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Category Archives: Observations
Coaching Asian American Kids in Youth Sports
Coaching Asian American kids in youth sports has some unique challenges. During my twelve years of coaching youth sports, I have worked with a lot of Asian American kids, and while for the most part, they are just like kids … Continue reading
The Resiliency of Food and Culture
When slaves were kidnapped and forced into servitude in the United States before 1808, in an extreme case of involuntary assimilation, they were forced to give up their culture. Speaking in African languages was forbidden, everyone was converted into Christianity, … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Drink, History, Observations
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KTVU Producers Fired over Asiana Airlines Pilots’ Fake Names
Although details are still not exactly clear as to how exactly racist fake pilots’ names for Asiana Airlines made it on air on local noon broadcast for San Francisco Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU, there have been consequences for a … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
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Los Angeles Bound: The Asian American Identity Dilemma
By Kevin Liu A few months ago I found myself sitting at the airport terminal for a flight back to Los Angeles with an uncomfortable thought: I’m never quite sure what to call home. I remember talking to a shop … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyles, Observations
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Cultural Blackmail: The Hipsterization of Asian America
Very few things can get me to pop in while I’m still vagabonding and give even an inkling of attention for something in another universe. Unfortunately for you all, the recent article about being “hip” to be Asian-American, which coincides … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Observations
Tagged adbusters, culture, hipsters, slavoj zizek, southern california, subtle magazine
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KTVU Makes Full Apology for On Air Racist Joke in Evening Broadcast
http://youtu.be/mPNl2S30MF8 Obviously, with the racist joke amazingly aired without their recognition at noon on Friday, KTVU has been doing some massive damage control. The video broadcast clip has been going viral not only in the San Francisco Bay Area, but … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Observations, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
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The Torch We Pass On: Asian Generation X-ers and the Millennials
A while back, BigWoWo’s piece “Asian American Generational changes, and how the IR debate is a Generation-X thing” got me thinking about the gap between Asian Generation X-ers and Generation Y-ers, also known now as the Millennials. Specifically, I wondered about … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Lifestyles, Observations
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Spousal Versus Filial Duty
When I was growing up, a common way to phrase a politically incorrect, racially insensitive Asian themed joke was to start off with or finish with a punch line that included “Confucius say…” You don’t hear those jokes much any … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Observations
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Suburu’s Nature Painting
http://youtu.be/6KlEY1J-tiI I caught this Suburu television commercial last week and found it fairly entertaining. I’m not sure buying an easel and having a Suburu SUV is going to make any nature loving painting enthusiast go out of their way to … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Observations, TV
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Double Minority: South Indian in a Predominantly North Indian Minority Community
As an incoming Freshman at UC-Irvine, I was amazed to see that more than half the tables at the student activities fair were ethnic, not interest, organizations. There were three Chinese groups, a Korean students association and a Korean Christian … Continue reading
Posted in Observations
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Dating in Taiwan: An ABC’s Perspective
By Lianne Lin So by now it has been two and a half months since I came back to California after living in Taiwan for three years. People ask me how my love life was during that time, and I … Continue reading
Posted in Dating, Lifestyles, Observations
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June 4th, a Sad Romantic Story: Remembering Tiananmen
By Jasmine Jia June 4, 2013: It is raining in Beijing. It never fails to rain on June 4th, almost every year since 1989. A Chinese idiom, 老天有眼 (lao3 tian1 you3 yan3) means that God has finally spoken out Himself. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Observations
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