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Asian American Commercial Watch: Liberty Mutual Insurance’s ‘First Word | Truth Tellers’
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In a Post-Apocalyptic Zombie World, Asian American Man Gets White Girl
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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The Difference Between Internment Camps and Concentration Camps
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Asian Guys and that One Long Pinky Fingernail
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Do Asians Have Body Hair?
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Category Archives: Sports
Manny Pacquiao, Filipino Homophobia And Masculinity
UPDATE: Shortly after this article was published, the LA Weekly reported that Pacquiao was misquoted, saying that “homosexuality goes against the word of God — not that gays should literally be put to death.” The blog post remains for reference … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, LGBT, Sports
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Remembering NFL’s Junior Seau
There’s a moment in your life when you unquestionably enter “adulthood”, and while turning 21 or graduating high school or college are real moments, when I heard that Junior Seau had passed away from an apparent suicide last night, I … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Sports
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Jeremy Lin’s Video Response To Stuyvesant High
So it looks like Jeremy Lin keeps his promises. Remember when he tweeted in response to the video that the kids at Stuyvesant High School made for him? In the video, the students had invited our beloved Jeremy to speak for … Continue reading
The Past, Present, And Future Of Asian American Basketball
With a knee injury ending Linsanity for the 2012 regular season, one might wonder about the future of Asian American basketball. Is all of the current enthusiasm over basketball just a temporary craze that will fizzle out? Will another Jeremy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Discrimination, Family, History, Lifestyles, Sports
Tagged AAU Basketball, Jeremy Lin, Wat Misaka
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Eddie “The Filipino Phenom” Yagin Wins Fight Of The Night At UFC 145
Adding to the increasing visibility of Asian American Mixed Martial Arts (MMA) fighters, Eddie “The Filipino Phenom” Yagin defeated Mark Hominick and won Fight of the Night Honors at UFC 145. Hominick, the former #1 contender in the featherweight division … Continue reading
The Accountant Who Become a Miami Dolphins Tight End (And His Asian Trainer)
If you read Yahoo! regularly – which you probably do, if you’re over 35 or previously worked at Yahoo! – you’ve probably seen the article of the mild mannered accountant whose grueling 13 week workout was so intense he became … Continue reading
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Jeremy Lin Tweets Response To Stuyvesant High School Video
Why is Jeremy Lin so nice? First, he has lunch with the ex-ESPN editor, Anthony Federico, who wrote the headline, “Chink in the Armor: Jeremy Lin’s 9 Turnovers Cost Knicks in Streak-Snapping Loss to Hornets.” And now, our Jeremy is promising … Continue reading
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Will Knee Linjury End Linsanity?
Not an April Fools post: A meniscus tear on his left knee has taken Jeremy Lin out for at least six weeks. He received the injury in a victory over Detroit. After resting his knee for seven days, he still … Continue reading
Why Jeremy Lin Isn’t Really Asian
The first time I heard about Jeremy Lin was when he was playing for Harvard a few years ago. There was a lot of buzz about him (especially on Asian American blogs) because people assumed he was Asian. I didn’t … Continue reading
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Is Jeremy Lin New York’s Beloved?
Jeremy Lin hasn’t been playing as great as he had been in February. But, still. He’s a really like-able guy. Humble. Down-to-Earth. According to the latest “The Most Beloved” competition by ESPN, “The New York Knicks point guard captured 70 percent of … Continue reading
VIRAL LIKE SARS: Jeremy Lin And Landry Fields Demonstrate Their Secret Handshake
Want to be just like Jeremy Lin? Um…then study hard, go to Harvard and be really good at basketball. Or you can just do the secret handshake he does on court with Landry Fields. Meanwhile, we’ll be working on our … Continue reading
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
If you’ve watched as many Lakers games as I have, you’ve probably noticed that three seats to the right of Jack Nicholson for the past 20+ years sits an older Asian woman. She’s become somewhat of an Internet “celebrity.” She … Continue reading
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