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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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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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The Role of Asian Greeks Today
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: Current Events
Sherry Chen, Falsely Accused, Wins Case but still has not been Restored to Her Job
Image courtesy of NBC News. Back in 2015, I had watched on 60 Minutes and also read with dismay Chinese American Sherry Chen’s story: “On Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, Sherry Chen drove, as usual, to her office at the National … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics
Tagged Department of Commerce, National Weather Service, Sherry Chen
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The meaning behind ‘Maile,’ the name of Tammy Duckworth’s new daughter
ICYMI: Senator Tammy Duckworth gave birth to her second child, a girl named Maile Pearl, April 9. The junior senator from Illinois is the first member of the Senate to give birth while in office. This past Wednesday, the Senate … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged hawaii, parenthood, tammy duckworth, u.s. senate, working moms
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The Fred Yamamoto Scholarship Fund
A friend of mine, Steven Lee, who is a Palo Alto resident and involved in city government is helping to raise a scholarship fund in memory of Fred Yamamoto and provided a prepared statement: “As a 3rd generation Chinese-American and a … Continue reading
Posted in 8$, Current Events, Discrimination, Education, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Fred Yamamoto, Palo Alto, scholarship
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The Opposition with Jordan Klepper: Congressman Ted Lieu & The Democrats Push to Take Back the House
I don’t regularly watch The Opposition with Jordan Klepper, but I saw that one of my favorite Representative Ted Lieu was on the show recently: “Congressman Ted Lieu makes the case for revoking Jared Kushner’s national security clearance and pushes a … Continue reading
John Chiang Remains a Top Contender in Race for California State Governor
California state treasurer John Chiang was in the San Jose area supporting California assemblymember Evan Low on Sunday, March 18th, and I had a chance to catch up with him after the belated Lunar New Year fundraising dinner. The last … Continue reading
Michelle Kwan Endorses Vivek Viswanathan for California State Treasurer
https://www.facebook.com/vivekforca/videos/1433636790081454/ Video & Image courtesy of Vivek Viswanathan for State Treasurer 2018 – https://www.vivekforca.com/ Back in early March, I was on Facebook and I saw a fundraising event titled Happy Hour: Michelle Kwan & Vivek Viswanathan in San Francisco, and I was like, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California
Tagged John Chiang, Michelle Kwan, Vivek Viswanathan
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Dr. Mai Khanh Tran is running for Congress in hotly contest seat for CA-39
I recently had a chance to meet Dr. Mai Khanh Tran while she was visiting in downtown San Jose. She’s one of many running for an open seat in the 39th Congressional District of California, after Republican incumbent Ed Royce announced, like many Congressional … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, Southern California
Tagged Mai Khanh Tran
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8Asians Interview with Dave Min for Congress (CA-45)
Back in January, I was able to meet up with Korean American Dave Min, who is running for Congress in California’s 45th Congressional District, which is in Southern California, encompassing part of Irvine: Min was raised in the Palo Alto … Continue reading
8th Annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties & the Constitution – with Daniel Ellsberg
Every year since the kickoff year in 2011, I’ve tried to make the annual Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties & the Constitution in the Bay Area. This year, I was particularly interested since after watching the movie The Post (about … Continue reading
Chloe Kim’s Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Box -Sold Out in 7 Hours!
I first heard that Olympic Gold medalist in halfpipe snowboarding Chloe Kim made the cover of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes while watching an interview with her on The Tonight Show starring Jimmy Fallon, and then later, finding the press release: “To … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Minute Maid’s #ShibSibs Journey – Maia and Alex Shibutani
https://youtu.be/sCxTokW3310 Congratulations to brother-and-sister duo Maia and Alex Shibutani on winning the Bronze in the 2018 Winter Olympics for Ice Dancing. No doubt, if you’ve been watching the Winter Olympics, you’ve seen this ad, which really doesn’t seem like an … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: Team United & Nathan Chen
https://youtu.be/aPSu6NPIStc While watching the Olympics, I saw this United TV commercial and was surprised to see U.S. figure skater Nathan Chen, since I wasn’t aware that United was one of his sponsors, unlike Kellogg’s, Bridgestone and John Wilson. The super hero-themed … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Asian American Commercial Watch, Current Events, Sports
Tagged ice skating, Nathan Chen, Winter Olympics
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