Category Archives: Observations

Apparently in Silicon Valley, only non-Asians are allowed to have fun

Posted on March 21, 2016 by Guest Writer

By Leeland Lee The New York Times recently published a collection of photographs by Laura Morton depicting the “entrepreneurs, geniuses, idealists” who have flooded Silicon Valley in search of vast riches. In image after image, we see millennial techies in … Continue reading →

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Tila Tequila and the N-Word

Posted on March 3, 2016 by Koji Steven Sakai

Tila Tequila became famous for being a MySpace model and somehow turned that into a reality TV career. I had forgotten about her when this news story came out: Here are her tweets, which seem to get progressively worse:  

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West Coast vs East Coast Asian Americans

Posted on October 13, 2015 by Jeff

A month after Number One Son left California to start college in Boston, I asked him if he found East Coast Asian Americans to be different from those from the West Coast.  He definitely did, saying that most of them … Continue reading →

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Post Show and Tell: “Dr. Ken” Behind the Scenes and On the Set

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Mitchell K. Dwyer

If thirty minutes of Ken Jeong and his new ABC sitcom Dr. Ken (Friday nights at 8:30) aren’t enough of the good doctor to satisfy you (and how could they be?) check out the new Post Show and Tell video … Continue reading →

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The 8Asians Talk About Jennifer Pan, “Tiger” Parenting, and “Everyone Loves Raymond”

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Jeff

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. The subject of … Continue reading →

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Simon Tam of The Slants: “I am not the floodgate of racism that some think I am.”

Posted on August 4, 2015 by Guest Writer

I am not the floodgate of racism that some think I am. I am not the Pandora’s Box of hate speech that some afraid I’ve turned into. I am an anti-racist, social justice activist who has been battling in the … Continue reading →

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New York Times “Modern Love” video: Breaching the Seawall

Posted on June 11, 2015 by jozjozjoz

I’ve been digging the short “Modern Love” videos from the New York Times Style section. This, called “Breaching the Seawall,” really resonated with me. When Laurel Fantauzzo met a young woman and her bicycle in Manila, her relationship to the … Continue reading →

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Caitlyn Jenner and the Power of Privilege

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Bo

Observe the coming out of Caitlyn Jenner and you get a good study of the power of privilege. I don’t want to minimize the courage and bravery Jenner exhibits to tell her story and to live her life the way … Continue reading →

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NPR: Whatever Floats Your Goat: The 2015 Lunar New Year Animal Is Up For Debate

Posted on February 23, 2015 by John

Happy Lunar New Year! I had heard this NPR piece recently, and thought it was very educational – because I have heard many Happy Chinese / Lunar New Year celebration and exclaiming Happy Year of the Goat, Sheep or Ram. … Continue reading →

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A comment to Lela Lee of Angry Little Asian Girl, by Min Jung Kim

Posted on February 17, 2015 by minjung

EDITORS NOTE FROM JOZ: For background, over the weekend, Lela Lee of Angry Little Asian Girl posted this: Why the “Angry Asian Man” is pissing me off. Today, Phil Yu of Angry Asian Man responded: I AM BEING THREATENED WITH … Continue reading →

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Can Asians Fly?

Posted on February 17, 2015 by Koji Steven Sakai

With the recent ATR-72 TransAsia Airways plane crash in Taiwan and the Asian airplane tragedies in the last couple of years, I thought it was important for me to weigh in on the question of whether Asians pilots can fly airplanes. … Continue reading →

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8Asians TalkAbout: Watching the ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Pilot

Posted on February 5, 2015 by jozjozjoz

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 since the … Continue reading →

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