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	Mineta Minutes Did you see Norm on 60 Minutes? Political observers with a keen eye on our most pressing civil rights issue of the day were buzzing about the performance of Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta on last Sunday’s show. I must confess that I didn’t know it was on and was half-heartedly watching the 49ers beat up the Bills. But better the Bills than the Constitution. So I turned to the transcript, which is perhaps the best way to watch TV. Skip the showbiz and the histrionics and go straight to the text. And now that I’ve gone over it a few times, I’m simply astounded by Norm’s words. The man’s not just our Asian Pacific American political hero. He’s the standard bearer for all. There it was on paper. Who else but Mineta would have the courage to stand up to 60 Minutes? The man’s a saint. FULL STORY...		APA Women Flex Muscles (Feature) President's Advisory Commission on AAPI (in National News) Community Fears Loss of Chinese Language Programming (in Bay Area News) AsiaWeek Magazine Closes (in Business) The Next Big Thing (in Sports) Death Becomes Him (in A&E) Emil Amok: Mineta Minutes (in Opinion)

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Voices From the Community: To Silicon Valley Indian Entrepreneurs Where Are You When the South Asian Community Needs You? By Raj Jayadev/PNS As I watched the gathering of 30 or so Bangladeshi Hindus protest against Islamic fundamentalism in a downtown park, a white Toyota crept up slowly. From the driver’s seat a middle-aged white man yelled, “We should kill all of you!” and sped away. It seems that whether you’re Muslim, Hindu, Bangladeshi or Afghani, Americans hell-bent on hating brown-skinned foreigners assume you’re linked to Osama bin Laden. An Indian gas station owner in Arizona is widely regarded as the first backlash murder post-Sept. 11 victim. South Asians nationwide are being attacked or profiled for being suspiciously “Arab-looking.”

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