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	Emil Amok: Busting Stereotypes When is a Filipino woman not a “Filipino woman?” When race is irrelevant, of course. It happened the other day. “A Filipino woman,” said the radio news announcer in describing the story of the suspect who opened fire at a San Jose bus yard this week. In journalism, the first words make a difference. No one knew Cathline Repunte by name. So was KGO Radio, the biggest radio news operation in Northern California, acting responsibly by referring to the woman’s race? Nope. Regular readers know I believe in giving credit where credit is due. In fact, regular readers know my proclivity to identify Asian American pathology in its full glory. When as a group, you’re generally invisible in the media, you’ve got to get your face time when you get it. Screwing up earns you some props. COMPLETE STORY...		How America Sees Us: National survey shows many Americans prejudiced against Chinese Americans (in National News) Oakland Cultural Center Changes Name — Again (in Bay Area News) International Showdown: Selling arms to Taiwan (in Business) Mistress of Self: Interview with author Chitra Divakaruni (in A&E)

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Voices from the Community: My Asian American Community By kevinjamesgardner April is Multicultural Communication Month, and I’d like to share some thoughts as the only “white” guy currently on the AsianWeek editorial staff. Most of the time, others think of me first in terms of my queer sexuality, and I’m quite used to handling and integrating that in a fluid, ad hoc fashion. I think of it as my nature, rather than a “culture,” and one that’s open to anyone who wants to live it, i.e. you don’t have to be born or raised into it. I was, however, born a person of muted color. COMPLETE STORY...

Floss Talk: I Told Momma, I Wanna Shop Around. Finding the right college becomes a mind-opening experience for youth columnist Queena Lu. Lead Editorial: Seen But Not Heard. The new survey by the Committee of 100 reveals many Americans really just don’t like Chinese people. What to do but fight back? Letters to the Editor: Wake Up, People (About Anti-Chinese Backlash); Another Side to the Story of Anti-Chinese Rhetoric; Enough Is Enough (Newsroom Racism Unacceptable); U.S. Commission on Civil Rights Demands Apology from American Society of Newspaper Editors.

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