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Category Archives: Observations
Stereotype(face): Origins Of The Chop Suey Font
I must confess, I am unabashedly obsessed with fonts. Pretty ones, ugly ones, skinny ones, fat ones, overused ones, undervalued ones, and even the poor font that gets beat up every day in gym class (by which I of course … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Observations
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How to Be A Bad Asian: I Moved Away From Other Asians
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading
Posted in How To Be A Bad Asian, Lifestyles, Observations
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To The White Guy Who Tried To Give Me Pointers On How To Snag A White Guy
To the white guy who tried to give me pointers on how to snag a white guy: My professional obligation in the context at hand was to convince you to sign a contract that would fork over half a million … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Discrimination, Lifestyles, Observations, WTF
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White Tigers: Being Caught Between Western And Asian Cultures
By Louis I was speaking to one of my professors that only until recently I have gained tremendous respect for. His philosophy when he first came to Canada as a new immigrant was to completely immerse himself in a new … Continue reading
Posted in Observations
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How To Be A Bad Asian: I Think All East Asian Babies Look The Same
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. … Continue reading
Posted in Family, How To Be A Bad Asian
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The 8Asians Talk About: Lil Kim Jong Il
Our internal e-mail lists have us discussing all kinds of stuff: Asian American identity, representation in the media, the experiences of activism in an academia setting and its progression as we transition to the working, adult world. And sometimes, people … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, TalkAbout, WTF
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An Asian American Soldier Reflects on Private Danny Chen
This article was originally posted on ryansappa and has be reposted here with permission. By Daniel Kim The subtitle to this should be “The Death of the NCO [Non-commissioned officer] Corps.” This is a post I didn’t want to write, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations
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When I Tried To Join The Military: Reflections on Private Danny Chen
Most of my friends don’t know this about me, but in college, I tried to join the Marine Corps. I haven’t told too many people about it; when I think about it now, it seems absurd. But when I was … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations
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Religion and Depression in Asian Youth
No matter how often Religion and Depression in Asian Youth – a topic that was blogged on 8Asians three years ago – is blogged about, written, or discussed, I’m not so sure we’ll come to a concrete, definitive conclusion. But … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Religion
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How To Be A Bad Asian: Flunk Your (Native) Language Course
Life is hard enough as an Asian. Not all of us can get perfect SAT scores, graduate from medical school or trick out a Honda Civic. The pressure to embrace our culture remains but sometimes, we just don’t want to. How … Continue reading
Asian American Commercial Watch: McDonald’s – Egg McMuffin of Boyfriends
I was watching one of my favorite shows last week, Modern Family, and came across this McDonald’s commercial for the egg McMuffin. To my absolute surprise, I see a young couple with an attractive Asian American young adult professing his … Continue reading
Westernized Chinese Food and Westernized Chinese People
By Calvin The Montreal Gazette published an article in November about “vintage Chinese restaurants” in that city, meaning the “dying breed” of restaurants that served Canadian Chinese cuisine. These days, writing on Westernized Chinese food (see my review of Banquet … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Drink, Lifestyles, Observations
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