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Getting to the Root Of Things
Much fuss has been made over the difference between yams and sweet potatoes. This week I’ll attempt to settle the confusion between the two: They couldn’t be any more different.
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Judge Imposes 100 Hours, Probation for Anti-Asian Gang Assault
A juvenile who participated in a gang attack on five Asian American youths — Ken Zeng, Paul Wong, Sung Noh, Tim Wen and Jeff Woo — in San Francisco last June received a year’s probation for his crime plus 100 hours of community service.
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Monster Park Named for Largest Chinese-Owned Company
Noel Lee’s credo for being a Monster is: “Being a Monster is being the best at what you do with a Monster attitude. Whether you’re an engineer, doctor, musician, street sweeper, garbage collector, hi-fi salesman or a fantastic love, there is a special skill or talent that you have that makes you a Monster at […]
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Trade Group Celebrates 27 Years, Values Social Responsibility
SAN FRANCISCO — With a thunderous taiko drum roar as a powerful backdrop, the Asian American Engineers and Architects (AAAE) held its 27th annual celebration dinner last Friday at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. Over 350 of the Bay Area’s top professionals and some of this nation’s largest architecture and engineering firms came to […]
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Horror for Halloween: In the Mood for Twisted Kicks? See ‘Saw’
So how does a nice Chinese bloke from Australia go from directing student shorts and some cooking programs for TV to helming one of the most highly anticipated horror flicks of the Halloween season?
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Arts Briefs
Godzilla Scholars Invade Kansas
LAWRENCE, Kan. — The University of Kansas plans to pay homage to Godzilla later this month, organizing a three-day scholarly conference for the 50th anniversary of his first film. -
Bay Briefs
Vietnamese-owned Bank Debut in ‘Little Saigon’
WESTMINSTER, Calif. — A plan to create the only U.S. bank owned and operated by Vietnamese Americans has cleared a regulatory hurdle and is expected to begin operating early next year. -
Global Briefs
Chinese Tourism Surges in Europe
FONTAINEBLEAU, France — Europe is bracing for a Chinese surge following a tourism pact that simplifies visa procedures for Chinese tour groups and allows Chinese travel agents to advertise European destinations. -
Nov. 2 is Judgment Day for Judge Sing
San Francisco’s District 1 includes the heavily Asian Richmond District. The incumbent, Supervisor Jake McGoldrick, has been criticized for not being in touch with the neighborhood yet has garnered many citywide endorsements. Retired Judge Lillian Sing is the leading challenger, but some fear the APA vote will be split, with Chinatown radio commentator Rose Tsai […]
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Nation Briefs
English-only INS Instructions
DES MOINES, Iowa — Advocates say new procedures requiring immigrants to make appointments with federal officers by computer make it difficult, if not impossible, for many to schedule the appointments.
“Many of us don’t speak English; we don’t have a computer,” said Chinese immigrant Wu-Chiang Chi through an interpreter after he arrived at Des […] -
22 Candidates Seeking Japantown Support
San Francisco’s District 5 includes the Japantown area and the Western Addition, which is predominantly African American. Incumbent Supervisor Matt Gonzalez has voluntarily chosen not to run, and there are no Asian Americans running to fill the seat. Here are some of the issues facing that district and proposed ways to deal with them.
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District Waiting for the First Fil-Am Supervisor
San Francisco’s District 11 is one of the heavily APA districts, with more than 2 out of 5 residents identifying as Asian American — many are Filipino and Chinese living southern neighborhoods like the Visitacion Valley. In the race, incumbent Supervisor Gerardo Sandoval is considered vulnerable and is being challenged by five major candidates, including […]
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Dear "observer": You are absolutely right about my personal education history, insofar as I was lucky to be one of only three? Chinese-American students at Horace Mann Grade School in San Jose, way back in the mid-'20s, Half-"right" in the ensuing fact I attended Francisco Jr.
Frank Eng on Where’s the Racism in ‘New Yorker’ Cover?
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I have a feeling that Christian and Frank Eng went to all-white schools and don't know what it's like for Asians to attend "diverse" schools, so I post a 2005 article: http://www.
Observer on Where’s the Racism in ‘New Yorker’ Cover?
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As a reader, I feel I have joined the conversation too late to make sense of this, since it's already at the level of polemic.
eric henderson on Arab Americans as Asian?
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"And I understand that those Asian-Americans who do uncritically embrace racist ideas about black people usually glean them from the dominant (i.
Observer on Where’s the Racism in ‘New Yorker’ Cover?
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Jammer: You are more than "right." Your experience is, likely, not all that different from ANY suffered at the hands of bullies.
Frank Eng on Where’s the Racism in ‘New Yorker’ Cover?
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To experience the unique dancing style of Jabbawockeez is feeling their movement, seeing their vision, laughing, crying, shouting and knowing that there is still hope.
John Fluker on JabbaWockeeZ Wins! America’s Best Dance Crew Recap
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Well my only viewing of Last Comic Standing was unfortunately seeing Esther Ku say jokes at the expense of Asian men that only a racist would love.
Jammer on Not-So-Funny Funny Asian
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Well, Christian, even though I acknowledge many of your arguments that I've read in your posts, racism is a two-way street.
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Dear Christian: For I find you "dear," as in "endearing.: And I question not one line in your riposte other than that NO "community," of any stripe, is ever "free" of its lowest common-denominators.
Frank Eng on Where’s the Racism in ‘New Yorker’ Cover?
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Is it LAMEN or RAMEN? ANSWER; it should be spelled in English as LAMEN. see here an EMAIL from a veteran language man, a reporter/editor in NYC: http://www.
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