Category Archives: Observations

Liu Wen Is the First Asian Model for the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show

Posted on November 15, 2009 by John

Chinese model Liu Wen will be Victoria’s Secret’s first Asian model for their annual Fashion Show, to be taped on Thursday, November 19th and to be aired on Tuesday, December 1st on CBS. When you think about it, there are … Continue reading →

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Melody Ross: Reflections on Slain Khmer American Teenager

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Jude

Last Friday, 30 October, 16-year old Melody Ross was shot while leaving Wilson High School’s Homecoming football game. She was an honors student, on the school’s track team, and college-bound: Student at Long Beach’s Wilson High fatally shot after homecoming … Continue reading →

Posted in Observations, Southern California | 6 Comments

New Study: Three-quarters of South Korean Adoptees Identify As White

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Linda

For those of us who were not adopted, we can only begin to imagine what it would be like to be raised in a culture completely different from the one we were born into, but this may give us some … Continue reading →

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ABC’s Modern Family: “I’m from Denver.”

Posted on November 4, 2009 by John

Of all the new shows this fall season, one of my favorites is ABC’s Modern Family which tells the story of three inter-related families in a mockumentary style – sort of The Office meets a family sitcom. One of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Entertainment, Observations, TV | 17 Comments

Asian Americans in Los Angeles Overwhemingly Supported Obama in 2008

Posted on November 2, 2009 by John

In a recently released study by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, 63% of Asian American voters supported Barack Obama for president, as reported by the Los Angeles Times. But as usual, Asian American registered voter turnout was below average, … Continue reading →

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Finding Your Roots

Posted on October 30, 2009 by Tim

As someone who came to the United States when I was only 2 years old, it was always expected that I would go home to visit the “mother” country. It was never hard to imagine doing, as I had plenty … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Some Asian Men Cheat on their Partners

Posted on October 29, 2009 by Efren

Ever since the Internet has been available to Asian Americans, we’ve heard random shit about Asian American men: They’re effeminate. They’re child abusers. They’re wife beaters. They’re undesirable to women (or men, for that matter). They’re drunkards. They’re socially inept … Continue reading →

Posted in (featured), Dating, Lifestyles, Observations | 21 Comments

When did F.O.B. become fob?

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Tim

For those of us growing up in the U.S. with immigrant parents in the seventies and eighties, there was no getting around the fact that the term F.O.B. (Fresh Off the Boat – pronounced letter “F”, letter “O”, letter “B”) … Continue reading →

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Battling to Make Bruce Lee a Lucrative Brand

Posted on October 26, 2009 by John

Earlier in the year I blogged about How Bruce Lee Changed the World.  And now Shannon Lee — Bruce Lee’s daughter — is trying to expand and profit more from his legacy, as described recently in the Wall Street Journal: … Continue reading →

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Can Being Asian Prevent Promotions?

Posted on October 24, 2009 by Ben

So I got this email, and saw the tweet: Being Asian can prevent you from ascending the corporate ladder. Our seminar, presented with EMC Asian Circle, can tell you what to do about it. You’ve done all the right things, … Continue reading →

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Mandarin, not Cantonese, Becoming the Language of Manhattan’s Chinatown

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Linda

I grew up in Manhattan’s Chinatown. My family speak Toisanese (or Taishanese), which is a version of the more commonly known Cantonese. As far as I knew, everyone in Chinatown spoke either Canton or Toisan, or both. But not Mandarin. … Continue reading →

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My Time in Cambodia: Cleanin’ Like My Momma

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Jude

Now that I’m living in an actual “third world” country — instead of just studying about one — I find it important to be aware of what I’m seeing and how it connects to the ideas and “truths” I learned … Continue reading →

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