Category Archives: Current Events

Asian American Commercial Watch: Pizza Hut’s Super Bowl 2017 with George Takei

Posted on February 17, 2017 by John

https://youtu.be/PrOqgRdkmRM Last year, actor & activist George Takei was in a Taco Bell Super Bowl commercial. And in case you didn’t see the greatest Super Bowl comeback in NFL history, there were also commercials. And Takei appeared again in a … Continue reading →

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ICYMI: 7th Annual Fred Korematsu Day (Sun 1/29/17) – Oakland, CA

Posted on February 15, 2017 by John

I had the honor again of attending Fred Korematsu Day Of Civil Liberties And The Constitution celebration in Oakland, California recently. I’ve attended I think almost every celebration since its inception in 2011. For those who couldn’t attend but are … Continue reading →

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“What Role Can We Play in Fighting Hate Online?” L.A. Event from the ADL Asian Jewish Initiative and NextGen Community

Posted on February 1, 2017 by 8AsiansNews

The community is invited to a discussion on “What role can we play in fighting hate online?” sponsored by the Anti-Defamation League’s Asian Jewish Initiative and NextGen Community on Wednesday, February 15, at Google, 340 Main St. in Venice, at … Continue reading →

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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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7th Annual Fred Korematsu Day Of Civil Liberties And The Constitution – 1/29/17

Posted on January 25, 2017 by John

8Asians.com is partnering with the Fred T. Korematsu Institute to #NeverForget 75th Anniversary of #9066 – the Executive Order that led to the mass incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese ancestry.  When Japanese American Incarceration during WWII was cited as a … 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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Amanda Nguyen and the Federal Sexual Assault Survivor’s Bill of Rights

Posted on December 6, 2016 by tinabot

Given the fact that 62,759,366 Americans just voted for a misogynist to take the highest office in our land, the work of courageous individuals such as Amanda Nguyen are more important today than ever before. Nguyen was assaulted in college … 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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#SubmitToHate and “ThankYouDonald” on Instagram is documenting social media accounts of #WhiteLash

Posted on November 10, 2016 by jozjozjoz

I am just going to link to ThankYouDonald and let the posts speak for themselves. The account description is: Thank You, Donald. Bearing witness to the #WhiteLash. Contribute photos/screenshots by tagging them with #SubmitToHate. I wish this account didn’t need … Continue reading →

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Asian American Commercial Watch / PSA: A message from the Cast of ‘Fresh Off the Boat’

Posted on November 7, 2016 by John

I saw an email and Facebook posting from Asian and Pacific Islander Vote (APIAVote) about a new Public Service Announcement (PSA) video that was announced as ‘A message from the Cast of Fresh Off the Boat’: “We just wanted to … Continue reading →

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Donald Trump Is Seen as Helping Push Asian Americans Into Democratic Arms

Posted on November 4, 2016 by John

Rarely does the topic of Asian Americans and the U.S. presidential elections come up, but this is not a normal election. Specifically, Republican candidate Donald Trump is not your normal candidate.  The Times did a nice article outlining the growing … Continue reading →

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