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July 20 - July 26, 2000
Asian American leaders natiowide applauded Mineta’s swift confirmation, calling it a historic event. His appointment follows a his decades-long committment to public service as the first Asian American mayor of a metropolitan city (San Jose), a member of the U.S. Congress for 20 years, and a leader, who fought to win redress for Japanese Americans. Mineta called his confirmation the “breaking of a glass ceiling that had existed.” Get Wireless or Get Out: Wireless E-commerce and APIs Shanghai: The Rise and Fall of a Decadent City Lead Editorial: S.F.'s District Elections
Norman Mineta Takes Office as Commerce Secretary
Former Rep. Norman Mineta has become the first Asian American member of a U.S. Cabinet. The Senate has unanimously confirmed him as President Clinton’s commerce secretary late Thursday, and in a simple ceremony, he took his oath of office on Friday afternoon. He will serve for six months, until the end of President Clinton’s term.
Quiet Storm Says Goodbye to the Cannery
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A federal judge dismissed a race discrimination lawsuit brought by nine Chinese and African Americans who claimed they were thrown out of a Denny’s restaurant and beaten by white customers while security guards watched. U.S. District Judge Frederick Scullin said the former students failed to show they were denied seating or security services in dismissing the 1997 lawsuit. Last November, the U.S. Justice Department rejected the group’s appeal to bring federal charges against the restaurant and those involved after determining there was no evidence to support their allegations. Wrongful Death Suit Filed: Seven Accused of Hate Crime in New York: People in the News: JACL Supports Wen Ho Lee: Washington Journal:
Denny’s Discrimination Lawsuit Dismissed
Racial Stabbing in Ocean Shores Was Not First Incident:
A racially charged fight involving a Vietnamese American man who stabbed a white man 22 times for allegedly yelling racial epithets, followed another racial incident where the victim was a bystander.
Family of Korean American man alleges excessive force against New Jersey Police.
White men attack and injure Korean American.
A roundup of API achievement
Civil rights organization plans to use its influence in Washington on behalf of the imprisoned scientist.
Columnist Phil Tajitsu Nash examines the latest edition of the National APA Political Almanac, published by the UCLA Asian American Studies Center.
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