Category Archives: Family

Missing Chapters in Iris Chang’s “The Chinese in America”

Posted on December 20, 2011 by tinabot

Iris Chang’s book The Chinese in America is one of the very few books that chronicles a major Asian American community, the Chinese Americans. Of course, no one book could fully capture the incredible diversity of the Chinese American category … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Discrimination, Education, Family, History | 10 Comments

A New Form of Corporal Punishment: Parents Finding Others to Beat Their Children

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Mary

This past weekend a 15 year old boy was struck approximately 12 times with a metal pole on the back of the leg, which caused injuries. He was beaten because the parents found a lighter and suspected the boy had … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Family, Lifestyles | 1 Comment

Is Santa Asian?

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Koji Steven Sakai

As I’ve mentioned in other articles, I work for the Japanese American National Museum here in Los Angeles. My job is to plan the public programs. One of my more popular programs is Target Family Free Saturday, which is a … Continue reading →

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Study: “South Korean Men Are Second Most Unfaithful In World”

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Mihee

From Chosun: “In the poll of 29,000 men and women from 36 countries by Harris Interactive for condom maker Durex, 34 percent of Korean men answered that they had been unfaithful to their partners, second only to Thailand’s 54 percent. … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Dating, Family, Lifestyles | Tagged | 6 Comments

Children of Immigrants More Likely To Pursue Advanced Studies

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Tim

The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) has released a report examining the issues related to children of immigrants growing up in immigrant entrepreneurial families. The study focused on the children of U.S. immigrant entrepreneurs, specifically Asian American and Latino graduate and … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Education, Family | 5 Comments

Lowes Pulls Ads From TLC’s All-American Muslim

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Edward

TLC’s All-American Muslim profiles several Michigan Muslim families as normal people with everyday issues and triumphs. It has been generally well received by the public and critics, which I see this as a real positive sign that we are making … Continue reading →

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Social Networking And Bone Marrow Donors

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Tim

I first joined the bone marrow donor registry in the early nineties, after reading about a Chinese boy with leukemia who was looking for a match. Back then (and still the case now), Asian donors were rare, and finding a … Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health, LGBT, Lifestyles | 2 Comments

Chinese-Taiwanese Familial Relations

Posted on December 9, 2011 by akrypti

It has not been easy for my Taiwanese family and my Chinese in-laws to understand each other. That is a gross understatement and for now we’ll leave it at that and table the wildly contentious, high-tension stories for another time. … Continue reading →

Posted in Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles, Observations, Politics | 158 Comments

89% of Indian Women Carrying Girls “Opted For Abortion”

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Ernie

Via the National Review: “Dr. Sunita Puri […] who practices in the Bay Area, wanted to find out why so many immigrant Indian women in the United States were so eager to find out the sex of their unborn children, … Continue reading →

Posted in (simple), Family, Lifestyles | 8 Comments

Asians Behaving Badly: Woman Charged With Dousing Ex-Husband With Boiling Water

Posted on December 6, 2011 by Jeff

Jesusa Tatad was charged with torture after dousing her ex-husband with boiling water and later hitting him in the head with baseball bat. Prosecutors say that she attacked him in the home they still shared after believing that her ex … Continue reading →

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Asians Behaving Badly: Teacher Ruins Christmas For Second Grade Students

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Moye

If you’re hoping to keep the Christmas spirit alive in your children for as long as possible, don’t send them to Leatrice Ann Eng’s class. The teacher is making headlines for ruining the holidays for her 6 and 7 year … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Education, Family, Lifestyles, Religion | 10 Comments

Young Chinese Mexican American Starts Feminist Photo Blog

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Lily

A friend recently pointed me to this amazing new photo blog project on tumblr started by Amy, a Chinese Mexican American from California and unabashed young feminist of color. The Feminist Photo Blog Project hopes to capture the different faces … Continue reading →

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