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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Charisma Man: A Western Geek is Reborn in Japan
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Review of Netflix Japan’s “Our Secret Diary”
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Daughter of the Late Pat Morita Protests Karate Kid Remake
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My Visit to San Francisco’s Angel Island Immigration Station
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Who Is The Asian Woman Sitting Courtside At Lakers Home Games?
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The Attractive, Accomplished, and Fake Chinese Women who want to connect with me
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Tag Archives: immigration
125th Anniversary of Wong Kim Ark Day [3/28/1898] – Celebration & Commemoration
Another blog post I am woefully late on (but did post the video on YouTube shortly afterwards). I had attended the 125th anniversary back on March 25th commemorating and celebrating the landmark Supreme Court decision of U.S. vs. Wong Kim … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, History, Local, Politics, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged immigration, wong kim ark
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Fastest Growing Foreign Language in the US is an Indian Language You Might not Expect
The fastest growing Foreign Language in the US as of 2018, according to this study by the Center for Immigration, is Telegu. I was surprised, thinking it would be Chinese or Tagalog, but numbers of speakers does not equate with … Continue reading
A Short Review: Wind
One of the few benefits of being forced to shelter in place is that I have the opportunity to see some films that I ordinarily would not have time to see. This situation (and The Daughter’s boyfriend’s Disney+ account) enabled … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Movies
Tagged Edwin Chang, immigration, Pixar, Sparkshorts, Wind
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NYC Theater Review: Border People
Border People is a journalistic one-man theater piece by Dan Hoyle that dwells on the broad theme of “borders.” It’s now being performed at A.R.T. / New York Theatres in New York City. Based on in-depth conversations and interviews at … Continue reading
Posted in Entertainment, Reviews, The Arts, Theatre
Tagged Border People, Dan Hoyle, immigration
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President Obama Speaks on Immigration Reform
President Obama announces executive actions that he will take to alleviate the problems of our current immigration system. To read what the President says after his first line, “My fellow Americans, tonight, I’d like to talk with you about immigration,” … Continue reading
Non Je Ne Regrette Rien: So Long, So Long, So Long
[The following is an unpublished epilogue to Johnny C’s Asian America in 2013 series. He was originally planning to leave 8asians on a high note after finishing the series, but we persuaded him to stay a little while longer. Some … Continue reading
Asian Americans Stepping Up for Immigration Reform
From the Southern California Public Radio: “About 55 percent of Asian-American immigration into the United States has been due to family preferences… More young Asian-Americans who grew up in the U.S. without papers have been going public with their status, … Continue reading
What It Means To Be a U.S. Citizen
“I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign . . . state or sovereignty . . . ; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Lifestyles, Observations, Politics
Tagged China, Chinese immigrants, citizenship, immigration
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Michelle Malkin and Jose Antonio Vargas Discuss Adobo and Immigration
Univision News captured this discussion on twitter between Michelle Malkin and Jose Antonio Vargas on immigration. Their exchange, also featured on Buzzfeed, is notable for its relative civility and its occasional drift into discussions about adobo. One thing that I … Continue reading
100 Years Of Asian American Immigration Documents To Be Publicly Available
I have always envied white Americans who talked about researching their genealogy as what little of my family’s written records were lost in WWII, but soon, some other Asian Americans will not have that envy. Immigration records for Asian Americans, … Continue reading
Posted in Current Events, Discrimination, Education, Family, History, Lifestyles
Tagged documents, history, immigration, records
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Rene Astudillo: My 22-Year Path to U.S. Citizenship
Rene Astudillo delivered this as an Opening Statement at a panel on Immigration held August 11, 2011 at the Annual National Convention of the Asian American Journalists Association, Detroit, MI. It is published on 8Asians with permission. On January 27 … Continue reading
Two Moms: Fighting for Family
I picked up this story about Shirley Tan and her partner Jay off a couple of blogs and I can think of few things that seriously piss me off more. Though I’m a person of faith, and it’s my “job,” sometimes … Continue reading