8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Frozen Flower: Reviews via Chat
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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Category Archives: San Francisco Bay Area
Golden State Warriors 2014 Asian Heritage Night – GenRyu Arts’ Half-Time Performance
At the end of January, the Golden State Warriors had their annual Asian Heritage Night themed game. This was the first time in a while that I recall that did not feature Jeremy Lin playing (even though he has since … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Sports, The Arts
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Health, Appearances, and Asian Americans
The incident where Maria Kang was briefly kicked off of Facebook, recent news about the “lower” rate of obesity among Asian Americans, and the debate on CNN above combine to bring up a subject that isn’t often discussed: … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Health, Health and Beauty, Lifestyles, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged BMI, Chrystal Bougon, Curvy Girl, fitness, Maria Kang
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
Immigration Station. Click on image to expand (for all images for this post). Click twice for full size. Back in November, I had a chance to take a tour of Angel Island and the Immigration Station there, located in the … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, History, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
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Real Estate Prices May Threaten Future Of San Francisco’s Chinatown
If you’ve been living in the San Francisco Bay Area, you probably know that the economy is probably the strongest in the U.S. and the economy, at least in the tech sector, is booming. There is no greater example of … Continue reading
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The California Report: Two Democrats Face Off in Silicon Valley – Ro Khanna vs. Mike Honda
This past August, I interviewed Ro Khanna, who is running for the 17th Congressional District in California. Recently, KQED / NPR did a nice overview on the dynamics of the Congressional race, profiling incumbent – Congressman Mike Honda and fellow … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Jeremy Lin’s Return to the Oracle Arena Against the Golden State Warriors (2013 – 2014 Season)
On Friday, December 13th, 2013, Jeremy Lin and the Houston Rockets returned to the Oracle Arena to play against the Golden State Warriors. Living in the San Francisco Bay Area, it was my first time attending a game since the … Continue reading
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Ju Hong, UC Berkeley Graduate, Heckles Obama on Deportation
http://youtu.be/HAuSWknJhu4 I had blogged earlier that during Obama’s visit to San Francisco where he gave a speech on immigration reform, he was heckled by an audience member. That person has now been identified as Ju Hong, 24, who is a … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Education, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
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Obama Speaks on Immigration Reform in San Francisco’s Chinatown
As part of his pre-Thanksgiving West Coast trip, President Obama dropped by Chinatown in San Francisco at the Betty Ong Recreation Center (named after 9/11 flight attendant Betty Ann Ong). Obama gave some shoutouts to some prominent Californian Asian American … Continue reading
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Apple Factories in America: Plenty of East Asians in Tech, but Few in Upper Management
by Leeland Lee After its recent I.P.O. filing, Twitter provoked an outcry over the lack of women among its board of directors and senior management. Time Magazine declared that “Twitter’s all-male board spells failure,” while The New York Times pointed … Continue reading
Posted in Business, San Francisco Bay Area, Tech
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8$: Cynthia Lin and the Blue Moon All Stars New Album and Zombie Video
8$ is a series which occasionally highlights interesting crowdfunding projects. Every day, the 8Asians team is inundated by many worthy pitches. We are unable to highlight every one that comes our way, or even the ones we might individually support. … Continue reading
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Chinese Buyers Purchasing “Bargain” Million Dollar Bay Area Homes
When this article about Asian buyers making cash offers on million plus dollar Bay Area homes circulated on the internal 8asians mailing list, one of our writers lamented that Chinese investors making cash offers were frustrating her home purchase efforts, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged bidding, Cash offers, housing
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Where White means Mediocre: High-Skilled Asian Immigrant Enclaves
“Are you taking AP [Advanced Placement] courses?” “Oh no, I’m white.” – Conversation overhead by a teacher in Cupertino. Stanford sociologist Tomás Jiménez has been studying immigrants and the communities they live in, and he recently published what he found … Continue reading