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 American Frozen Foods: MìLà’s “Soup Dumplings” found at Costco
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Asian Americans Malls Thriving Despite General Shopping Mall Decline
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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WeChat Pay, Alipay, and the Future of Digital Payments in China
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Category Archives: Politics
Asian Americans Stepping Up for Immigration Reform
From the Southern California Public Radio: “About 55 percent of Asian-American immigration into the United States has been due to family preferences… More young Asian-Americans who grew up in the U.S. without papers have been going public with their status, … Continue reading
Michelle Kwan: From Olympic Figure Skater to Diplomat
I saw a friend of mine on Facebook post this brief video interview on Yahoo! Shine (here to view) from a few weeks ago of Michelle Kwan talking about her life from Olympic Figure Skater to her current role at … Continue reading
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The 8Asians Interview: Ro Khanna for California’s 17th Congressional District
Background A few weekends ago, I had the opportunity to interview Ro Khanna, candidate for Congress for California’s 17th Congressional District. My first recollection of hearing his name and seeing him was I believe when then Democratic National Committee Chairman … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Research and Social Action College Class
By Kent Marume This past school year I had the opportunity to partake in a year-long class on the California State University, Fullerton (CSUF) campus. The class, entitled “Asian American and Pacific Islander Community Health Field Studies: Research & Social … Continue reading
Posted in Education, Local, Observations, Politics, Southern California
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New York State Outlaws Shark Fin Sales – July 1, 2014
This past July 1st, the ban on shark fin soup took into effect in California. Now, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has signed into law the banning of the possession and sale of shark fin: “New York is the second … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, New York, Politics
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Shark Fin Soup Ban Takes Effect Today in California
Back in February 2011, I blogged about the introduction of a California bill to ban the sale of shark fin soup in California. In March 2011, I had an exclusive interview with the author of that bill, Assembly Member Paul … Continue reading
Who are we? Asian American, Asian-American, APA, API, APIA, AAPI, or what?
We can’t seem to agree on a designation, which makes sense: we can’t ever seem to agree on anything. As Asians, unity isn’t really our thing. (Although for purposes of this post, let’s assume we all agree “mongoloid race” and … Continue reading
Posted in Lifestyles, Politics
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Freedom from Assimilation: Be More Like Einstein
“The undignified mania of trying to adapt and assimilate, which happens among many of my social standing, has always been very repulsive to me.” Albert Einstein Einstein – a celebrity among Asians – is the most famous scientist in modern … Continue reading
Posted in History, Observations, Politics
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President Obama Speaks at the AAPI Heritage Month Celebration (And explains the lipstick on his collar)
President Obama delivers remarks an the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration at the White House earlier this week. What got the most attention from Obama was his remarks on the lipstick on his collar. One of the … Continue reading
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Breed Out The Tibetans?: What Some Chinese Think
At a business brunch with a dozen Chinese investors, the topic of Tibet came up. It started when one of them said that the Tibetans are lazy, stupid, spend all their time on prayer, refuse to work, and only take … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, DUDE WTF ASIA, Observations, Politics, WTF
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Chef Ming Tsai & White House Executive Chef Cook Healthy for American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
As you know, the month of May is American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and thus it’s no surprise that the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the First Lady’s Let’s Move! Initiative and the U.S. Department … Continue reading
Election 2012: Asian Americans Voter Turnout Declined from 2008 and Lowest Amongst All Races
Recently, the U.S. Census Bureau released their report on the Current Population Survey November Voting and Registration Supplement, that studies demographic voter turnout in the most recent presidential election cycle. The big news from this report was that for the … Continue reading