Category Archives: Observations

College, Bananas, and the Chinese Student Association

Posted on March 6, 2009 by Tim

The recent discussion about Dartmouth’s new president, Jim Yong Kim, sparked quite a bit of discussion on the 8asians internal mailing list, and brought back memories of my college days at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). After reading that Penn … Continue reading →

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Are Asian American Bloggers the New Journalism Frontier? (No.)

Posted on March 5, 2009 by Ernie

If you’re a regular reader of the Asian-American blogs, surely you have read Evelina Giang’s article on Asian-American Bloggers for UCLA’s Pacific Ties magazine. It’s got the typical round-up of blogs focusing on Asian American issues: Angry Asian Man, Disgrasian, … Continue reading →

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San Jose’s Madison Nguyen Notches Victory in “Little Saigon” Recall

Posted on March 4, 2009 by John

Source: Gary Reyes / The San Jose Mercury News. Hundreds of supporters for the recall of Madison Nguyen, San Jose City Council member, gather in San Jose on March 3, 2009 during election night. This past Tuesday, San Jose held … Continue reading →

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Obama Changed How I View My Identity

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Tim

Yumi Wilson just published a beautiful piece on how our new president, Barack Obama changed the way she views her racial identity. Ms. Wilson is multiracial, born to African American and Japanese parents. In her article, she describes her self-realization … Continue reading →

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“Kenneth The Page” Responds To Governor Bobby Jindal Comparison & Jindal’s 60 Minutes Profile

Posted on March 3, 2009 by John

Last week, President Obama delivered his first address to a joint session of Congress, declaring that “‘We Will Rebuild’ and ‘Recover’.” Traditionally, the opposition party in power is given the opportunity to respond to the President’s speech, and the Republican … Continue reading →

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What ethnicity is Carmen Wong Ulrich?

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Ben

Out of curiosity, what ethnicity is Carmen Wong Ulrich? From what I can tell, the pretty television and online journalist is likely of Latin America descent due to some of the publications that she contributes to such as Latina, and … Continue reading →

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Japanese Americans Explore the Power of Ethnic Networks in Silicon Valley

Posted on March 2, 2009 by John

As one might imagine, there are a lot of Asians and Asian Americans living in Silicon Valley, especially those with Chinese, Taiwan or Indian backgrounds. And we love to network in all sorts of ways: ORIENTED.COM,  The Indus Entrepreneurs (TIE), … Continue reading →

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A Pale Shade of Yellow

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Ernie

If you’re reading this blog post and you’re Asian American/Canadian, there is a very good chance you are from the Bay Area, Southern California, New York City or Toronto — cities with a high density of Asians. It’s easy to … Continue reading →

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The 8Asians Writers Talk About: Gay Taiwanese Presidential Scandals

Posted on February 27, 2009 by Guest Writer

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 →

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Model Minorities in Reality TV: The Amazing Race’s Tammy & Victor Jih

Posted on February 25, 2009 by John

If you have been following the latest season of The Amazing Race, you’ve noticed the Asian American brother-sister team, Tammy & Victor Jih. The last time I recall The Amazing Race having an Asian American team was when father-daughter team … Continue reading →

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Tonga Room in San Francisco Possibly Closing?

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Efren

SFGate.com just announced that the Tonga Room in the Fairmont Hotel in San Francisco could possibly be closing soon as the hotel considers converting much of its space into condos (which in this economy doesn’t make much sense, but I … Continue reading →

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Jane Lui’s “Firefly”

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Ernie

So a couple of us are back from this weekend’s Kollaboration event in Los Angeles. And despite some snags, grumblings and awkward ponies — a girl behind Moye in hysterics when the VIP ticket she pre-purchased was given away, an … Continue reading →

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