8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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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
8Asians At DNC 2016: Day 1 – Asian American & Pacific Islander (AAPI) Caucus – Session 1
0:00:00 – 0:03:00 – Pledge of Allegiance, Welcome, Moment of Silence for Congressman Mark Takai (D-Hawaii, 1st District) – DNC AAPI Caucus Chair Bel Leong Hong 0:03:00 – 0:07:48 – Tribute to Congressman Mark Takai (D-Hawaii, 1st District) – Jadine … Continue reading
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15th Cycle of Visual Communications’ Armed With a Camera (AWC) is Accepting Applications
Visual Communications is now accepting applications for its prestigious Armed With a Camera Fellowship! In its 15th cycle, the Armed With a Camera (AWC) fellowship has helped over 120 emerging filmmakers to launch careers and give voice to their Asian Pacific American heritage and communities. … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Southern California
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8Asians at the Democratic National Convention 2016 in Philadelphia, Day 1
I had such a good time four years ago at the Democratic National Convention 2012 in Charlotte, North Carolina in September 2012 (my blog posts): My 2012 Democratic National Convention Experience (Video – 6:08 minutes) My 2012 Democratic National Convention Experience – … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged California, constance wu, convention, Democrat, Fresh Off The Boat, John Chiang, Judy Chu, mike honda, Politics
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Priscilla Chan, in rare interview, tells how her goals with Mark Zuckerberg are shaped by personal story
In the local Silicon Valley newspaper, The San Jose Mercury News recently did an interview with Priscilla Chan. She’s most well known for being the wife of founder & CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg and she rarely gives interviews. In … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Family, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Tech
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CAAMFest 2016: March 10 – 20, 2016 | San Francisco & Oakland
One of the things I’ve enjoyed over the years while living in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1999 is the the annual Center for Asian American Media (CAAM) Film Festival, better known as CAAMFest, “Celebrating Asian American Film, Music … Continue reading
Posted in Announcements, Current Events, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Local, Movies, Music, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged asian american films, CAAMFest, film, Film Festival
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Asian American Community Divided as NYPD Officer Peter Liang Found Guilty of Manslaughter
On February 11, a jury found NYPD Officer Peter Liang guilty of second degree manslaughter in the death of Akai Gurley. Liang discharged his gun in a stairwell during a patrol, and the ricocheting bullet killed the unarmed Gurley, who … Continue reading
The Most Asian American Congressional District: California’s 17th
This article from the Daily Kos talks about the most Asian American congressional district in the United States – California’s 17th District. I would have thought that a district in Hawaii would be more Asian American, but the Honolulu district … Continue reading
NPR: Ansari And Yang Explore The First-Generation Experience In ‘Master Of None’
https://youtu.be/6bFvb3WKISk I’m a big fan of NPR and Terry Gross and her Fresh Air program. Back in early November, I caught this 44:13 minute interview with Indian American comic Aziz Ansari and Taiwanese American co-creator and co-writer Alan Yang … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Dating, Discrimination, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, TV
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Convenience Store Clerk Manveer Komer Saves Kidnapping Victim
While Asian American convenience store workers are parodied in portrayals like Apu in The Simpsons, Manveer Komer displayed tremendous bravery and in rescuing a kidnapped doctor in Philadelphia. On his late night shift, Komer noticed odd behavior from a woman … Continue reading
8Books Review: “The Making of Asian America,” by Erika Lee
Erika Lee’s The Making of Asian America is a masterful work that surveys hundreds of years of Asian American history, taking an expansive view of both Asian and America, to the benefit of all. Lee investigates histories of race relations locally, … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, Current Events, Discrimination, History
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8Books: Jenny Zhang on Michael Derrick Hudson
Included in this year’s edition of The Best American Poetry, edited by Sherman Alexie, is a poem worthy of significant controversy. It is a poem by one Yi-Fen Chou, the Chinese pen name of a white writer named Michael Derrick … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, Books, Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment
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Former Top Clinton Fundraiser Norman Hsu Says ‘I Was Greedy’
When I first started blogging for 8Asians back in 2007, I started to learn more about Asian Americans in the political realm, including fundraisers such as Norman Hsu (since convicted in 2009 and imprisoned), and even blogged about him a few times … Continue reading
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