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Kerry Isn’t the Panacea for the Poor
Last week, as the Democrats were pouring into Boston to start their convention, President Bush spoke before the National Urban League. He posed three questions to his mostly African American audience that deserve to be raised in the Asian Pacific American community as well.
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Staying Home: No Bulos in Boston
Alice Bulos has a bad hip and walks with a cane. She reminds me of my mother. She even talks like her.
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Letters: Shame on Louise Renne
DEAR EDITOR: I am outraged by former San Francisco City Attorney Louise Renne’s comments about immigrants and the proposal to allow non-citizens to vote in school elections.
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Two Million Reasons for President Arroyo to Pull Out of Iraq
Encouraged by the Bush administration, the hottest water-cooler position these days is the scolding of Philippine President Gloria Arroyo’s decision to recall her nation’s small military contingent in Iraq.
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Bitter is Better: The bitter melon is an acquired taste
My first experience with bitter melon ended in tears. As a little kid, I didn’t understand why my parents fed me a bowl of crunchy vegetables that I squished in my mouth until it formed a bitter paste. To this day, I think back to my first bites of bitter melon and my mouth is […]
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Singing About ‘Known Knowns’ and ‘Unknown Unknowns’: A Kore-Am sets music to Donald Rumsfeld’s briefings
San Francisco musician Bryant Kong’s life is what most of us might imagine for APAs growing up in the Midwest. The second son in an overachieving family, he was the only APA face at his high school in the all-white Grosspoint Woods community outside Detroit, Mich.
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Winning for Dummies
After 30 years of political involvement with elected officials, I am often asked by an Asian Pacific American candidate whether or not he or she should run for an elective office. I generally ask questions and give them the following advice.
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‘Sulu’ Beams into APA Profiles in Courage Gala: Margaret Cho, Hiroshima headline Boston bash
Opening night festivities for Asian Pacific Americans at the Democratic National Convention include a gala event that will showcase diversity and bring together more than 1,000 APA leaders — including convention delegates, elected officials and community and business leaders throughout the country.
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Stronger at Home, Respected in the World
At this year’s Democratic National Convention, we will welcome thousands of people to my hometown: Boston, Mass. to celebrate the diversity and unity that make America strong. John Edwards and I are proud that we will have the most diverse convention in history — nearly forty percent of delegates are minorities.
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A Shift of 10,000 APA Voters Could Have…
Of the nearly six million votes counted in Florida in the 2000 presidential election, the official tally totaled a mere 537 vote advantage for Bush, thus determining the presidency.
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Bucks for Kerry, But APAs Hunger for More Substance: APAs hold gala and 70 house parties from Hawai’i to Georgia
With about a week’s notice, more than a thousand Asian Pacific American political activists from across the country converged in Washington, D.C. for a June 18 fundraiser supporting Democratic presidential hopeful John Kerry. Hundreds more listened to Kerry via telephone hookup at house parties in 24 states.
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Asian American and Pacific Islander 2004 Platform Priorities
Inclusion for APAs
Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs) are the fastest growing racial minority group in the U.S. With heavy concentrations in some states, APIAs (APAs or Asian Pacific Americans) are present in all regions.
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Recent Comments
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Some Questions to all Spaniards and others who went through the Spanish education system from elementary school to high school as I am trying my best to understand that doing the slant eye gesture is not offensive or hurtful to Asians in Spain.
educator on Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered
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It is difficult to associate specific countries by physical markers, so stereotypical dressing and activities is more common If the Olympics where in a Scandinavian country would we interpret a photo of players wearing helmets with horns and blond hair as insulting or as a players posing as honorary Vikings? If the Olympics where in Ireland would we interpret a photo of players dressed in green and blond hair as an insulting or as a players posing as honorary Irish? If the Olympics where in Scotland would we interpret a photo of players dressed in kilts and holding wind pipes as insulting or as players posing a honorary Scotch? If the Olympics where in Germany would we interpret a photo of players wearing lederhosen and Birkenstock sandals as insulting or as players posing as honorary German? If the Olympics where in India would we interpret a photo of players wearing a turban as insulting or as players posing as honorary Indians? If the Olympics where in Spain would we interpret a photo of players dressed in bullfighter garb insulting or as players posing as honorary Spaniards? If the Olympics where in U.
Paul Corbero on Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered
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Because there are more non native speaking english than native, we are publishing http://www.audioster.
MICHELN on Why Asians Speak English
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China has their system, USA have ours. Our system manages about 300 million ppl and theirs about 1.4 million.
Bill C on Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready
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If we allow sponors or organizations to pick and choose or have opinion about certain players, then we need to boycott those sponsors or companies' business as well.
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Seems like grandpa's got something there, to paraphrase, that kind of cherry pickin triumphalism won't further the cause one iota.
Jim Erbes on Asians Score Higher Than Whites in English
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I do think the LPGA is targeting on specific demographic with this policy -- South Koreans. However, I think the LPGA is just trying to avoid the inevitable.
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Educator: I wasn't trying to make a case against the inherently offensive / racist nature of the gesture, in Spain and elsewhere, which has been very convincingly explained by you and other posters.
Non-Caucasian Spaniard on Spanish Olympians - More Controversial Photos Uncovered
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It is important to educate those involve in such matter to protect everyone's interest and health. I think this community may be lacking due to cultural differences.
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