Category Archives: Lifestyles

No Surprise: Asian Americans More Likely to Care For Elders

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Tim

http://youtu.be/VvnoVq86oqk A new AARP study tells us what all of us Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPIs) already know. AAPIs are more likely than any other racial group to care for their elders. “Caregiving Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders” … Continue reading →

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Do Asians Smell?

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Koji Steven Sakai

Dear 8Asians readers, After a long long long hiatus, I’m back! And asking the hard hitting questions I’ve come to be known for. Please send me questions that you want answered! Today’s topic is—drum roll please—“Do Asians Smell?” (This should … Continue reading →

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The Racial Divide Between Elementary Schools

Posted on November 18, 2014 by Tim

As a child, I attended public school. I didn’t have a choice, it was all my parents could afford, there was zero chance with my parent’s financial status that I’d ever get to go to private school. Even attending public … Continue reading →

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How to NOT Objectify Asian Women

Posted on November 17, 2014 by tinabot

Recently, Kristina Wong was featured in New York Times in a video series called “Off Color”, and I visited her artist website and also discovered her satire dating site about the objectification of Asian women, BigBadChineseMama.com, where she and volunteers … Continue reading →

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Aasif Mandvi on Religion, Identity, and Politics

Posted on November 6, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

http://youtu.be/E98qLDcwzwU Aasif Mandvi discusses the identity issues of being Muslim and South Asian with Huffington Post. He and his new book No Land’s Man is also featured on NPR’s Fresh Air.

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Traveling Taiwan: Baguashan Buddha

Posted on November 3, 2014 by tinabot

On our way back up to Taipei from southern Taiwan on the bullet train, we made a quick stop in central Taiwan to check out the Baguashan Buddha. It was a cloudy day and the afternoon light was on the … Continue reading →

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My Taiwanese American Mom Loves Halloween

Posted on October 31, 2014 by tinabot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAC4cH-C-ns I recently had a random interesting conversation about American holidays with my mom. She was born in Taiwan, raised there, and didn’t immigrate out to America until she was about 30 years old. She told me that out of … Continue reading →

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Traveling Taiwan: Fo Guang Shan Temple (Part 22 of 24)

Posted on October 27, 2014 by tinabot

If you didn’t already know, in Hacienda Heights, Los Angeles County, California sits the largest buddhist temple in the western hemisphere, the Hsi Lai Temple, aptly named to mean “Coming to the West Temple”. It’s a major community center with … Continue reading →

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Nina Pham Declared Ebola Free

Posted on October 24, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAnH45KE-ug Vietnamese American nurse Nina Pham declared free of ebola. The Texan will be returning home to friends and family to continue to heal and recover.

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Traveling Taiwan: Lotus Pond, Kaohsiung, Taiwan (Part 21 of 24)

Posted on October 20, 2014 by tinabot

My family lineage actually comes from south Taiwan (and South China further back), and Kaohsiung is my heritage city on my mother’s side of the family. One of the must-see attractions of the city is the Lotus Pond, which is … Continue reading →

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Vietnamese American Nina Pham is 2nd U.S. Ebola Patient

Posted on October 14, 2014 by 8AsiansNews

The second Ebola patient is a 26-year old Texan and Vietnamese American named Nina Pham. She’s a nurse who treated the first ebola patient, and she is featured on CNN.

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Family Fights back after losing Two Sons to Pediatric Cardiomyopathy

Posted on September 29, 2014 by Jeff

Because I have two teenagers who are active in an extremely strenuous sport and one of them (Number Two Son) started complaining about chest pains, I started reading an article with a title about children dropping dead from exercise.  What … Continue reading →

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