8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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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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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: Business
Cung Le beats Cote at UFC 148 but Retirement Uncertain
40 year old Cung Le beat Patrick Cote at UFC 148, but when interviewed, did not say that he would retire. The UFC would like Cung Le to fight November 10 at UFC on Fuel 6 in Macau as part … Continue reading
Asian American Taxi Drivers: Simultaneously Victims And Perpetrators Of Racism
After the September 11 attacks, Asian American cab drivers, particularly those of South Asian origin, were the victims of racism as some Americans spat upon, cursed, and even stabbed any one they thought was “Middle Eastern.” At the same time, … Continue reading
Banks Introduce ATM Machines in Myanmar
We are all familiar with the automated teller machine (ATM). It is a machine we use to withdraw and deposit money and it doesn’t take a genius to operate. However, this is actually a privilege that we have such a … Continue reading
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Asian Americans Dominate The Motel Business
While one hears much about Asian Americans in tech, an area where Asian Americans dominate the American business world is the motel industry, where over half all U.S. motels are owned by Asian Americans and the majority of those are … Continue reading
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Tagged AAHOA, Asian American Hotel Owners Association, Gujarat, Indian Americans, motels
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Asian Americans Hit Hardest By Long-Term Unemployment
A new report from the Economic Policy Institute, showed for the second year in a row that Asian Americans have the highest rate of long-term joblessness (6 months or more) of any ethnicity in the United States. In 2011, 50.1 … Continue reading
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Watch Yul Kwon’s “America Revealed” PBS Series Online
Back in April, Asian American celebrity host Yul Kwon hosted a four part series on for PBS called America Revealed with the following episodes: Episode 1 – Food Machine Episode 2 – Nation on the Move Episode 3 – Electric … Continue reading
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Suicide Prompts Chinese To Reconsider Coming To U.S.
The recent suicide in April 2012 of 40 year old Qinggen Wang, a principal software engineer at Paypal, is driving discussions in the Chinese blogosphere about whether it’s worth it to come to the U.S. to pursue jobs, specifically ones … Continue reading
Comcast Cable Xfinity TV’s Asian Pacific American Heritage Month collection
In honor of May being Asian American Heritage Month, Comcast Cable Xfinity TV is announcing a special collection of more than 350 entertainment choices that highlight Asian American and Pacific Islanders. Says Ruben Mendiola, Comcast Vice President and General Manager … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American Heritage Month, Comcast Cable, Xfinity TV
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Chinese Education Cornerstones
By Fredo Nan Ever heard of the Asian Dad meme? Ever pointed out that the fact your friend is smart is because he is Chinese? And for many of us out there, ever FEEL that you are smart, and being … Continue reading
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The Past, Present, And Future Of Asian American Basketball
With a knee injury ending Linsanity for the 2012 regular season, one might wonder about the future of Asian American basketball. Is all of the current enthusiasm over basketball just a temporary craze that will fizzle out? Will another Jeremy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Family, History, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged AAU Basketball, Jeremy Lin, Wat Misaka
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Asian Americans Targeted by Advertisers
With a half a trillion in income and high median household income, Asian Americans are now being targeted by advertisers. This made me wonder. Is this a good thing for Asian Americans? Can it be bad? How can you target … Continue reading
The Chinese Bootlegged “The People I’ve Slept With,” The Movie I Wrote
It started when a friend who was visiting China emailed me and told me that he saw an illegal bootlegged copy of my last film, The People I’ve Slept With. I told him to take a picture of it but … Continue reading