Category Archives: Observations

CAAMFest 2013: Go Grandriders & the Final Thoughts on CAAMFest

Posted on April 8, 2013 by John

CAAMFest long conclude over a week ago, but I finally got around to seeing my last DVD screener for the Taiwanese documentary Go Grandriders:

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Why Roger Ebert is One of My Asian American Heroes

Posted on April 4, 2013 by jozjozjoz

I don’t think you need to be biologically of Asian-descent (or American, for that matter) to be an Asian American hero. Roger Ebert is one of my Asian American heroes, because he helped change the face of Asian American film … Continue reading →

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Slanted and Enchanted: Another Take on Last Week’s Rant and Some Traveler’s Tales

Posted on April 2, 2013 by JohnnyC

One of the things I enjoy about the Internet and Democracy is that you have the opportunity to engage in dialogues and see different points of view. One of the things I don’t like is that often, people have already … Continue reading →

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April 1st: They’re All So Beautiful: Episode 1: What is “Yellow Fever”?

Posted on April 1, 2013 by John

As I had blogged about when reviewing Seeking Asian Female, Director Debbie Lum had hundreds of hours of footage for her documentary that she did not use. Her original intent prior to focusing on the story of Steven and Sandy … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: Xmas Without China

Posted on March 29, 2013 by John

I think I first heard of this Xmas Without China documentary project via Kickstarter. The feature documentary takes place right before December of some recent year around the Christmas holiday in Arcadia, California, a neighborhood that used to be predominantly … Continue reading →

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CAAMFest 2013: Seeking Asian Female documentary

Posted on March 27, 2013 by John

I finally got to see Seeking Asian Female, the documentary film by San Francisco Bay Area-based director Debbie Lum. The film had debuted at South by South West (SXSW) last year and review by a fellow 8asians blogger Dino and … Continue reading →

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Rant: Film Festivals, Ethnic Studies, Political Correctness, and Race

Posted on March 26, 2013 by Koji Steven Sakai

I consider myself a professional Asian American, which means that I work in the “community.” There are positives and negatives that come with being a professional Asian American. The biggest negative is that people tend to rant at me about … Continue reading →

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NAAS: Asian American Support for Immigration Reform

Posted on March 25, 2013 by John

One of the reasons why President Obama was able to get re-elected in November was his stance on immigration reform, and certainly the Republican Party learned its lessons as the Hispanic vote overwhelmingly supported Obama with over 71% of the … Continue reading →

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Asian America in 2013: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Part 4: Cosmos, Chronos, and Telos

Posted on March 21, 2013 by JohnnyC

[pullquote]I know people, I know towns, farms, hills and rivers and rocks, I know how the sun at sunset in autumn falls on the side of a certain plowland in the hills; but what is the sense of giving a … Continue reading →

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Asian America in 2013: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Part 3: All Boundaries Are Conventions

Posted on March 20, 2013 by JohnnyC

[pullquote]Many cultural identities are not discernible from appearance. Because all of us belong to many different groups, choosing generalizations linked to one apparent identity as a basis for relating is presumptuous. We know that cultural influences are variously salient in … Continue reading →

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Asian America in 2013: Where Do We Come From? What Are We? Where Are We Going? Part 2: The Red King Syndrome

Posted on March 19, 2013 by JohnnyC

[pullquote]They are trying as directly as possible to sell you experiences, i.e. what you are able to do with the car, not the car as a product itself. An extreme example of this is this existing economic marketing concept, which … Continue reading →

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Pew: Second-Generation Americans – Political and Social Issues Differences

Posted on March 19, 2013 by John

Last year, Pew Research did a landmark study titled The Rise of Asian Americans. In February, Pew released a new report on Second-Generation Americans – A Portrait of the Adult Children of Immigrants – with a focus on Hispanics and … Continue reading →

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