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Asia in San Francisco
By Carolyn Gan, biweekly social columnist
This summer you don’t have to travel far to get to Asia. The San Francisco Asian Art Museum is presenting a blockbuster of an exhibit, titled The Golden Age of Chinese Archaeology from now through Sept. 11. Culture vultures will love the scope and quality of nearly 240 discoveries unearthed […] -
‘Beat’ Takeshi Kitano’s Kikujiro Plays Cute, Rather Than Cool
By Kimberly Chun
Director and actor Takeshi Kitano has one of the hardest faces in Japanese film. Even before his near-fatal motorcycle accident, which temporarily paralyzed half his face, he had the cruel, cold, granite countenance of a shark. Kitano looks like a man with something—something very sick—to hide, and he’s used that to his […] -
Fiesta Filipina Focuses on Family
Anh Lan Hoang
Diversity is an accurate description of the Bay Area. And one population that has greatly contributed to today’s ethnic landscape is the Filipino American community. During June 10 and 11 at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco, the 7th annual Fiesta Filipina 2000 will draw thousands in celebration of the June […] -
The Ascetic of Desire
A novel of the Kamasutra
By Yi Hai Lai
He who wishes to obtain virtue, prosperity and sexual love in this world and the next must know this text thoroughly and, at the same time, become a master of his senses.—Kamasutra 7.2.58
In the Golden Age of Indian history, kings, courtesans and scholars alike pursued the knowledge of […]
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National Day of Protest for Wen Ho Lee
ities to join forces on behalf of incarcerated scientist
By Julie D. Soo
The Coalition Against Racial and Ethnic Scapegoating (CARES) has called for a National Day of Protest to mark the sixth month of incarceration of Dr. Wen Ho Lee.
On June 8, civil rights groups in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Albuquerque, Detroit, Miami, Seattle, […] -
The Grande Finale
By Loan Kim Ly
After weeks of waiting and fussing over hair and wear, the much anticipated prom day has arrived. For the anti-prom goers, who probably decided to go thanks to the persuasion of their peers, the morning of prom holds little or no excitement. Having to wake up early on a Saturday just to […] -
Literary Diversity and the American Book Award
By Emil Guillermo
Last week, I was honored in Chicago by the Before Columbus Foundation as a recipient of the American Book Award.
Why?
For the kind of stuff you’re reading now—more specifically for the compilation of my columns in book form, Amok: Essays from an Asian American Perspective.
The American Book Award is a little different from the […] -
National Day of Protest for Wen Ho Lee
Cities to join forces on behalf of incarcerated scientist
By Julie D. Soo
The Coalition Against Racial and Ethnic Scapegoating (CARES) has called for a National Day of Protest to mark the sixth month of incarceration of Dr. Wen Ho Lee.
On June 8, civil rights groups in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York, Albuquerque, Detroit, Miami, Seattle, […] -
Desegregated Labor
By Phil Tajitsu Nash
While some of our ancestors jumped off of Spanish galleons and swam to shore, or came here in semi-indentured status to work in agriculture or railroad building, others may have come here as merchants, students or free (but poor) laborers. Asian American history continues with stories of how our ancestors made a […] -
Some Groups See Rise in Teen Pregnancy
By Tom Lee
Asian Pacific Islanders currently have one of the fastest growing teenage pregnancy rates in the nation, at a time when U.S. teen births overall are decreasing.
According to a government report, in states with a high percentage of APIs, such as California, the birth rates of API teens under the age of […] -
SUNY Binghamton Wrestler Pleads Guilty to Attempted Assault
API advocates want the Justice Department to investigate
By Heather Harlan
Two white State University of New York (SUNY), Binghamton students pleaded guilty to charges stemming from an alleged bias attack against a group of Asian American students at the school. One of the Asian students suffered a skull fracture, cerebral hemorrhaging and a concussion from the […] -
Alleged Killer Faces Trial
Korean American accused of slaying ex-girlfriend in twisted love triangle
By Heather Harlan
The trial of a young heir to a Korean leather-goods fortune accused of brutally murdering a Columbia University law student began in New York City with an accusation that the killing was part of a twisted lovers game.
Prosecutors alleged Edmund Ko slashed the […]
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