgusted that Linsanity has been left off of Madison Square Garden Network’s list of Top 21st Century Knicks Moments.  Lin’s career high 38 points should at least be as good as Iman Shumpert’s career-high … Continue reading →

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