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Category Archives: History
Asians in American Pop Music History: The Rocky Fellers
If you would guess the first Asian or Asian American music act to make the Billboard Hot 100, you might think of Jay Sean, Bruno Mars, or the Far East Movement, but the earliest I know about is The Rocky … Continue reading
Chiura Obata in Ken Burn’s “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiRzrZNdhTw Chiura Obata had only planned to stop by in America before going to going on to Paris to continue his career as an artist. He ended up settling permanently in San Francisco, California. His list of accomplishments as an … Continue reading
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“The Korean Zombie” Objects to Japanese Rising Sun
MMA fighter Chan Sung Jung (aka The Korean Zombie) has asked UFC Welterweight Champion Georges St. Pierre (aka GSP), to stop using the rising sun gi shown to the right. In an open letter posted on Jung’s FaceBook page, Jung … Continue reading
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Tagged Chan Jung Sung, Georges St. Pierre, Gi, GSP, Korean Zombie, MMA, Rising Sun, UFC 158
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Iwao and Hanaye Matsushita in Ken Burn’s “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zA4BlQxSDQ Iwao and Hanaye Matsushita were a loving Japanese husband and wife. Their favorite passtime? Hiking the beautiful Mt. Ranier National Park. To them, it was not just their home away from home, not just a towering reminder of great … Continue reading
Haunted by ‘Christmas in Hanoi’
This was originally published at LA Stage Times and has been republished at 8Asians with the author’s permission. Christmas in Hanoi is currently running at East West Players at David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles. … Continue reading
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George Tetsuo Aratani, Nisei Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Passes Away at Age 95
George Aratani, a survivor of the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II, and later successful businessman and philanthropist who founded Mikasa and Kenwood, passed away Tuesday, February 19, 2013 at the age of 95. His legacy in philanthropy … Continue reading
71st Anniversary of Executive Order 9066
Today, February 19, marks the 71st anniversary of the signing of Executive Order 9066, which is responsible for sending approximately 120,000 Japaneses Americans to remote camps throughout the United States — two-thirds of whom were American citizens. To commemorate this infamous event, … Continue reading
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Photographer George Masa in Ken Burn’s “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”
The George Masa mentioned by President Obama in the above video (9:00) was originally born as Masahara Iisuka in Japan in 1882. After his father’s death, he came to the United States to study engineering at the University of California. … Continue reading
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3 Famous Japanese American World War II Court Cases Everyone Should Know About
In California, January 30 is Fred Korematsu Day to remember the landmark 1944 Koreamatsu v. United States case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the incarceration of Japanese Americans solely because of their race/ethnicity was not necessarily unconstitutional. Writing … Continue reading
Photographer Quang-Tuan Luong in Ken Burn’s “The National Parks: America’s Best Idea”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogGc98wlUoI In my continuing research for my COWBOY NINJA historical western (free to read here), I’ve taken to watching the amazing PBS series The National Parks: America’s Best Idea by Ken Burns. This thing is 6 episodes long, nearly two … Continue reading
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Photography Documents Forgotten Century-old Violence Against Chinese Americans
When I first thought of writing my little novel series COWBOY NINJA about a young Chinese American boy growing up in the American Old West, I had no idea that it was going to start me on this journey into … Continue reading
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Historical Drama ‘Sand in the Waves’ Based on Taiwan’s First Female Doctor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7K_2qPufT4s Throughout my life of consuming media, the large majority of my diet has been in languages other than Taiwanese. Growing up Taiwanese American, I just have had generally less access and exposure to media in Taiwanese, and no, I … Continue reading
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