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
Racist and Sexist Signs Calling Asian Women ‘White-Boy Worshipping Whores’ Posted at UCLA
For the last few days, the Asian American websphere has been buzzing about two possibly related incidents at UCLA which campus police are investigating as hate crimes. On Tuesday, a student discovered a piece of paper with the words “asian … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, Southern California
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Racial Abuse and Attacks: Unwilling Victim or Unknowing Participant?
Male chauvinism has taken quite some time to accept that women are not objects, that they are entitled to being who they are without interference (although half the world is still catching up). However, campaigns such as “Take Back the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination
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Faking An Asian Language – The Right Way
Many of you may have been mocked when you were a kid by people saying to you “Ching Chong Ting Tong” or other such nonsense in a lame attempt at imitating an Asian language. Hey, it still goes on even … Continue reading
Seventh Soldier In Danny Chen Abuse Case Receives Mix of Verdicts
Staff Sargent Andrew J. Van Bockel, the seventh soldier courtmartialed in association with Private Danny Chen’s suicide, received a mix of verdicts on November 20. He was convicted of hazing Chen, allowing Chen to be hazed, and maltreating Chen by … Continue reading
Racist Tweets About Psy’s American Music Awards Performance
While I thought that the MC Hammer/Psy Mashup that Psy performed on the American Music Awards was awesome, these racist tweets indicate that not everyone thought that Psy was great. I checked on some of these tweets, and while some … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Entertainment, Music
Tagged Gangnam Style, Psy, Public Shaming, twitter
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Sixth Soldier in Danny Chen Abuse Case Gets Demoted
Sergent Jeffrey T. Hurst had his rank reduced and was sentenced to hard labor for a dereliction of duty charge associated with Private Danny Chen’s suicide. He was found not guilty of charges of hazing and maltreatment, and his hard … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Current Events, Discrimination
Tagged courtmartial conviction, Danny Chen, U.S. Military
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Admissions Test Prep: Stepping Stone to Asian Americans, Considered Unfair by Others
New York City’s top academic high schools like Bronx Science (pictured above) and Stuyvesant have one entrance criteria: performance on the Specialized High School Admissions Test (SHSAT). While many Asian American families look at SHSAT preparation courses as a stepping … Continue reading
Highlights Of Voter Suppression In Asian America
Since the sixth of November is 2012’s election year, Mother Jones recently put out an article on the timeline of voter suppression in America. What’s interesting about the piece is that many individuals from Asian American history are right there … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, History
Tagged elections, history, racism, voting
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Jay Chen Faces More Racism In Run For CA 39th Congressional District
If you’re born in Michigan, was raised in Los Angeles County and educated at Harvard, the oldest institution of higher education in the United States, you still can be considered not American enough to run for Congress if you also … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Politics
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Florida Board of Education To Hold Asian American Students To Higher Standard
The Florida Board of Education joined Virginia in setting race based achievement goals that hold Asian American students to a higher standard. The rightmost column in the above excerpt from Florida’s educational strategic plan shows the differing expectations. As you … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education
Tagged Florida Board of Education, Race Based achievement standards
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A Brief Lesson On Melanin Diversity In The Philippines And China
So the other week, Lucy Liu was under fire for her comment on David Letterman’s show about how she looks “a little Filipino” when she tans. Although Lucy has already apologized, a number of people are unsurprisingly still offended by … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations, TV
Tagged China, David Letterman, Lucy Liu, Philippines, race
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What I Learned From My Google Alert For “Chink”
Whenever I make a movie, I create a Google Alert with the same name. Mostly it’s amusing to see the random places the movie is talked about. But because my last movie is titled, Chink, I’ve been amazed by how … Continue reading
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