8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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Do Asian Women Have The Smallest Vaginas?
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Asian Pubic Hair Questions
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Do Asian Women Have the Smallest Breasts?
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Do All Asians Have Flat Butts?
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Do Asians Have the Smallest Testicle?
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Category Archives: Observations
Asian Americans Need to be Consistent With Hollywood Protests
Do you really want Asians cast in Hollywood roles? Yes. My qualm about it? It doesn’t seem consistent. Everyone wants to jump on the bandwagon with movies that did terrible at the box office. There are multiple sites dedicated to … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies, Observations
Tagged Asian-American, bad films, Hollywood, white washing
89 Comments
Filipino Blogger Uproar Over Hoax Study That Claims Filipinos are Gullible
So in the past few days, there’s been an uproar within the Filipino blogosphere about a study that claims Filipinos are gullible. In this study purported to be done by Harvard, they have ranked first in gullibility. And of course, … Continue reading
Posted in DUDE WTF ASIA, Observations, WTF
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The 8Asians Talk About: Hideaki Akaiwa, Badass of the Week
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. Sometimes we talk … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations, TalkAbout
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How To Be a Bad Asian: I’m a Metalhead
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, Music
44 Comments
Do Asians Hate Asian Americans?
I was reading the Los Angeles Times earlier and came across an article about Gary Locke’s nomination as ambassador to China and the feelings of the Chinese toward a Chinese American like Locke. It struck a nerve with me and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Observations
106 Comments
‘The Bachelor’ Creator Defends All-White Cast
When The Bachelor and The Bachelorette first came out, I was a big fan of the shows – since this was in the early days of reality television and I am easily entertained. But like many things, I quickly got … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, Observations, TV
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Looting Does Exist in Japan
After reading the various articles about looting and the so-called “exemplary” behavior of the Japanese who were directly affected by the recent earthquakes and tsunami (as discussed by my fellow colleague, Mike), I immediately thought, “Bullshit.” I was convinced that … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations
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Is Segregation in the API Community Vogue?
By Ken Am I stuck in 1990s politics? Recently someone who refers to herself as the Face of “the largest API organization” of its kind said that blasians or Afro-Asians are not accepted by the API community, including her organization … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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Red Dawn Remake Changes Villain to North Korea
The last time I checked the Red Dawn remake, their release date was put on hold indefinitely and that news alone was enough to keep me happy. But yesterday, I stumbled upon this article from Racebending that not only is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Observations, Politics
Tagged China, Homefront, john milius, mgm, North Korea, red dawn, stereotypes, yellow peril
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Homefront’s Tae Kim Addresses Yellow Peril Controversy
[EDITOR’S NOTE: This article was originally posted on G4tv.com and a portion of this has been reposted here with permission.] When Homefront was announced as an game about a North Korean invasion on American soil, I had to roll my … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Observations, Video Games
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An Open Letter to Alexandra Wallace, Ranting UCLA Girl
Before I get started on this lovely open letter, for those of you who don’t know, Alexandra Wallace is a UCLA student who posted the above YouTube video yesterday about her rant on Asian students making too much noise in … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Lifestyles, Observations, Southern California
Tagged 18MMW, alexandra wallace, asians, boobs, bruins, ching chong, hate speech, parents, political science, rant, ucla
71 Comments
The 8Asians Talk About: Tila Tequila’s New Music Video
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, we … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Observations, TalkAbout, WTF
2 Comments