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Category Archives: History
NYC Theater Review: “The Chinese Lady” by Lloyd Suh
Lloyd Suh’s new play, The Chinese Lady, takes us on a journey with the first Chinese woman to set foot in the United States. Her name was Afong Moy. She arrived in 1835 at the age of 14 and was put on … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, History, New York, Reviews, The Arts
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Remembering Asian and Pacific Islander Veterans: US Army Profiles
Asian Americans have had a long history with US Armed forces, as we have written about before. I grew up surrounded by Filipino American Navy Veterans and their families, and I lived the Navy Brat lifestyle. When looking for stories … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History
Tagged 442, Antonio Taguba, Asian American Veterans, US Army, Veterans, Veterans Day
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8Books Review: “The Chinese Must Go” by Beth Lew-Williams
Beth Lew-Williams’s new history, The Chinese Must Go: Violence, Exclusion, and the Making of the Alien in America, is a thorough examination of anti-Chinese violence in the West in the 1880s and its relation to U.S. immigration policy. If the history … Continue reading
Posted in 8Books, 8Series, History, Reviews
Tagged Beth Lew-Williams, Chinese Exclusion Act
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8Books Review: “Bury What We Cannot Take” by Kirstin Chen
Bury What We Cannot Take, the latest novel from author Kirstin Chen set in Mao’s China, is a doozy. After 12-year-old Ah Liam reports his grandmother to the Communist Party, the family must flee their little island off the mainland. … Continue reading
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8Books Review: “Stolen Oranges” by Max Yeh
Stolen Oranges, a new novel by Max Yeh, is a whirlwind of a historical tale, recounting a series of letters written between Miguel Cervantes (of Don Quixote fame) and a Ming emperor as told by their discoverer–a Chinese American historian. … Continue reading
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8Books Review: ‘Thank You Very Mochi’ by Paul Matsushima, Sophie Wang, and Craig Ishii
What’s the book about? When Kimi and her family visit Grandma and Grandpa’s house for New Year’s mochitsuki, they discover the mochi-machine is broken. After initial fears that mochitsuki will be cancelled, Grandpa proposes an interesting, yet old-fashioned solution of … Continue reading
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Asian American X-Files: The Only Asian Person to Have Sex With an Alien
Ever since I read Communion by Whitley Strieber, I’ve been fixated on the alien abductee experience. One of the things I’ve noticed is that a lot of the screen memories of abductees seem to involve Asians. The definition, according to … Continue reading
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Did Jesus Die in Ancient Japan?
Twenty thousand people every year visit Shingō Village in the Aomori Prefecture (referred to as: Kirisuto no Sato or “Hometown of Christ” by locals) that claims that Jesus visited Japan during his lost years and then returned after escaping crucifixion … Continue reading
8Books Review: “The Hope of Another Spring: Takuichi Fujii”
The Hope of Another Spring: Takuichi Fujii, Artists and Wartime Witness brings Fujii’s art to a broader audience with the stunning pages from a diary he kept while incarcerated during World War II. Written by Barbara Johns and with an … Continue reading
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My Father’s Lost Concentration Camp (Pt. 2 of 2)
In April of this year, I was asked by Southern California Public Radio to do a presentation about my family as part of their new series called, Unheard LA. The following is the video from my talk, followed by my … Continue reading
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My Father’s Lost Concentration Camp (Pt. 1 of 2)
In April of this year, I was asked by Southern California Public Radio to do a presentation about my family as part of their new series called, Unheard LA. The following is the video from my talk, followed by my … Continue reading
Posted in (featured), Discrimination, Education, History, Legal
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NPR: His Life Cut Short, Vincent Chin Is Remembered For What Might Have Been – 35 Years Later
Recently, NPR interviewed Vincent Chin’s best friend and best nan, Gary Koivu, to remember Chin, on the 35th anniversary of his death: “Gary Koivu met Chin when they were in the first grade and their teacher introduced Chin to … Continue reading