8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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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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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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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
Golden State Warriors & NBA Nation China Summer Tour
With the Miami Heat winning the NBA championship last week, you would think the only thing happening between now and the new season would be the NBA draft, but you would be wrong. As you know from my previous posts, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sports
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Report: Asian-American Subgroups Among Nation’s Poorest
A new report out from the University of California, Los Angeles is reporting that some sub groups of Asian Americans are among the nation’s poorest populations, based on income sources, home foreclosures and housing burden. While at first glance this … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Real Estate
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President Obama Speaks at the AAPI Heritage Month Celebration (And explains the lipstick on his collar)
President Obama delivers remarks an the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration at the White House earlier this week. What got the most attention from Obama was his remarks on the lipstick on his collar. One of the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Politics, TV
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Election 2012: Asian Americans Voter Turnout Declined from 2008 and Lowest Amongst All Races
Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau released their report on the Current Population Survey November Voting and Registration Supplement, that studies demographic voter turnout in the most recent presidential election cycle. The big news from this report was that for the … Continue reading
The Death of The Two USC Chinese Students: Whose Fault Is It?
The judge dismissed the law suit against USC brought by the parents of the two Chinese students who were shot dead last April near campus. “The suit had been brought by the parents of Ying Wu and Ming Qu, two … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Local, Southern California
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Los Angeles Taxpayer Dollars Used to Produce Video Which Mocks Asians
CBS2 investigative reporter David Goldstein broke a story about The City of Los Angeles Department of Public Works producing a controversial video depicting Asians with taxpayer money. The video, shot at the Japanese Garden at the Tillman Water Reclamation Plant … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education
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North Korea Imprisons Korean American Kenneth Bae, Possibly As Bait
From AP: “An American detained for nearly six months in North Korea has been sentenced to 15 years of labor for crimes against the state, the North’s state media said Thursday… Analysts say Pyongyang could use Bae as a bargaining … Continue reading
How Much Are You Worth, Chinese Bride-to-Be?
Today I realized that five years ago, my mother-in-law valued me at $10,000.00. Louisa Lim’s piece on NPR, For Chinese Women, Marriage Depends On Right Bride Price, sheds light on that seemingly arbitrary check I received before my wedding day. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Dating, Lifestyles, Observations, Politics
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Ro Khanna Kicksoff His Bid for Congress Against Mike Honda for a Silicon Valley District
This past Sunday, Democrat, San Francisco Bay Area resident and recent Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce Ro Khanna officially declared his bid for California’s 17th Congressional District, currently occupied by Democratic Congressman Mike Honda, at an event … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Breaking News: Boston Marathon Bombing Victim Identified as a Chinese National
The Consulate General of the People’s Republic of China has confirmed that one of the deceased bombing victims in the Boston Marathon bombing is a Chinese citizen. They also confirm at least one other injured Chinese victim is in stable … Continue reading
Asian America in 2013: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Part 4: Cosmos, Chronos, and Telos
[pullquote]I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a … Continue reading
Posted in 8Series, Current Events, Observations
Tagged marginal survivals, third culture kids
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