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Category Archives: Local
Historic Japanese American Farm to become Silicon Valley Housing
Five days a week, I drove past the patch of land owned by the Sakauye family and worked by the Tsukuda family when going to work at my tech job. When I was doing that commute along Montague Expressway in … Continue reading
The Continued Evolution of US Japantowns
The three remaining historical Japantowns left in the United States have had a difficult time surviving the pandemic and continue to undergo challenges. San Francisco’s Japantown is undergoing a two year renovation of its core Peace Plaza, and merchants there … Continue reading
Sunny Choi and other AAPI to watch in the Paris Olympics
The Wife, Brother-in-law, and I watched the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony last night, and what struck me as cameras panned over the Team USA boat was that there were a fair number of Asian faces. We have talked about gymnasts … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports
Tagged 2024 Paris Olympics, Logan Edra, Sunny Choi
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Asians are now the Largest Racial Group in the Bay Area
Asians are now the largest racial group in the San Francisco Bay Area, according to results from the 2020 census compiled by the San Jose Mercury News. The percentage of Asians in the six county area grew from 25.5% in … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Discrimination, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged demographics, white flight
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Asian Ethnoburb, Malls, and Self-Segregation
Much has been written about how San Francisco is in a doom loop, with the emptying San Francisco Centre Mall in downtown as a sad example. Yet at the same time, another mall in San Francisco, Stonestown Galleria, is thriving in … Continue reading
Exploitasian: The Story of Chinese Workers in Gold-Rush America
China’s rise to economic dominance in the late 1900s largely came from its massive population and the cheap labor that it provided to foreign corporations, with “companies like Nike, Apple and Walmart relying on Chinese workers to manufacture their products”. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, History, Labor, Paper, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged chinese americans, Chinese Exclusion Act, Gold Rush
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Calls for Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao to Resign After Mass shooting and FBI Raid
I recently went to a funeral and met someone with a bandage on his forehead. When we asked what happened, he said he was taking a nap in his car in Oakland when someone broken in, pistol-whipped him, and then … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged FBI, Oakland, Sheng Thao
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CAAMFest 2024: And So It Begins – Review and Q&A with Maria Ressa and Filmmakers
If you’ve been following me on 8Asians, you will know that I follow politics worldwide and not just in the United States. So when I came across this CAAMFest closing night film, the documentary And So It Begins, I had … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Movies, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged And So It Begins, CAAMFest, CAMMFest 2024, documentary, Maria Ressa, Philippines, Politics
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CAAMFest 2024: The Lyricist Wannabe – Mini-Review & Post-screening Q&A
Earlier this year, I attended a Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office – San Francisco (HKETO-SF) event in Silicon Valley and had met the director Norris Wong. I subsequently got invited to CAAMFest supported Hong Kong films, including The Lyricist … Continue reading
Posted in 8mm Film Review, 8Series, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Cantonese, Cantopop, Hong Kong, hong kong cinema
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CAAMFest 2024: A Great Divide – Post Screening Q & A
I had seen A Great Divide last fall at the Silicon Valley Asian Pacific FilmFest (SVAPFF). I enjoyed the film and would at least see it again at CAAMFest if only to see director Jean Shim to say hi. As … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, Movies, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged A Great Divide, CAAMFest, CAAMFest 2024, Jean Shim
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CAAMFest 2024: Light of the Setting Sun
Going into this film, I didn’t know much about Light of the Setting Sun except from the CAAMFest program description: “Candid conversations meet photographic scenes, as the details of violence begin to take shape, and we witness how deep the … Continue reading
Kanaye Nagasawa and the other Asian Americans who built California Wine Country
Asian Americans are generally not associated with California Wine Country, but they were key players in getting it established. Chinese laborers built and worked in Sonoma’s oldest winery, Buena Vista Winery, as well as planting millions of grapevines between 1856 … Continue reading