Category Archives: Discrimination

Write a Letter to Support Lt. Dan Choi!

Posted on June 26, 2009 by Kevin

I’ve already written a couple posts about Lt. Dan Choi and his organization Knights Out that’s fighting the controversial “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy that prohibits openly gay servicemen from serving their country.  Lt. Choi, a graduate of West Point … Continue reading →

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White Men Making Decisions for Asian Women: Sarkozy and the Burqa

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Mitsuru

“It will not be welcome on the territory of the French republic.” Following a meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama in which the two disagreed on the issue, French President Nicolas Sarkozy made a major policy speech condemning the covering. … Continue reading →

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“Asian Men Are Short: That’s Why White Woman Don’t Marry Them”

Posted on June 22, 2009 by John

A recent tweet by a New York Times reporter posted a link to Modeling Interracial Love, a report about a recent Center for Economic and Policy Research discussion paper excitingly titled Anthropometry of Love: Height and Gender Asymmetries in Interethnic … Continue reading →

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How lame do you have to be to steal a wheelchair?*

Posted on June 19, 2009 by jozjozjoz

Elaine Touch is a beautiful 24 year-old college grad from Long Beach. She aspires for a career in public relations and she’s in the news. Why? Because the custom wheelchair that she relies on to live her life was stolen … Continue reading →

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Paul Fong: California, Apologize for the Persecution of Chinese Immigrants

Posted on June 18, 2009 by John

Paul Fong, “Godfather” of Silicon Valley’s Asian American’s political community and current California State Assembly member, last week introduced resolution ACR 42 calling on the state of California to offer the first formal apology to Chinese Americans for unjust laws … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Observations, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area, Southern California | 4 Comments

U.S. Births Hint at Bias for Boys in Asian Families

Posted on June 15, 2009 by Linda

The Fiancé and I have talked about how many kids we want, and what names we’ll call them. We have more girl names than boy names, mainly because in my opinion, girl names are a lot more fun to think … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles | 12 Comments

Reena Virk: 12 Years Later and No Sign of Justice for Hate Crime

Posted on June 13, 2009 by Mitsuru

Friday, June 12, 2009 marks the “conclusion” of the fourth trial for the murder of South Asian youth, Reena Virk. Reena was fourteen years old when she was killed in 1997 by a gang of white youth in Victoria, British … Continue reading →

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British Airways and Casual Racism

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Tim

I could have just as easily titled this piece, “Is it racism if nobody complains?”. Douglas Maughan, British Airways (BA) pilot claims there’s been a culture of casual racism at BA for some time now against Asians. He published his … Continue reading →

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Immigrants with Accents Still Being Treated with Disrespect

Posted on June 2, 2009 by jee

Last month, I went by my local cable office to drop off my cable box after canceling my cable service. I was almost at the window when an elderly Asian man asked me in English, “Do you speak Korean?” I … Continue reading →

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The Bamboo Ceiling

Posted on June 1, 2009 by Tim

I’ve written in the past about the glass ceiling for Asians in corporate America, but until I found this recent article on Asian scientists, I didn’t realize there was a specific term for the ceiling when referring to Asians, specifically … Continue reading →

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KFC vs. KGC: WTF???

Posted on June 1, 2009 by John

KFC (Kentucky Fried Chicken) has been promoting their new offering, Kentucky Grilled Chicken, with the tagline, UNTHINK what you thought about KFC – Taste the unfried side of KFC. Joz and I both noticed that KFC is running a new, … Continue reading →

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Patsy Mink: Ahead of the Majority

Posted on May 27, 2009 by John

Local broadcast times (PBS / KQED): Sun, May 31, 2009 — 7:00 pm, Mon, Jun 1, 2009 — 1:00 am, Thu, Jun 4, 2009 — 8:00 am, Thu, Jun 4, 2009 — 11:00 am Earlier this Spring, I had briefly … Continue reading →

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