8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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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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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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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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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Category Archives: Discrimination
Dear HIMYM: One Fan’s Reaction to Your Racism
Dear How I Met Your Mother, I have been a fan of your show since I was introduced in the second season. In fact, friends and I marathoned the entire first season on a day off with our ribs hurting … Continue reading
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Pantene Philippines Commercial: Labels Against Women
I was pleasantly surprised to see this video from Pantene Philippines talking about double standards against women. Not that the double standards don’t exist, but that this message would come out of what is a generally anti-intellectual culture in a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, TV
Tagged double standards, labels, Pantene, Philippines, sexism
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
Immigration Station. Click on image to expand (for all images for this post). Click twice for full size. Back in November, I had a chance to take a tour of Angel Island and the Immigration Station there, located in the … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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Learning to Love Asian Men by Leaving the US
“So, before moving to Korea, why did I not realize the potential in Asian men? Because for the first 21 years of my life, the United States had deceived me.” With so much focus on how men fetishize Asian women, … Continue reading
#NotYourAsianSidekick: Making Space for Asian American Feminism
Nobody will GIVE us a space. We need to MAKE a space to use our voices, build community, and be heard. #NotYourAsianSidekick — Suey Park (@suey_park) December 15, 2013 Despite being a tech-capable, twenty-something, I have resisted jumping on the … Continue reading
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So, You Speak Really Good English
This week, Buzzfeed ran an article on a photography project from the photographer Kiyun, where she asked students from the Fordham University Lincoln Center Campus to “write down an instance of racial microagression they have faced.” If you haven’t heard … Continue reading
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Abercrombie & Fitch Sales Decline: How Disrespecting Diversity can be Bad for Business
After managing to alienate significant numbers of Asians, Asian Americans, Muslims, African Americans, Hispanics, overweight, and disabled people, Abercrombie & Fitch has found – surprise – that declining sales forced it into a quarterly loss. In an attempt to regain … Continue reading
Dealing with Diversity: Gap responds to the Racist Defacement of an Ad
Arsalan Iftikhar, senior editor at The Islamic Monthly, posted a picture of this defaced Gap advertisement on his twitter account. This ad featured Sikh-American designer Waris Ahluwalia and model/filmmaker Quentin Jones. What, if anything, would the Gap do?
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Fashion, Lifestyles, Religion
Tagged Arsalan Iftikhar, Gap, Quentin Jones, Waris Ahluwalia
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Massacred For Gold: The Chinese in Hells Canyon
MASSACRED FOR GOLD Trailer from Morris Hill Pictures on Vimeo. In 1887, a group of Chinese miners were killed not only for their gold but out of pure hate–not only were they shot and robbed of their gold, but they … Continue reading
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Oriental-Themed Party Strikes Again, Is Still Racist
Brooklyn, center of all things hipster and edgy, is home to a bar. That bar is hosting a party. That party is called “Madam Wu’s Good Luck Banquet of the Senses.” It is not edgy. It it also what one … Continue reading
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Remembering Asian American Veterans: Stories from the Library of Congress Veterans History Project
“I could not believe I was coming home to the same reception I received twenty-three years before, following World War II. This time I was not the enemy, but I was there saving lives, perhaps their loved ones.” Carolyn Hisako … Continue reading
George Takei Speaks at The National Press Club
Recently, actor and activist George Takei spoke to The National Press Club about his life story, from his personal experience as a child growing up in a Japanese internment camp to his life as a gay man and coming out. … Continue reading
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