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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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
ICYMI: Crazy, Political Asians & California State Democratic Party Convention
Back at the end of May and first weekend of June, the California State Democratic Party held its annual convention in San Francisco, and I had the great pleasure to have attend the 2019 California State Democratic Party convention as … Continue reading
Posted in Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
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Michelle Kwan Joins Biden Presidential Campaign Staff
https://www.instagram.com/p/BwryQurlm8L/ When former Vice President Joe Biden announced his bid to run for President in 2020, no one was too surprised since he’d been thinking about it for a while. And I wasn’t entirely too surprised that Michelle Kwan was … Continue reading
PBS: ‘‘An American Story: Norman Mineta’’ Airing on May 20th
Back in May of 2018, I had the great honor of screening the premiere of Norman Mineta & His Legacy: An American Story and meeting Mineta at CAAMFest36. https://vimeo.com/266805068 The documentary is scheduled for national broadcast on PBS on Monday, May 20th … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Entertainment, History, Movies, Politics
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Yale’s ‘The Chubb Fellowship’: Michelle Kwan, Figure Skater, Olympian, and Diplomat
As you all know, I am a fan of figure skater, Olympian and diplomat Michelle Kwan. The last time I saw her, it was for a fundraiser for Vivek Viswanathan, who last year was running for California State Treasurer. A … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, Sports
Tagged figure skating, Michelle Kwan, yale university
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John Chiang’s New ElectAAPI.org PAC Aims to Boost Political Fortunes of Asian American Candidates
Image courtesy of ElectAAPI.org A lot of people, including myself, were wondering what former California State Treasurer (as well as former State Controller and Board of Equalization) John Chiang was going to do after his failed bid to run for … Continue reading
Andrew Yang for President 2020 – CNN Townhall Meeting – Sun April 14th, 8 PM EST
In my last blog post about presidential candidate Andrew Yang, I mentioned he had made it on The Daily Show as well as made the Democratic Party Presidential debates. Well now, Yang has his own CNN Townhall this coming Sunday, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics, TV
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Presidential Candidate Andrew Yang Makes the DNC Debates as well as The Daily Show
“The 2020 presidential campaign is like my afternoon poop – it’s not quite here yet, but I can already feel it.”@ronnychieng sits down with his number one choice for president after zero research, @AndrewYangVFA. pic.twitter.com/VqTVzeT7Xu — The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Entertainment, Politics
Tagged Andrew Yang, Ronny Chieng, The Daily Show
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The 8Asians Interview: Andrew Yang for President – 2020
Andrew Yang’s headline speech at the 2018 Iowa Wing Ding: “The opposite of a Donald Trump is an Asian man who likes math.” This past spring, a Facebook friend posted a meet-and-greet event for Andrew Yang, a Taiwanese American running … Continue reading
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Sherry Chen, Falsely Accused, Wins Case but still has not been Restored to Her Job
Image courtesy of NBC News. Back in 2015, I had watched on 60 Minutes and also read with dismay Chinese American Sherry Chen’s story: “On Monday, Oct. 20, 2014, Sherry Chen drove, as usual, to her office at the National … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Politics
Tagged Department of Commerce, National Weather Service, Sherry Chen
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CAAMFEST36: Opening Night Film & Gala Red Carpet Premiere of ‘An American Story: Norman Mineta’
One of the things I have really enjoyed after having moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 1999 has been attending the San Francisco Asian American International Film Festival, which is now known as CAAMFest, now its 36th year. … Continue reading
The meaning behind ‘Maile,’ the name of Tammy Duckworth’s new daughter
ICYMI: Senator Tammy Duckworth gave birth to her second child, a girl named Maile Pearl, April 9. The junior senator from Illinois is the first member of the Senate to give birth while in office. This past Wednesday, the Senate … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Politics
Tagged hawaii, parenthood, tammy duckworth, u.s. senate, working moms
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The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: Jimmy O. Yang
I’m a big fan of Stephen Colbert and saw that Jimmy O. Yang, of HBO Silicon Valley fame, was going to be on the show, I was curious as to learn more about him. As I’ve blogged before, I am not … Continue reading