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Hollywood Keeps Cranking Out Martial Arts Movies

Apparently Hollywood and the world in general are falling in love with martial arts movies and producing them by the dozens. “As the world is shrinking, it’s also coming together in its appreciation of kicking, lunging and screaming.” Even Taylor Lautner and … Continue reading

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White Men are Likely to Move Twice as Fast When With a Minority Girlfriend

From The Cornell Chronicle: “Among young American adults, relationships between white men and minority women move into sexual intimacy and from sex to cohabitation significantly faster than white-white couples or minority-minority pairings, reports a new study by a Cornell demographer. … Continue reading

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Follow-Up: Utah Policemen Who Pepper Sprayed Polynesians Cleared of Wrongdoing, “Feared Riot”

A disturbing follow-up to a story in October of two Roosevelt, Utah Policemen who used a baton and pepper spray of a group of Polynesians performing a haka at a high school football game: the policemen have been cleared of … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Open Thread: Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! It’s a holiday here so the editors are going to take a well deserved break for the day, but that shouldn’t stop you from talking about… oh, whatever the hell you feel like. What’s on your mind? … Continue reading

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Hawaiian Singer’s “Occupy” Song At Obama Summit

With the refrain, “We’ll occupy the streets, we’ll occupy the courts, we’ll occupy the offices of you, till you do the bidding of the many, not the few,” Hawaiian singer Makana’s song, “We Are The Many,” “turned a top-security dinner of … Continue reading

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Japanese Restaurant Charged With Serving Sake To Toddler

A two-year-old was served sake at a Japanese restaurant in Ohio and “served” may be an overstatement. The cook, Mingyang Zhu, after giving rice wine to all the adults at the table, apparently squirted some sake into the youngster’s mouth … Continue reading

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Asians Make Up Only 0.4% Of Stars On Hollywood’s Walk Of Fame

In light of Shakira’s recent addition to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, CNN’s recent article on minorities in Hollywood calculates some fairly depressing statistics on diversity in the biz – only 0.4% of the 2,354 stars are Asians. That’s TEN STARS. … Continue reading

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Wanderlei Silva Stops Cung Le At UFC 139, Le Takes Major Damage

The match between Wanderlei Silva and Cung Le at UFC 139 ended with a TKO in the second round.  Cung Le knocked down Silva with a kick in the first round, but Silva came on strong in the second to … Continue reading

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Mysterious White Structures Found In China’s Gobi Desert

China’s been up to something and everyone wants to know what it’s about: “New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert…It’s located in Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Gansu, north of the Shule … Continue reading

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AAP Student at UCLA Gives Tips to Fellow College Students

UCLA students seem to all want to stand out and make a difference–from Alexandra Wallace to Chris Jeon, etc. Recently, we stumbled across a tumblr page that provided all the useful information a fellow Bruin would want to know. Christine … Continue reading

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The 8Asians Open Thread: Happy Nigel Tufnel Day!

The 8Asians Open Thread is back after a brief hiatus. Don’t ask where it’s been. You don’t want to know. Today is 11/11/11 which means it’s Nigel Tufnel Day which means right now, we’re turning everything all the way to … Continue reading

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#DarkRoom Mixtape by Deep Watters

Underground hip hop music producer Deep Watters, AKA: Brian Watters, a hapa from the San Francisco Bay Area and President of the urban clothing label Teruo Artistry, recently dropped a dope mixtape, #darkroom, with Bay Area rapper Prophet. If you … Continue reading

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