Category Archives: Discrimination

Asian American is Spokesman for West Point Group Fighting “Don’t Ask Don’t Tell”

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Kevin

Being a liberal in California meant that last November 4th was, unlike most of the rest of the United States, a bittersweet day that represented not only hope, on the part of Barack Obama (or, as I like to call … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, LGBT, Observations, Politics | 4 Comments

Racism: There’s No “Reverse” About It

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Ben

Hyphen’s recent blog post about Princeton University’s “Reverse Racism” was amusing to me, especially since the terminology was used incorrectly — it’s not reverse racism, it’s just racism. (Especially ironic since I learned this after I moved to the South.) … Continue reading →

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Someone Terrified of Japanese Businessmen on PostSecret

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Moye

Did anyone else catch this postcard in the latest batch of PostSecret secrets? This is the second time that I’ve seen an anti-Asian secret being revealed (the first one was about being extremely terrified of Chinese people) and I’m wondering … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination | 17 Comments

Rejecting Demeaning ESL Tests

Posted on March 19, 2009 by jee

When I began reading this article on a student who is getting suspended for refusing to take a “racist” test, I could feel my blood boil — I’m mad for this young woman who was treated in such a severe … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education | 16 Comments

Peering Through The Glass Ceiling

Posted on March 18, 2009 by Tim

Readers of 8asians may not realize this, but writing for this blog doesn’t pay the rent, so most of the writers here have day jobs. I’m no exception. My day job is in marketing for a high technology company in … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Observations | Tagged | 14 Comments

Angel Island Reopens After Three Years of Renovations

Posted on March 15, 2009 by Jeff

Instead of remaining a citizen of China, I willingly became an ox. I intended to come to America to earn a living. The western styled building are lofty; but I have not the luck to live in them. How was … Continue reading →

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East Meets West: How the Brain Unites Us All

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Tim

When I was growing up, my dad liked to talk about how Americans and Asians thought differently. He always referred to it as right brain versus left brain thinking. As an immigrant he of course had Asian thinking, while his … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, Family, Health | Tagged | 6 Comments

Going to a Hoedown!

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Jeff

On this blog we often talk about diversity and state our expectations that white Americans try to get to know us beyond stereotypes and preconceived notions.  The Daughter’s high school, which is about half Asian and a third white, sent … Continue reading →

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“Why am I the Coolest Asian You Know?”

Posted on March 10, 2009 by Rob

This weekend I went to Hoboken for their St. Patrick’s Day Parade. St. Patrick’s Day in Hoboken is basically an excuse for everyone to get very drunk and celebrate in public; its telling that when someone asked my Irish Catholic … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations | 16 Comments

Racist E-Mail Circulates About Dartmouth’s President-Elect

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Yan

All good things don’t last long; there will always be someone to ruin it. As the Dartmouth community was in the midst of celebrating the appointment of Jim Yong Kim, an e-mail was sent out to the entire school in … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Education, WTF | 17 Comments

On Stereotypes, Assimilation and a Manhattan Bar called Park

Posted on March 8, 2009 by Rob

Recently I met some friends at a bar called Park, located in downtown Manhattan. Park is one of these trendy, well decorated bar/lounges that have sprung up all across NYC and cater mostly to a young professional/hipster crowd. Like other … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Lifestyles, New York, Observations | 19 Comments

College, Bananas, and the Chinese Student Association

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Tim

The recent discussion about Dartmouth’s new president, Jim Yong Kim, sparked quite a bit of discussion on the 8asians internal mailing list, and brought back memories of my college days at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). After reading that Penn … Continue reading →

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