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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
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Asian Pubic Hair Questions
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Do Asian Women Have the Smallest Breasts?
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Do All Asians Have Flat Butts?
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have the Smallest Testicle?
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Category Archives: Family
U-Pick Orchards a Hit Among Asian-American Families
From the Contra Costa Times: “About 150,000 people come to Brentwood for the U-pick farms each season. The popularity of U-pick farms among the Asian community is evident in the different languages spoken among the crowds of cherry pickers at … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Family, Lifestyles, San Francisco Bay Area
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Maternity Tourism Not Only Used For Anchor Babies
A new article from Star News on Maternity Tourism in Queens, NY challenges the previous assumption that Maternity Tourism — the act of a foreigner coming to the U.S. solely for the purpose of delivering their baby in the U.S. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Family, Health, Lifestyles, New York
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Race Still Matters For the Millennials
Recently, a focus group-based study of Los Angeles-area Millennials (those born after 1980, who are between 18 and 30 years of age) found that despite popular belief, the majority still believe that race matters. The study created race-based focus groups, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles
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Japanese American Eldercare: Foreshadowing an Aging Future
When the Wife and I have lunch in San Jose’s Japantown, we often notice Japanese Americans seniors eating there also. Some of the more notable buildings in San Jose’s Japantown are the Fuji Towers, an apartment complex for Japanese American … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles
Tagged aging, Fuji Towers, Keiro, senior care, Yu Ai Kai
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Why are there so Many Asian American Spelling Bee Champions?
Congratulations to 14-year old Sukanya Roy, this year’s Scripps National Spelling Bee champion! Sukanya won the national competition by spelling the word “cymotrichous,” which means someone who has wavy hair; you could also use this in a sentence, one such … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Family, Observations
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Level Up’s Gene Luen Yang & Thien Pham on Asian Parenting & Video Games
Level Up marks the return of award winning comic book artist Gene Luen Yang and this time, he’s collaborated with friend and fellow artist Thien Pham on a new graphic novel about bridging the generation gap between Asian American families … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles
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The Difference Between Third Culture Kids & Asian Americans
A variation on this piece was originally written for Hey it’s Johnny C and has been reposted here with permission. By Johnny C. I consider myself Asian and American, but not Asian-American. What’s the difference? Asian-American is itself a culture, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Observations
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Drugfree.org
I caught this Public Service Announcement while watching the NBA semi-finals for The Partnership at Drugfree.org. At first, I wondered what this television commercial was for. Was this mom going to be portrayed as a stereotypical Tiger Mom? The contrast … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Family, Lifestyles, TV
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The Role of Ethnicity in Money and Religion
In Christian churches, one topic of conversation that is often uncomfortable, for lack of a better term, is money or more technically the budget. For instance, although I have no concrete statistics on giving (donations) in my denomination by Anglo … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lifestyles, Religion
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Am I The Worst Asian American Parent Ever?
With all the recent focus on Tiger Moms and dads, along with almost everything I find lately on the internet, I can’t help but wonder, “Am I the worst Asian American parent ever?” It doesn’t help that my own cousin … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Lifestyles, San Francisco Bay Area
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Spanish vs. Chinese: Which is the Next Language to Learn?
“Dad, what language should I take?” asked Number One Son, as he filled out online enrollment forms for high school. “Spanish or Mandarin?” Indeed, that is a question that others have asked. Nicholas Kristof asked the question in an Op-ed … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Family, Lifestyles
Tagged chinese, Jim Rogers, Nicholas Kristof, Spanish
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How Culture Affects Our Perception In The Face Of Death
Like anything else, it turns out the way we respond to our mortality is influenced by our culture. A new study in Psychological Science reveals the differences between European Americans and Asian Americans in the way they react to their … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health, Lifestyles, Observations
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