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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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Category Archives: Current Events
8Links: Roy Choi on CNN, Panda Triplets, and Asian Americans remember Robin Williams
8Links is a series which occasionally highlights interesting content from sites we read. Got a tip for us? Let us know about a link you would like to see on 8Asians.com by suggesting a link! Chef Roy Choi has just … Continue reading
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Orange County Asian American Population Growth Different from Older Enclaves
While typical media images of “The O.C.” are those of fashionable young white people or white surfers in beach communities, Orange County has grown to contain the third largest Asian American population of any county in the U.S., behind Los … Continue reading
San Francisco’s Tech Boom Squeezing Out Chinese American Small Businesses
While we’ve written about how Filipinos have been affected by the San Francisco Tech boom, this story from Boom (summarized here by New America Media), talks about the effects of the boom on small Chinese American businesses like these on … Continue reading
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Tagged Clement Street, Richmond District, San Francisco, tech boom
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Affirmative Action Alternatives and their Effects on Asian Americans
With the tabling of SCA5, the Fisher vs University of Texas decision, and the lawsuit over admissions to New York’s selective high schools, non-race based alternatives to diversifying campuses are increasingly being discussed. Some of these discussions, like this one … Continue reading
The Daily Show: George Takei & ‘To Be Takei’
The Daily Show Get More: Daily Show Full Episodes,Indecision Political Humor,The Daily Show on Facebook Actor and activist George Takei was on The Daily Show the other day to promote the documentary, ‘To Be Takei,‘ about his life, about being … Continue reading
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9-Man: No Jokes Street Volleyball
Fans abound for the gritty, fast-paced, Chinatown-style street ball known as 9-man. In the 1930s, Chinese American men began playing 9-man, a street version of volleyball involving nine players (hence the game’s obvious if not well known name) compared to … Continue reading
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Linsanity Moves to LA: Rockets Trade Jeremy Lin to Lakers
It’s the news that’s lighting up the internet… Jeremy Lin was traded by the Houston Rockets to the Los Angeles Lakers. JLin himself hasn’t made a public comment yet, but keep I keep reloading his Twitter feed (@JLin7) to see … Continue reading
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Betty Yee Comes in Second in California State Controller 2014 Primary Race
http://youtu.be/tRA7aIs9zIA If you follow California politics, you may have been following the California State Controller’s race. John Chiang, the current state controller is terming out. California now has an open primary – where voters can vote, even if they are … Continue reading
American Girl “Archives” Asian American Ivy Ling Doll
Back in 2010 I wrote about the few available Asian appearance dolls on the market for our Asian American daughters, and more specifically as a Christmas present for my own five year old daughter. Top of my list was the … Continue reading
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Doodle 4 Google 2014 Winner: Audrey Zhang
On Monday, June 9th, Google had a new doodle on their homepage. That doodle was part of an annual competition. Google held their 7th annual “Doogle 4 Google” competition where they asked kids in K-12 tell Google what they’d like … Continue reading
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Indicted Leland Yee Gets 320,000 Votes Even After Dropping out of the CA Secretary Race
Leland Yee has been arrested on a number of corruption charges and dropped out of the California Secretary of State race, but 323,000 people managed to do what is pictured here as of the most recent count of California’s primary … Continue reading
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Tagged California Secretary of State, elections, Leland Yee
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Congress Remembers the Tiananmen Square Massacre – 25th Anniversary
Video of event: C-SPAN. House Speaker John Boehner, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and other members of Congress gathered last week to remember the 25th anniversary of the massacre in Tiananmen Square, passing a bi-partisan bill (House Resolution 599) : “Urging … Continue reading
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