Category Archives: Discrimination

SFist Blogger Makes Fun of Lapu Lapu Street in San Francisco

Posted on August 17, 2008 by Efren

View Larger Map So thanks to Ernie and the RAAW blog, I was pointed to a blog post about a clueless white person poking fun at a street named Lapu Lapu in the South of Market (SoMa) district in San … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area | 5 Comments

Spain’s Basketball Team Does the Fucked Up Slanty Eye Thing

Posted on August 13, 2008 by Ernie

An advertisement for the Spanish Basketball Federation that appeared in the Spanish daily sports newspaper Marca featured Spain’s 15 national team members in uniform pulling back the skin on their eyelids, with smiles on their faces. Why, yes. Yes, they … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Sports | 25 Comments

James Blagden enjoys a good stereotype

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Ernie

Behold, the illustration work of Brooklyn based James Blagden. Lest you bandwagon jumping commenters start freaking out over the above illustration about how Asians are “nerdy and retarded,” Blagden has a series of similar illustrations that highlight the stereotypes of … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, The Arts | 4 Comments

Movie review: The Mummy – Legend of the Dragon Emperor

Posted on August 4, 2008 by minjung

So Hubbycakes and I got back from a spontaneous outing to the Lee Neighborhood Theater in the outer Richmond this evening for some brain fluff movie fun times. “What should we go see?” “I dunno, Mongol?” “Eh, too much subtitling … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Movies | 3 Comments

Gender And Ethnic Diversity in Prime-Time Cable News – don’t forget us Asian Americans!

Posted on July 29, 2008 by John

I came across this study that was just published by Media Matters in America titled, “Gender And Ethnic Diversity in Prime-Time Cable News” – where the non-profit media watchdog group examined four programs on each of the three cable news … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations | 5 Comments

LA Times: Why do Asian students generally get higher marks than Latinos?

Posted on July 24, 2008 by John

Carlos Garcia, second from right, is president of the Asia Club at Lincoln High School. He is with his Cabinet members during a lunch-hour meeting. Source: LA Times. “Why do Asian students generally get higher marks than Latinos?” – this … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations | 24 Comments

I’m not that Good at Math, are You?

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Guest Writer

About the author: KG Lew is a half Chinese, half French entrepreneur from Montreal, Canada. If you would like to learn more about him and how he makes a living online, feel free to check out his Internet Marketing blog … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations | 6 Comments

Study: Americans Expect Business Leaders to Be White

Posted on July 22, 2008 by John

Do you Asian Americans suffer from stereotypes in the business world? Of course we do. I think so, even if it is subtle. After attending business school, I joined a Silicon Valley software company as a product manager and attended … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations | 16 Comments

Oakland to pay $2M in Police Asian Female Groping Suit

Posted on July 17, 2008 by John

We’ve heard about white guys with an Asian fetish, but how about a police officer with an Asian fetish? This week, the city of Oakland decided to settle a suit, as reported In “Oakland will pay $2 million settlement in … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations | 1 Comment

Newsweek: Why Vietnam Loves McCain

Posted on July 15, 2008 by John

Nurse who first treated McCain; Hanoi Hilton’s prison director. Source: Newsweek. This being an election year, I am on quite a few email lists and came across this one from the Silicon Valley Obama email list, an article on McCain. … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations, Politics | 3 Comments

Did I tell you, I am a sleeper agent for Communist China?

Posted on July 10, 2008 by John

I admit to all of you, as well as the NSA & Dick Cheney reading this post, that despite my pro-Taiwan leanings (which has been such a great cover), that I am indeed a sleeper agent for Communist China. I’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations, Politics | 5 Comments

The White Butlers Cafe – for Japanese Women

Posted on July 2, 2008 by John

We got this story sent to us by a reader on this CNN news story (aired on June 30th), “Cafe provides royal treatment.” (2:25 minutes). In My Humble Opinion, I find the story on The Butlers Cafe disturbing in so … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Observations | 11 Comments