Category Archives: Discrimination

#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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Brooklyn Eatery Served Double Dose of Discrimination to Asian Diners: Lawsuit

Posted on December 2, 2014 by Guest Writer

by Leeland Lee What’s the only thing worse than discrimination? How about discrimination topped with self-discrimination? Hitting various news outlets today is a report that Cesar Ramirez, head chef of the swank Chef’s Table at Brooklyn Fare, openly discriminated against … Continue reading →

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How to NOT Objectify Asian Women

Posted on November 17, 2014 by tinabot

Recently, Kristina Wong was featured in New York Times in a video series called “Off Color”, and I visited her artist website and also discovered her satire dating site about the objectification of Asian women, BigBadChineseMama.com, where she and volunteers … Continue reading →

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Aasif Mandvi on Religion, Identity, and Politics

Posted on November 6, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

http://youtu.be/E98qLDcwzwU Aasif Mandvi discusses the identity issues of being Muslim and South Asian with Huffington Post. He and his new book No Land’s Man is also featured on NPR’s Fresh Air.

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Brief Review of ‘To Be Takei’ & DVD Released

Posted on October 31, 2014 by John

One weekend evening when I was home, I remembered I wanted to see and wound up watching To Be Takei via Comcast On Demand and thoroughly enjoyed the film. After viewing the documentary, I thought about what a remarkable life … Continue reading →

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Gene Luen Yang Revives The First Asian American Superhero

Posted on October 16, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

Miss @geneluenyang in Mt. View last week? Have no fear-He'll be sharing #ShadowHero 8/16, #SanMateoLibrary, 2PM! pic.twitter.com/JeBvZheMG4 — Books Inc. (@BooksIncEvents) August 15, 2014 As featured on NPR’s Code Switch, Illustrator Sonny Liew and accomplished writer and graphic novelist Gene … Continue reading →

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NPR: In ‘Selfie,’ John Cho Gets An Unlikely Shot As A Romantic Lead

Posted on October 3, 2014 by John

If you haven’t heard, actor John Cho is starring in a new show this Fall on ABC titled ‘Selfie’ and NPR highlighted Cho’s unique position on being a romantic lead for the show: “John Cho wasn’t supposed to star in … Continue reading →

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Obama Names Jenny Yang to Lead Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

Posted on September 16, 2014 by John

I saw a few weeks ago that my fellow Cornell alum, Jenny Yang, will be leading the Equal Employment Commission: “As a child, Jenny Yang says that she found inspiration in her mother who challenged discrimination at her workplace. Now, Yang … Continue reading →

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Traveling Taiwan: Alishan Zhou Cultural Center (Part 20C of 24)

Posted on September 15, 2014 by tinabot

In Hawaii, they’ve got that Polynesian Cultural Center, which on the one hand is a way to educate people about some of the culture and history of the various polynesian people, but at the same time, it reeks of colonialism. … Continue reading →

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Video: Asian Woman Has White Fetish

Posted on September 7, 2014 by jozjozjoz

Actor and writer Joy Regullano takes the “Asian fetish” dialogue that usually is directed at Asian/Asian American females and turns directs it at a white man for “White Fetish.” It’s nice to see someone do a funny take on “yellow … Continue reading →

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Guardians of the Galaxy – Asian Represent: Dave Bautista

Posted on August 20, 2014 by tinabot

Like everyone else this summer season, I’ve been listening to the Awesome Mix Vol. 1 and quoting one-liners from the movie Guardians of the Galaxy. One of my favorite lines to recall is from Drax the Destroyer: “NOTHING goes over … Continue reading →

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