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Asian Americans: America’s Education Football
Few other groups get used as fodder for discussions on education as much as Asian Americans. There have been moments when we were players and not just pawns — such as in Gong Lum vs. Rice, a 1927 case unsuccessfully challenging school segregation; the 1968 and 1969 strikes at San Francisco State and U.C. Berkeley, […]
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Report Examines Issues Facing APIs
By Janet Dang While the Asian American population continues to grow, educational, economic and political progress has been achieved. Despite these gains, however, Asian Americans are still largely absent from national discussions on race and continue to be viewed as “perpetual foreigners,” according to a new report on APIs and race relations.
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No Indictment for Police in Death of Korean
Defense disputes officers’ version of story
By Jason MaA grand jury in New Jersey announced March 8 that it would not indict South Brunswick police officers for the Dec. 21, 1999 shooting death of Korean American Kyung-Ho La, unable to find his death anything other than legally justified.
According to the official version of the events leading […] -
The Battle for Education
Asian American parents sue a school district in the East Bay, saying a redistricting plan will place their children at a low-performing high school.
APIs Transforming Race Relations:
New public policy report finds Asian Americans perceived as “perpetual foreigners.”Post-Election Analysis:
Pollsters look at how Asian Americans voted in San Francisco and California.Ryuichi Sakamoto:
Japanese musician is anything but basic […] -
Learning Limits
How redrawn school boundaries are pitting Asian American parents against one East Bay school district
By Janet Dang
Six years ago three Chinese American parents sought to dissolve a decade-old consent decree. In the landmark case Ho vs. SFUSD, the parents took the San Francisco Unified School District to court in a class-action suit. They alleged […] -
Arts & Entertainment Calendar
A regional roundup of events of special interest to Asian Americans
Arts
A Thousand Cranes The California Academy of Sciences presents the works of photographer Wu Shao-Tung. The exhibition will run through Jul. 30. (Golden Gate Park, San Francisco. 415-750-7145.)
Alienation and Assimilation Organized by The Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago, this is the world’s […] -
Soul Brother Versus Bush
Back in 1986 former Delaware Lt. Gov. S.B. Woo was asked by his University of Delaware students what the initials S.B. stood for. He answered, “soul brother.”
This year, “soul brother” Woo — who started the 80/20 political action committee, which proposes that Chinese Americans unite in order to muster greater political power — is working […] -
Southern California APIs Moving Left
Republican and Pete Wilson-era policies cited
By Janet Dang An exit poll conducted Super Tuesday by the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC) of Southern California showed more APIs in that region identified themselves as Democrats than Republicans, reversing a trend from four years ago.
The APALC surveyed some 3,000 voters of all racial and ethnic backgrounds […] -
S.F. APIs Lean Right
Help to pass Prop. 21, Prop. 22; shoot down Prop. 26
By Jason Ma
The dissection and analysis of the California primary vote continued March 10 when observers of the Asian American, African American and Latino communities revealed that the ethnic electorate tended to vote as social conservatives on election day.
Polls indicate ethnic voters statewide overwhelmingly supported […] -
Boyfriend Suspected in Pinole Woman Slaying
Arrested on charges of child pornography
By Janet Dang & Wire Reports
In a bizarre twist in the murder investigation of Chinese American Alice Sin, whose body was found on a remote Nevada road in January, police arrested the victim’s boyfriend March 7 on charges of child pornography.
Raymond Wong, 28, of Pinole, Calif., has since been named […] -
Ryuichi Sakamoto: Anything But Basic
Ryuichi Sakamoto has dubbed his latest album, BTTB, an acronym for Back to the Basics, but from the sound of that CD and Cinemage, a collection of the Japanese pop legend’s film score music, his latest direction is anything but a simplistic retreat.
Still, what else would a listener expect from Sakamoto? A pioneer at adopting […] -
Asian American Literature
A proliferation of new books reflects the growing API population
Helen Zia, author of the just-released Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People, sees proof of her thesis in the book publishing industry.
“One of the themes of my book is that Asian Americans have reached a critical mass,” said Zia, a Chinese American based […]
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The article fails to mention that prior to the first slide at home, Chinese pitchers hit 5 batters. If your team's pitchers hit that many batters you should expect (and deserve) payback.
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Hi Non Caucasian Spaniard: Have ever had to fill out a form where it says "White Hispanic" or "Non White Hispanic"? I've seen it before and I thought it was interesting.
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