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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Internet Page Reveals How to Talk Dirty in Tagalog
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A Guide To A Buddhist/Chinese/American Funeral
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Review: Netflix’s “Let’s Get Divorced”
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Avatar Pulled from 1,628 Chinese Movie Screens
LA Times is reporting that the Peoples Republic of China is replacing the popular movie Avatar on 1,826 movie screens, “made at the urging of propaganda officials who are concerned that Avatar is taking too much market share from Chinese … Continue reading
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[Jun 11] SOUTHERN CA: Last Call for Entries, San Diego Asian Film Festival
The San Diego Asian Film Foundation (SDAFF) is proud to announce its 2010 call for entries. SDAFF will celebrate its 11th annual film festival season to an estimated audience of more than 18,000 during 8 days of film, panels, and exciting special events.
The San Diego Asian Film Festival is competitive, seeking entries in the following categories: narrative feature, narrative short, documentary feature, documentary short, and animation. An independent jury selects winners in each category, alon… Continue reading
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This MLK Weekend, A Trip to the Racial Slur Database
On Martin Luther King Holiday, it is important for API’s to think about what kind of country we would be living in today had this great man not lived. Continue reading
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From the Tumblr: Hangar Tea by Soon Mo Kang
The 8Asians tumblr highlights Asians [& uber talented non-Asians] who draw, dance, build, film, sing, write, invent, paint, teleport, and of course, tumble. It’s curated by Jun, Moye and Ernie.
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Asians More Likely to Use Online Banking
Nielsen recently released a study showing that Asian Americans are much more likely to use online banking than other ethnic groups. 75.3% of Asians bank online versus 67.4% for everyone else. In addition, the younger and more affluent tend to … Continue reading
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SoCal Asians Choose Rabbit Ear Antennas Over Cable TV
Bucking the national trend of moving away from over-the-air (OTA) broadcasts, nearly 20,000 Asians in Southern California switched back to rabbit ears to get OTA signals for their televisions. The draw is better quality TV (HD quality) along with more … Continue reading
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NYC’s New Comptroller, Cheered by Asian-Americans Declaring a New Era
On New Year’s day, New York City swore in their new comptroller, Taiwanese American John C. Liu, making Liu the first Asian-American elected to hold a city-wide office. John’s parents, visiting from California, were present, as well as his brothers … Continue reading
Senate Confirms First Vietnamese, Chinese Woman Federal Judges
On Christmas Eve, the United States Senate confirmed Los Angeles attorney Dolly Gee as a member of the U.S. District Court in California’s Central District, making her the first Chinese American woman to ever hold a seat on the federal … Continue reading
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Fremont, California: Asian American Christmas Destination
Many Asian-Americans are not Christian and don’t believe in Santa Claus. In Fremont, the Bay Area’s fourth largest city and one with a plurality of Asian Americans, there was plenty to do on Christmas. This article talks about how Fremont … Continue reading
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[Jan 3] SOUTHERN CA: Oshogatsu Family Festival
Oshogatsu Family Festival
FREE ADMISSION ALL DAY!
Celebrate the new year with fun arts ‘n crafts, exciting cultural performances, and learn more about traditional Japanese New Years.
11:00 – 5:00: Craft and other fun activities for the entire family:
*Japanese spinning tops called koma are a traditional Japanese toy. Put a fun spin on 2010 by making one of your own!
*Make a tiger to celebrate 2010: the year of the tiger!
*Make nengajo (postcards) to send to family and friends to wish them a… Continue reading
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Ching Chong Beautiful: A Pretty Awful Name for a Flash Game
The indie video gaming scene has a lot of good things going for it compared to standard video game production — shorter and cheaper development times, and a greater variety of innovative practices. It can also make for some offensive … Continue reading
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USC Offers America 101 for Foreign Students
USC is offering an “America 101” course for its foreign students — a free, non-credit course for culture-shocked Chinese and Indian students on how to adapt to the strange world that is American culture as well as the stranger world … Continue reading
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