Author Archives: Ernie

About Ernie

I'm the creator of 8 Asians and one of the editors. While I'm a regular blogger to the site as well, think of my role as Barbara Walters on "The View," except without the weird white hair. During the day, I'm a Developer for a major Internet company and live in the San Francisco Bay Area. I've also been writing in my blog, littleyellowdifferent.com, for seven years.

Bay Area Report: 74% of Sikh Boys Bullied

“In the first report of its kind for the Bay Area, the Sikh Coalition, a national nonprofit with an office in Fremont, released findings last week showing that hundreds of Sikh children report feeling teased and taunted, being called “terrorist” … Continue reading

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Napa Dim Sum Food Truck’s Special Dish: “Ten Dolla Make You Hollah”

From 8Asians Reader Lita: “I live in Napa and am all about supporting small, local businesses. But this new eatery in town called Dim Sum Charlie’s is just clueless when it comes to properly representing Asians. As an Asian-American women … Continue reading

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Hindu American Foundation Launches Campaign to “Take Back Yoga”

Christian yoga practitioners, your worst nightmares are coming true: a group of Indian-Americans called the Hindu American Foundation “has ignited a surprisingly fierce debate in the gentle world of yoga by mounting a campaign to acquaint Westerners with the faith … Continue reading

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Cecilia Chang’s “The Seventh Daughter”

“Wonderful! Food is so often distanced from the study of history and civilizations. The Seventh Daughter ($14.00) truly offers a remarkable blending. It provides not only recipes from a great chef (thank goodness we gained Chinese dishes beyond the too-often … Continue reading

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DJ Chuang: “We need Asian Americans to be Asian Americans”

Pastor DJ Chuang on Asian American identity: “… American society need[s] more Asian Americans to be Asian American. It is to say that at this state of the union, we have too few. We certainly don’t have too many. We’d … Continue reading

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Kung Fu Panda Holiday Celebrates Christmas in Asia Anyway

The folks at Dreamworks would like to wish all of you a very happy holiday by showing a Christmas Hannukah Holiday episode of Kung Fu Panda Holiday Special. Of course, let’s casually ignore the fact that this is inferring that … Continue reading

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Gawker: Facebook CEO “Publicly Obsessed with ‘Asian Girls'”

You sure didn’t read this in The Social Network: A Gawker post reveals that for Facebook’s predecessor, FaceMash, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg “listed ‘Asian girls’ amid other interests like programming, playing guitar, quoting Top Gun and ‘defeating nemeses.’ It’s unlikely … Continue reading

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Chinese Foodies Chuckle as Google Names Ratings Tool Hotpot

So Google decides to build a locations based reviews service, similar to Yahoo! Local or Yelp. Fair enough, right?  The name that decided to go with however, is Google Hotpot. Hotpot, for those of you guys that have never lived … Continue reading

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Infographic: Are Asian Women Half as Likely to Commit Infidelity?

So says a recent infographic, which states that Asian woman are less likely to commit infidelity in comparison to women of a different ethnicity — 5.1% versus 18.3% of Black Women or 15.5% of, uhm, “American” women. As far as … Continue reading

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Jeepney’s PI Fight Flag Tee

The PI Fight Flag is a tribute to the competitive athletes of the Philippines. Inspired by traditional Filipino symbols, Jeepney created this PI Fight Flag Tee ($28) just in time for the Pacquiao fight on November 13th. BOOM!

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Teammate: Jeremy Lin Plays Better On the Road

An article on the mounting pressure of Asian Americans — and yes, APA blogs — to stop putting so much damn pressure on Jeremy Lin and let him be a NBA rookie: “Lin captures fans dreams and desires. He’s become … Continue reading

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