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Category Archives: Politics
True Activism Missing In Asian American Fashion Designers
Hyphen Magazine published an incredible piece by Catherine Traywick called “The Beautiful Generation: Asian Americans and the Cultural Economy of Fashion” (February 25, 2011) that analyzes Asian cultural influences in the global fashion industry by comparing it to the emergence … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Fashion, Politics, The Arts
Tagged art, Asian-American, design, Fashion
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Donald Trump Says to China, “Listen You Motherf***ers…”
Can Donald Trump stop talking about politics and spend more time focusing on Celebrity Apprentice, please? The Donald delivered a speech to supporters in which he advocates “drop[ping] a 25% tax on China.” I’m no fan of China, and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, WTF
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Diversity Defines Silicon Valley, Except at Town Halls
Last weekend, The San Jose Mercury News did a very interesting and somewhat controversial story on the state of local government representation in Silicon Valley; reading the comments on the article thread has been somewhat thought provoking for me. As … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Observations, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Golddigging Today Is Just Lazy
Who read last week’s article in the New York Times about Chinese women and their parents requiring a man to show proof of real property ownership as a condition precedent for marriage and wondered immediately, “What century are we in … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Dating, Discrimination, Family, Lifestyles, Politics
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Asians Behaving Badly: Anti-Porn Indonesian Parliament Member Caught Watching Porn
An Indonesian member of Parliament has resigned after being caught by a photographer watching porn on his tablet during a debate. The irony: this MP also helped pass one of the strictest anti-porn laws in the country. Arifinto, who oversees … Continue reading
Canadians Protest “Ethnic Costume” Photo-Op
“People dressed in so-called ‘ethnic costumes’ congregated outside a Conservative rally in Toronto Thursday evening to protest after a member of a local Tory candidate’s campaign sent out an email looking for people in “national folklore costumes” to appear at … Continue reading
Posted in (simple), Discrimination, Politics
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APA Spotlight: Ellen Somekawa, Executive Director, Asian Americans United
Ellen Somekawa is a third-generation Japanese American from Minneapolis. There she was an activist in the Asian American student movement, the anti-apartheid movement, the anti-nuclear movement and the movement against uranium mining and for indigenous land rights in the Black Hills. Continue reading
Posted in APA Spotlight, Discrimination, Education, Politics
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Is Segregation in the API Community Vogue?
By Ken Am I stuck in 1990s politics? Recently someone who refers to herself as the Face of “the largest API organization” of its kind said that blasians or Afro-Asians are not accepted by the API community, including her organization … Continue reading
Posted in Observations, Politics
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Red Dawn Remake Changes Villain to North Korea
The last time I checked the Red Dawn remake, their release date was put on hold indefinitely and that news alone was enough to keep me happy. But yesterday, I stumbled upon this article from Racebending that not only is … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Entertainment, Movies, Observations, Politics
Tagged China, Homefront, john milius, mgm, North Korea, red dawn, stereotypes, yellow peril
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Evan Low Officially Announces Candidacy for California State Assembly
This past Thursday, political wonder kid and current Campbell City Council Member Evan Low officially announced his candidacy for California State Assembly for the 24th Assembly District. A few years ago, Low made history by becoming the country’s youngest ever … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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A Call to Action on Peter King’s Hearing on Radical Islam
On March 10th, 2011, Representative (Republican – NY) Peter King and the Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on domestic radicalization, which took place in Washington, D.C. However in this hearing, Peter King targeted only Muslim Americans as he accused … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics
Tagged ignorance, Islam, JACL, mike honda, muslims, peter king, stereotypes, terrorism, This is what Jihad looks like, zuhdi jasser
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Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to be Nominated for Ambassador to China
President Obama is expected to announce that current Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke will be his nomination to be Ambassador to China, replacing current Ambassador Jon Huntsman, who earlier this year said he would be resigning in the Spring and … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
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