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	Internment? No, Harrassment is Enough When the FBI comes to your door what will you say? “Gung Hay Fat Choy?” It’s time to consider the possibility, after hearing the remarks of Howard Coble, a member of Congress from North Carolina. While on a talk radio show last week in his home district, a caller pushed for the internment of Arab Americans. Just like Japanese Americans during World War II. Coble said it wasn’t right because the United States isn’t being attacked by a “sovereign nation.” But that condition is enough to cause concern for all ethnic Americans. FULL STORY...		Year of the Ram: Chinese New Year Feature (Feature) Washington Journal: Is War Good for Asian Pacific Americans? (in National News) Cheu Steps Down as Executive Director of LGBT Center (in Bay Area News) U.S. Opens Door to Shanghai Club (in Sports) Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend (in A&E) Emil Amok: Internment? No, Harrassment is Enough (in Opinion)

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Chemistry Isn’t Color-Blind By Lakshmi Chaudhry | AlterNet “We’re at the bottom of the pile, right along with black women,” said the young Taiwanese American, his face red with frustration. He was speaking out at a local dinner/discussion event titled “Mating and Dating in the Asian American Community.” The rage among the men in that room was palpable as they spoke of a lifetime of sexual invisibility in a culture that constructs them as either effeminate or repulsive. The sexual marketplace is a minefield for people of color. Our choice of bed partners is defined by a racial hierarchy that places Anglos squarely at the top. They determine who’s hot and who’s not for the rest of us. Asian men, unfortunately, just don’t cut it. Like the geeky Long Duck Dong who chases after a horrified Molly Ringwald in Sixteen Candles, popular culture regards them as sexual untouchables. No wonder then that so many of my Asian Pacific American girlfriends grew up lusting after white guys. More...

Floss Talk: Where Sex Doesn't Seem to Exist Lead Editorial: 'Gung Hay Fat Choy' and Happy Black History Month, too Letters to the Editor

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