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Tag Archives: Silicon Valley
Historic Japanese American Farm to become Silicon Valley Housing
Five days a week, I drove past the patch of land owned by the Sakauye family and worked by the Tsukuda family when going to work at my tech job. When I was doing that commute along Montague Expressway in … Continue reading
60 Minutes: Meet Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
We have profiled him recently, but we wanted to point out that 60 Minutes did a great profile on Nvidia and its Taiwanese American CEO (and co-founder) Jensen Huang: “Jensen Huang leads Nvidia – a tech company with a skyrocketing … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Local, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged bamboo ceiling, Discrimination, jensen huang, nvidia, Silicon Valley, Taiwanese, taiwanese CEOs
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Asian Americans Malls Thriving Despite General Shopping Mall Decline
There are have been a number of stories about the decline in US shopping malls, but Asian malls seem to be defying that trend. After reading that story and thinking about the malls and shopping areas here in Silicon Valley where … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Food & Drink
Tagged Main Street Cupertino, Oakridge Mall, Silicon Valley, Valley Fair Mall
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Boba Bubble: Will we ever have too many Boba Shops?
When Westfield Valley Fair mall, the preeminent shopping mall of Silicon Valley, became more accessible, I visited there after about a year and was struck by one thing: the sheer number of places you can get Boba Tea. I don’t … Continue reading
Home Remodeler’s Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
Satish Ramachandran’s discrimination lawsuit against the city of Los Altos and other individuals has been mostly dismissed. Judge Beth Labson Freeman threw out most of the allegations in suit saying that most of them in the lawsuit had already been … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged housing, Los Altos, Satish Ramanchandran, Silicon Valley
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How a Remodeling project led to a Federal Civil Rights Lawsuit against a Silicon Valley City
You might think that getting buying a home in an upscale Silicon Valley city like Los Altos, where the median home price is over $2 Million, means that you have “made it” as an American. Satish Ramachandran feels differently. His … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Current Events, Discrimination, Local, Real Estate, San Francisco Bay Area
Tagged housing, Los Altos, Satish Ramanchandran, Silicon Valley
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Meeting HBO’s ‘Silicon Valley’ & CRA’s Jimmy O. Yang – One Funny Guy
Season 6 Trailer (Final Season) for ‘Silicon Valley’ When I saw that actor, standup comedian, and writer Jimmy O. Yang was going to be performing Cobb’s Comedy Club in San Francisco, I wanted to see him perform. While waiting for … Continue reading
HBO’s Silicon Valley’s VC-Bro ‘Ed Chen’ – Breaking the Stereotype
Recently, I had blogged about HBO’s Silicon Valley portrayal of Asian stereotypes, specifically about how I was not a fan of the character Jian-Yang. One character I did forget to mention, was the venture capitalist (VC) Ed Chen, who is portrayed by … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, TV
Tagged Silicon Valley, Tim Chiou
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Wired: It’s Time For ‘Silicon Valley’ to Disrupt Its Toxic Asian Stereotypes
Note: this discusses a little bit of the current season – so possible spoilers if you haven’t been watching. When I saw this headline on Facebook, I wondered why no one had written about this yet. I’m a fan of … Continue reading
Posted in Comedy, Discrimination, Entertainment, Local, San Francisco Bay Area, Tech, TV
Tagged Silicon Valley, television, tv, tv shows
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The Most Asian American Congressional District: California’s 17th
This article from the Daily Kos talks about the most Asian American congressional district in the United States – California’s 17th District. I would have thought that a district in Hawaii would be more Asian American, but the Honolulu district … Continue reading
Asian American Medical Hazard: Working in Silicon Valley
While mobile health units are used in impoverished places like the slums of Mumbai to deliver health care to Asians there, they are also used to deliver health care to Asians in not so impoverished places – the companies of … Continue reading
Posted in Asian American Medical Hazard, Business, Health, Lifestyles
Tagged Diabetes, heart disease, Silicon Valley
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Few Asian American Basketball Players at the NCAA D1 Level – Does it Really Matter?
After almost 10 years of playing in community, NJB, AAU, and school leagues, Number Two Son dropped out of organized basketball for good this year. When I saw this article asking why there are very few Asian American division I … Continue reading
Posted in Discrimination, Education, Sports
Tagged basketball, Colorlines, Division I, NCAA, professionalization of youth sports, Silicon Valley, WCAL
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