Category Archives: Discrimination

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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San Francisco’s Tech Boom Squeezing Out Chinese American Small Businesses

Posted on August 5, 2014 by Jeff

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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Affirmative Action Alternatives and their Effects on Asian Americans

Posted on July 30, 2014 by Jeff

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 →

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The Daily Show: George Takei & ‘To Be Takei’

Posted on July 24, 2014 by John

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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NPR: How ‘Ching Chong’ Became The Go-To Slur For Mocking East Asians

Posted on July 22, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/cbwPu_LuTZs I saw this blog posting on Facebook the other day by NPR, and their series on ‘Code Switch’, discussing race. This particular post discusses the one the earliest uses of ‘ching chong‘ as a racial slur against Asians (and … Continue reading →

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Drake sings “Let it Go” as Manny Pacquiao – Funny or Offensive?

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Jeff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RNSSOzH-a2g Drake did the above spoof of Manny Pacquiao singing Let it Go on the ESPY awards show.  I personally thought it was funny and was not at all offended.  As this Buzzfeed article points out, some Filipinos agree with … Continue reading →

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NPR: Stanford’s Asian-American Leadership Programs Tackle The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’

Posted on July 16, 2014 by John

http://youtu.be/bqV4adXFlGI Video: courtesy of Stanford Graduate School of Business At 8Asians, we’ve blogged about Where Are the Asian CEOs?, Americans Expect Business Leaders to Be White, as well as Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) and their Advanced Leadership … Continue reading →

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YouTube: If Asians Said The Stuff White People Say

Posted on June 26, 2014 by John

Well, this video starring Jenny Yang and Eugene Yang was posted on YouTube by Buzzfeed Yellow back in the first week of June, but I still think of the video from time-to-time. I just took a look, and the video … Continue reading →

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Chinese Railroad Workers Inducted into the U.S. Labor Hall of Honor & Reclaiming Promontory Point

Posted on May 31, 2014 by John

On May 9th, history was made as the Chinese Railroad Workers were inducted into the U.S. Labor Hall of Honor. You can view the entire ceremony on the Department of Labor’s YouTube channel. If you don’t happen to know: “But … Continue reading →

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Being Pushed Over the Glass Cliff

Posted on May 29, 2014 by Tim

Almost everyone’s heard of the glass ceiling, the inability of women and minorities to get promoted to higher levels of the executive ranks due to discrimination. What most probably haven’t heard about is the new “glass cliff”. NPR discussed it … Continue reading →

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Anti-Asian Hate Was One of Killer Elliot Rodger’s Motivations

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Jeff

While I had read that misogyny and a sense of entitlement were motivations of Elliot Rodger, the man who killed six people and then himself near Santa Barbara, I didn’t realize that anti-Asian hate was another one until I saw … Continue reading →

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