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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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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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‘Fresh off the Boat’ Episode Review: “Clean Slate”
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Was Jesus Asian?
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Why So Few Asians in Oregon?
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Category Archives: Politics
Documentary: Rising Against Asian Hate: One Day in March
The documentary Rising Against Asia Hate: One Day in March came out about a month ago, but it some of its key points are particularly relevant today, particularly with the Senate runoff in Georgia between Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker. It … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics
Tagged Atlanta Spa Killings, CAAM, PBS, Sandra Oh, WNET
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From Homeless Single Mother to Oakland Mayor: Sheng Thao wins through Ranked Choice Voting
In an amazing journey from being a homeless single mother living in a car, Sheng Thao was elected mayor of Oakland. The journey is even more amazing considering that in the initial count of votes, Thao was in second place. … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Oakland, ranked choice voting, Sheng Thao
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Asian American Commercial Watch: Sheng Thao for Oakland Mayor: “Determined”
Although I live in the San Francisco Bay Area (since 1999), I’ve never lived in Oakland and rarely make it there, but I do know that Oakland City Council member Sheng Thao is running for Mayor of Oakland this November. … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Commercial Watch, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged Oakland, Peter Liu, Sheng Thao
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Senate Officially Confirms Michelle Kwan as US ambassador to Belize
Back in July, I had blogged about Michelle Kwan being inducted into the U.S.Olympic Hall of Fame, as well as her being confirmed as Ambassador to Belize. Well, I was wrong – Michelle had her Senate confirmation hearing, but she hadn’t … Continue reading
Chosen: The Story of Five Korean Americans who ran for Congress
Chosen is a documentary by Joseph Hoo Juhn about five Korean Americans, two Republicans and three Democrats, who ran for the US Congress in 2020. We have written about a number of them, such Michelle Steel, Young Kim, and Marilyn … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged Andy Kim, Chosen, David Kim, Joseph Hoo Juhn, Joseph Juhn, Marilyn Strickland, Michelle Steel, US Congress, Young Kim
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Japanese American Tanforan Memorial Internment Camp Ribbon Cutting & Statue Unveiling
A few weekends ago on Saturday, August 27th afternoon, I attended in San Bruno, California (just south of San Fransisco), the Tanforan Memorial Ribbon Cutting and Statue Unveiling: “During World War II, the U.S. Army converted what was then the … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged internment, Japanese Americans, San Bruno, Tanforan
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Democratic and Republican Parties make moves to attract Asian American Voters
Both the Republican and Democrat Parties and their partisans have been making moves to encourage Asian American to vote their way in the coming mid-term elections. The Republican Party has reportedly invested millions in courting non-white voters, including Asian Americans … Continue reading
TargetSmart: Asian American Voter Registration Trends in 2022
I forget when I first started following Tom Bonier of TargetSmart (“a Democratic political data and data services firm”), but he had recently tweeted out some interesting Asian American voter registration stats: Interestingly, since Dobbs the Dem margin among AAPI … Continue reading
8Asians Exclusive: Interview with Jay Chen for Congress
(Full disclosure: I’ve donated to Jay’s campaign and endorse his run for Congress.) The last time I had interviewed Taiwanese American Jay Chen was back in 2012 when I first met him at the 2012 Democratic National Convention (DNC). Recently, … Continue reading
Representatives Judy Chu & Grace Meng of ASPIRE PAC Visit SF
A few weeks ago, I had learned of a fundraiser in San Francisco for the ASPIRE PAC , which I had not heard of before: ASPIRE PAC is the political arm of Asian American and Pacific Islander Members of Congress. … Continue reading
2022 Asian American Voter Survey (AAVS) Findings
Since I cover politics as my particular niche for 8Asians, I’m always interested when the latest Asian American Voter Survey comes out. Thus I was eager to see this years would say, as the latest survey was released recently. Here … Continue reading
Andrew Yang Announces Merger with Two Other Political Parties to re-establish the Forward Party
Feeling great about the announcement – let’s go!! 😀🚀🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/UT8nfbCH2U — Andrew Yang🧢⬆️🇺🇸 (@AndrewYang) July 28, 2022 On Wednesday, July 27th, Forward Party founder Andrew Yang announced something interesting – the merger of three third party political parties into one, … Continue reading