Category Archives: Discrimination

Patriotic or Idiotic? Non-Asian Texas Nail Salon Owner Promotes Her Business as “American Owned, American Staffed”

Posted on April 3, 2013 by jozjozjoz

Vietnamese Americans dominate the manicure business (thanks, Tippi Hedren!) and one nail salon owner in Fairview, Texas is letting her customers know that she’s not one of them. According to Steve Stoler of WFAA.com, Diana Casey, the owner of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Discrimination | 4 Comments

Slanted and Enchanted: Another Take on Last Week’s Rant and Some Traveler’s Tales

Posted on April 2, 2013 by JohnnyC

One of the things I enjoy about the Internet and Democracy is that you have the opportunity to engage in dialogues and see different points of view. One of the things I don’t like is that often, people have already … Continue reading →

Posted in Community, Discrimination, Observations, Politics | 12 Comments

Asian Americans Edge Out Asians in Silicon Valley

Posted on March 14, 2013 by John

This story and report came out last December, but I’ve only had time to get to this now. Asian Americans and Asian non-citizens 50.1% (versus 40.7 White, 4.2% Hispanic, 2.3% African American,  and 2.7% other) of the San Francisco Bay … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Discrimination, Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area, Tech, Technology | 2 Comments

Mitch McConnell’s Wife, Elaine Chao, Fires Back at ‘Far Left’ Group for Racial Slur

Posted on March 13, 2013 by jozjozjoz

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell unveiled his first 2014 re-election campaign ad and in it, his wife, former Labor Secretary Elaine Chao, is featured front and center. In the ad, she references attack ads from the “far left” which recently … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Politics | Tagged , , | 19 Comments

Cornell: Asian Americans Not Held to Higher Admissions Standard

Posted on March 12, 2013 by John

In the past few months, there has been a lot of discussion about college admissions at “elite” universities, especially after The Myth of American Meritocracy – How corrupt are Ivy League admissions? was published in The American Conservative and a … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education | 1 Comment

A Response to Ta-Nehisi Coates’ Essay on “The Good, Racist People” in the New York Times

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Guest Writer

By Ken Narasaki On March 6, a guest op-ed column by Ta-Nehisi Coates appeared in the New York Times entitled The Good, Racist People, which addresses “the idea that racism is not merely the property of the morally deformed.” I … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations | 3 Comments

YouTube Removes Sam Hendrickson’s Anti-Asian Video for Violating Hate Speech Policies

Posted on March 9, 2013 by jozjozjoz

If you are looking for the full version of Samuel Hendrickson’s now infamous video about why he’d hate to be Asian, you’ll have to look someplace other than YouTube, which has been removing non-parody versions of this video for violations … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination | 2 Comments

Iwao and Hanaye Matsushita in Ken Burn’s “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”

Posted on March 8, 2013 by tinabot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zA4BlQxSDQ Iwao and Hanaye Matsushita were a loving Japanese husband and wife. Their favorite passtime? Hiking the beautiful Mt. Ranier National Park. To them, it was not just their home away from home, not just a towering reminder of great … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, History | Tagged , | 1 Comment

Another White College Kid Rants About Asians: Is Samuel Hendrickson the New Alexandra Wallace?

Posted on March 6, 2013 by jozjozjoz

UPDATE 3/9/2013 @ 10am: YouTube removed the original video for being hate speech, so I’ve updated the video embed with a mirror from LiveLeak. Thanks to commenter Aishi Yupi for providing the link. UPDATE 3/6/2013 @ 9:30pm Pacific Time: It … Continue reading →

Posted in Comedy, Current Events, Discrimination | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 19 Comments

Slanted Process: US Trademark Office Says Anyone (Except Asians) Can Trademark “The Slants”

Posted on February 22, 2013 by Guest Writer

By Simon Tam A few years ago, I filed a trademark application for my band, The Slants. The US Trademark Office rejected it, claiming it was disparaging towards Asians. I was baffled: I’m Asian. At first, we fought it by … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Music, Observations | Tagged , , , , | 25 Comments

San Francisco: 2013 Fred Korematsu Day Heroes Celebration Hosted by Danny Glover

Posted on February 14, 2013 by John

A few weekends ago on January 27th, The Korematsu Institute celebrated Fred Korematsu Day 2013 by honoring a group of American civil rights heroes. The event was hosted by San Francisco native and activist Danny Glover. In keeping with the … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area | 2 Comments

DiversityInc: 7 Things NEVER to Say to Asian-American Executives

Posted on February 13, 2013 by jozjozjoz

DiversityInc published an articled entitled 7 Things NEVER to Say to Asian-American Executives but I feel like most of these are things that people shouldn’t say to any Asian American, regardless of whether or not they are “executives.” The list … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination | 12 Comments