Category Archives: Discrimination

Should This Blonde-Haired, Blue-Eyed Girl Have Won a Miss India Pagent?

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Ernie

I mean, it sounds innocuous enough on paper: Jacinta Lal, a 21-year old woman with a Fijian-Indian father and New Zealander mother, enters New Zealand’s Miss India pageant, Miss IndiaNZ. Oh, but she has blond hair and blue eyes. And … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Fashion, Lifestyles | 7 Comments

Vietnamese American Politicians in the National News

Posted on October 2, 2010 by John

In the past week, two different races have highlighted Vietnamese American politicians to the national level: The most controversial race has been seven-term Representative Loretta Sanchez‘s (D-California / 47th Congressional District – Orange County that includes Disneyland and Angels Stadium) … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California | 3 Comments

Are Discrimination, Budget Cuts, and a Culture of Testing driving up Asian-American SAT scores?

Posted on September 24, 2010 by Jeff

“Do I have to go?  I think I can do well on the test!” Number One Son didn’t want to go to test prep course that The Wife and I were planning for him.    He’s in the 8th grade and … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Racist Grindr Guy Retracts Asian Remarks, Hates Hipsters Instead

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Ernie

An follow-up on that guy from Grindr who declared that all Asians “reave him arone:” a reader who read that blog post recently sent us his updated Grindr profile photo; looks like he took down the Asian comments, commenting that … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Discrimination, LGBT | 1 Comment

Love & Solidarity with the Muslim American Community

Posted on September 10, 2010 by Edward

On September 9th, the NCRR (Nikkei for Civil Rights & Redress) and the JACL (Japanese American Citizens League), in cooperation with the Japanese American National Museum and other groups held a vigil in Little Tokyo to show their support for … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, New York, Politics, Southern California | 1 Comment

Homefront: The Face of Xenophobia & Video Games

Posted on September 8, 2010 by Edward

Several days ago, I got an audition for an internet ad campaign called “The Journey” where they needed Korean men. At first, I was extremely excited and also because the gig paid $300 a day. But then when I looked … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations, Politics, Southern California, Video Games | 41 Comments

Blatant Anti-Asian Racism on Gay Websites Still Exists

Posted on September 6, 2010 by Ernie

A recent article by gay website Edge Boston talks about the anti-Asian sentiment that exists in the gay male community websites: “Queer men of color in particular … not only face exclusionary messages in predominately white queer communities online, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Dating, Discrimination, LGBT | 38 Comments

Why Don’t Asian-American Poker Players Get Endorsements?

Posted on September 5, 2010 by Jeff

When Cuong “Soi” Nguyen seemingly came out of nowhere to qualify for the 2010 World Series of Poker (WSOP) main event, the question was asked – could Soi Nguyen spark a poker boom in the Asian-American community just as Chris … Continue reading →

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Marvel Responds To Runaways Casting

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Moye

Sometimes when we protest over API representation in Hollywood, the industry actually listens and sometimes, they actually do something about it. Marvel responded to Racebending’s concerns over their lack of specification in their casting call for the Japanese American character, … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Entertainment, Movies | 3 Comments

Debunking the Myths of the “Ground Zero Mosque”

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Edward

At this point, some of you may be aware of the controversy surrounding the “Ground  Zero Mosque” and the high emotions that are surrounding this construction. There have been many different viewpoints and opinions on it, with many of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, New York | Tagged , , , , , , | 5 Comments

Asian Men Have the Highest Salaries: A Follow-Up

Posted on August 16, 2010 by Tim

Joz asked me to do a follow up to my recent blog post, Asian Men Have the Highest Salaries, partly because it was one of the most viewed articles on 8Asians recently and partly because its one of the most referenced, … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Lifestyles, Observations | 6 Comments

2010 NAAAP National Convention – Keynote by John Chen, Chairman, CEO & President of Sybase

Posted on August 14, 2010 by John

On Friday night, I had the great pleasure to hear John Chen, Chairman, CEO & President of database company Sybase, give the keynote for that evening for the 2010 NAAAP National Convention in San Francisco. John emigrated from Hong Kong, graduating from … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination | 2 Comments