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Category Archives: Observations
CBS News: the Asian American Vote in Virginia
Watch CBS Videos Online I was taking a look at the Asian Americans for Obama website, and came across their post on the Asian American Vote in Virginia. The news story profiles Asian Americans who support McCain and those who … Continue reading
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CNN: Asian Americans on election
Embedded video from CNN Video The other day, CNN’s Veronica De La Cruz asked Asian American voters what’s on their minds. To be honest, I didn’t see the point of her approach of going down to Chinatown using a Flip … Continue reading
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Young Vietnamese Americans turn away from GOP
Well, just after blogging about The Los Angeles Times writing about Vietnamese Americans leaning more towards Senator John McCain, the San Jose Mercury News reports that “Young Vietnamese Americans turn away from GOP“: “… But more than three decades after … Continue reading
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In defense of “Real” Americans
The McPalin camp has been doing a pretty good job of driving a big race/class wedge in America over the past several weeks. Palin, in particular, has been doing all she can to fan the flames of intolerance as she … Continue reading
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John McCain enjoys wide support in Vietnamese communities
As I have blogged before, the Vietnamese and Vietnamese Americans favor Senator John McCain for President, while most other Asian American ethnicities prefer Senator Barack Obama. Los Angeles has the largest aggregate number of those of Vietnamese heritage outside of … Continue reading
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Kelly Tsai: “Black, White, Whatever”
Self-described spoken word artist Kelly Zen-Yie Tsai, has recently released, in collaboration with others, a video version of “Black, White, Whatever…”: “…a witty spoken word poetry call to arms for politicians everywhere to stand up for underrepresented communities, like the … Continue reading
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Asian Americans Supporting Obama in Las Vegas
Guest Blogger – Howie What a weekend! Just 24 hours ago, I was outside the Harbor Palace Restaurant in Las Vegas Chinatown waving a “Vote for Obama” sign alongside Kelly Hu. Now I’m back at work, responding to emails. . … Continue reading
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Asian Americans Feeling the Power in Virginia
Source: The Washington Post California is a pretty “blue” state, so the likelihood of the state going for McCain is pretty slim, so Asian Americans don’t necessarily can swing the fate of the election. However, Virginia is becoming quite the … Continue reading
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Jose Antonio Vargas: Coaxed Into College and Eventually a Pulitzer Prize
The stereotypical Asian-American youth is studious and dedicated toward getting into college. This article from the Mercury News describes an Asian-American who had to be coaxed to go to college and later went on to win the Pulitzer prize. Jose … Continue reading
Vietnamese Americans for Barack Obama Rally in San Jose, CA on Saturday 10/25
I just saw on Asian Americans for Obama that there will be an Obama rally this Saturday, October 25th in San Jose, California. Saturday, October 25 from 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM Host: Lan Nguyen Contact Phone: 408-960-5601 Little Saigon/Grand … Continue reading
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Wednesday & Thursday, 11:00 pm KTSF Town Hall Meeting, Parts I & II
This Sunday afternoon, I was an audience member in a videotaping of local San Francisco Asian language channel KTSF’s “Town Hall Meeting” – where two “surrogates” represented both Senator Barack Obama and Senator John McCain. Representing Obama was Otto Lee, … Continue reading
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David Wu, America’s only Chinese / Taiwanese American in Congress!
As we get closer to election day, there are still endless fundraisers to attend. Running for office is unfortunately an expensive endeavor, even for small media markets like Portland, Oregon. Today, I had the opportunity again to meet Congressman David … Continue reading
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