Category Archives: Current Events

NPR: Whatever Floats Your Goat: The 2015 Lunar New Year Animal Is Up For Debate

Posted on February 23, 2015 by John

Happy Lunar New Year! I had heard this NPR piece recently, and thought it was very educational – because I have heard many Happy Chinese / Lunar New Year celebration and exclaiming Happy Year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. … Continue reading →

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Can Asians Fly?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Koji Steven Sakai

With the recent ATR-72 TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan and the Asian airplane tragedies in the last couple of years, I thought it was important for me to weigh in on the question of whether Asians pilots can fly airplanes. … Continue reading →

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8Asians.com Exclusive: Interview with ABC’s ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Hudson Yang & his Dad Jeff Yang

Posted on February 3, 2015 by John

As we’ve all heard by now, Fresh Off the Boat, is the first American television series staring an Asian American family in over twenty years (since Margaret Cho’s All American Girl in 1994) is coming to ABC, with the first … Continue reading →

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Asian Americans in the First Lady’s Box at the 2015 State of the Union Address

Posted on January 22, 2015 by 8AsiansNews

According to the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (WHIAAPI), President Obama’s guest list for this week’s State of the Union address included 23 people, who had the privilege of sitting alongside First Lady Michelle Obama, Dr. … Continue reading →

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Mini-Review of ‘The Interview’ & How Randall Park became Kim Jong-Un

Posted on December 30, 2014 by John

Unless you have been living under a rock and haven’t heard of the events of the past month or so, alleged North Korean hackers hacked Sony’s computer networks – threatening to do more damage beyond releasing leaked emails and copies … Continue reading →

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#asians4blacklives and #blacklivesmatter

Posted on December 15, 2014 by Lily

Everything in this country is used as a weapon against Black people. #blacklivesmatter #Asians4BlackLives pic.twitter.com/nSRRdf6jkr — Gopal Dayaneni (@GopalDayaneni) December 15, 2014 Asian Americans joined efforts to shut down the Oakland Police Department today. Rallying around the hashtag #asians4blacklives, the … Continue reading →

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Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill Discrimination Suits: Good or Bad for Asian Americans?

Posted on December 4, 2014 by Jeff

Harvard and the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill have been sued for their admissions practices by the organization Project for Fair Representation.  The suit says that Harvard and UNC Chapel Hill are making admissions harder for Asian Americans than … Continue reading →

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President Obama Speaks on Immigration Reform

Posted on November 21, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

President Obama announces executive actions that he will take to alleviate the problems of our current immigration system. To read what the President says after his first line, “My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration,” … Continue reading →

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Rep. Mark Takano Corrects Republican Gives Republican Letter “F”

Posted on November 19, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

California’s 41st district representative Mark Takano taught 20 years of high school English, so when he got a letter from a Republican against the Senate’s recent immigration bill, he put on his teacher hat, pulled out a red pen, and … Continue reading →

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Selfie-seeking Asian Americans Cause Problems and Changes at Mission Peak

Posted on November 13, 2014 by Jeff

When I hiked Mission Peak two years ago, I saw lots of Asians on the trails, but I was surprised to see recent headlines like “Crowds Overrun Mission Peak in Fremont to Shoot Selfies.” Apparently, the number of hikers there … Continue reading →

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Family Believes Body Found in SF Bay is that of Dan Ha

Posted on November 12, 2014 by jozjozjoz

A message from Dan Ha’s brother via the Find Dan Ha Facebook Page: Hi everyone. I would like to thank all of you for your continued support and prayers in the search for my brother Daniel over the past week. … Continue reading →

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Bette Bolivar is one of US Navy’s Highest Ranking Females

Posted on November 11, 2014 by Jeff

When Babette “Bette” Bolivar’s father joined the navy, Filipinos like him and my father were limited to jobs like being a steward or a cook.   In an interview with the Philippine Star, she talks about the path that has lead … Continue reading →

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