8 Most Popular Posts (Last Seven Days)
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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Category Archives: Observations
Can’t We All Just Get Along? New research explores tensions between US’ largest ethnic groups
New American Media, the nations first and largest collaboration of ethnic news media, released the results of the first multilingual poll examining how the US’ largest ethnic groups feel about each other, as well as their attitudes on key elements … Continue reading
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AsianWeek: The 25 Most Infamous Yellow Face Film Performances (Part 1 & 2)
The San Francisco-based AsianWeek recently did a two-part story on “The 25 Most Infamous Yellow Face Film Performances (part 1, part 2)” You ask, what is “yellow face”?: “It may be hard to believe, but there was once a time … Continue reading
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Harvard Crimson: Asian American Studies Still Waiting for an Entrance
I was doing a search on “Asian Americans” for any of the latest news, and came across this one in The Harvard Crimson: “Asian American Studies Still Waiting for an Entrance“: “In 1987, Mark H. Kuo ’90 helped collect hundreds … Continue reading
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LA Times: Jews, Asians are building bonds
In today’s The Los Angeles Times, the newspaper reports that “Jews, Asians are building bonds“: “Jewish and Asian American leaders, whose communities represent nearly 20% of Los Angeles County’s population, are trying to forge friendships in hopes of combating such … Continue reading
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Belated thoughts on World AIDS Day…
When December 1st rolled around, otherwise known as World AIDS Day, I didn’t think too much about it. Granted that I’ve been involved in one shape or form in HIV/AIDS prevention among the queer Asian men’s community for over 10 … Continue reading
One Year Ago Today: Remembering James Kim (1971 – 2006)
Today marks the one year anniversary of the passing of James Kim. For those of you who don’t know or remember James Kim, he was a Senior Editor at CNET.com in San Francisco. James and his family became the focus … Continue reading
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WSJ: Bloggers In China Start Testing Limits Of ‘Mental Firewall’
In tomorrow’s Wall Street Journal, the newspaper reports on “Bloggers In China Start Testing Limits Of ‘Mental Firewall’ “: “Inside China, however, some of the smartest thinkers about the Internet believe the biggest hurdle to free speech in China isn’t … Continue reading
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Asian guys with white girls: Redux
Funny thing happened this last weekend. See, the whole Asian guy, white girl thing? It’s even more uncommon in the South. But yet, in the last couple of years, gradually the number of couples where the male is Asian, and … Continue reading
Should Asian Americans support English as the only language?
It’s interesting that this topic is coming up left and right in the political realm right now due to the amount of immigrants that have migrated to the United States. While the current topic seems to surround the Latino community … Continue reading
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Asian Americans flex political muscle in wider Bay Area
In today’s Sunday San Francisco Chronicle Front Page, the newspaper reports: “Asian Americans flex political muscle in wider Bay Area” and goes on to discuss the background, challenges and progress Asian Americans have made in Bay Area local politics: “…In … Continue reading
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30 Rock: “My ‘No sex with Asians’ rule”
I watched last night’s episode of 30 Rock last night, “Cougars” (Episode “207”). 30 Rock is “a workplace comedy where the workplace exists behind-the-scenes of a live variety show.” I find the show pretty entertaining and I especially like Alec … Continue reading
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The practicality of red envelopes
The holidays are upon us. And it got me thinking about some conversations I’ve had with friends and family. More so by those in the family that are more Westernized. Here’s the thing. Westerners really don’t like to give money … Continue reading