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Is 2006 the Year of the Asian American Male?
All hail, Yul Kwon! Talk about representing. But let’s not make him King Yul just yet.
Believe me, for years I’ve been one of the loudest complainers about the Asian American male image in media — from local TV (where are our Asian American male anchormen?) to national TV. (Is B.D. Wong a “special victim?”) -
Nation Briefs
Student Found Guilty in Sister’s Death
KENOSHA, Wis. — A jury found Trang Tran, a Vietnamese university student, guilty on a reduced charge of negligent homicide in the shooting death of her sister at their off-campus apartment where they lived while attending the University of Wisconsin at Parkside. -
Arts Briefs
Bell Ringing Ceremony
EVENT: 21st Annual Japanese New Year’s Bell Ringing Ceremony
DESCRIPTION: Special performance with a shakuhachi (bamboo flute) followed by Zen Buddhist priest Gengo Akiba Roshi leading the ceremonial bell ringing. -
Bay Briefs
EEOC Wins $1M for Thai Welders
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced a settlement with Trans Bay Steel Inc. for $1 million in compensation for 48 welders of Thai descent who were discriminated against and exploited due to their national origin. -
Global Briefs
Christmas Gains Popularity in Vietnam
HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Christmas is making a comeback in Vietnam. Although Vietnam’s Catholic minority has been celebrating Christmas for years, after the communist victory in 1975, the holiday fell out of favor with the authorities, and believers celebrated quietly. -
The Power of the Needle
Tamiko Wong does not like needles, but that does not stop her from sitting still as intern Ethan Haas uses a silver probe to examine her ear. Based on the symptoms she describes, Haas looks at an ear diagram and shortly after inserts tiny needles into various parts of her ear.
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A Fat New Year!
As the Year of the Pig approaches in 2007, one of California’s leading food families is getting ready for a Fat New Year. From its origins in the state Capitol, Sacramento’s Fat Family has established a dynasty of prominent and well-respected restaurateurs.
Chinese American Frank Fat first opened his restaurant in 1939, and 67 years […] -
YumGuide Reviews Nan Yang
Simplicity
Simplicity is sometimes what you really want. Simple, fresh and full of flavor, Nan Yang provides all this at reasonable prices. -
Now, THAT’S Entertainment!
LOS ANGELES — The red carpets were sprawled out, surrounded by bright lights and cameras for the 15th annual celebration of The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) at the Universal Hilton in Hollywood.“We came a long way from the back of a Chinese restaurant,” reminisced one man in the hotel lobby about the […]
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Global Briefs
Edison Chen Goes Global
International crossover star Edison Chen opened his second store in Shanghai called ACU, which takes its name from the words acupuncture and acupressure. -
Nation Briefs
Rejected Applicant Alleges Bias Against Asians
Yale freshman Jian Li has filed a federal civil rights complaint against Princeton for rejecting his application for admission, claiming the university discriminated against him because he is Asian. -
Arts Briefs
AsiaAlive: Favorite Art Projects Of the Year
EVENT: Asian Art Museum’s AsiaAlive
DESCRIPTION: All ages, ongoing drop-in interactive program featuring live artist demonstrations and hands-on activities. Send a New Year’s greeting using images from the Hidden Meanings exhibition or make jewelry.
AsianWeek at the Democratic National Convention
2008 Asian American Olympians
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Foomanchu on Lieu: More American Requirements for LPGA Players
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If the Spanish basketball team members did not think that they were making fun at the Chinese, or Asians in general, by posing this silly picture to emphasize the eyes, then why did they make this pic anyway ? Suppose some Asian sports team taking a group pic while they shout altogeher : Spic Maricon !!!!! How the Spanish public will react ? Spic Maricon means nothing to Asians.
Bosa on An Eye-Opener
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People from the Asian/ African-American need to be the first to support and spread the news of Brian Clay.
Foomanchu on AsianWeek’s Most Memorable Moments of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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Hi guys and gals, I am a citizen of Spain and Catalonia, and I have lived in the USA for over 5 years.
som-hi on An Eye-Opener
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Tony Pow's stuff is great....love you man. I think the whole Olympics events ought to be re-evaluate.
Foomanchu on AsianWeek’s Most Memorable Moments of the 2008 Beijing Olympics
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i sympathize. i was engaged to an older white jewish man 15 years and we had serious struggles because he was always in a different life phase.
patricia on No Cake For You
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I think that the gesture on the part of the Spanish team is really more innocent than many assume. Think about it: how much experience do the spanish really have with Asian-Spanish issues.
KC on An Eye-Opener
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Hi guys and gals, I am a citizen of Spain and Catalonia, and I have lived in the USA for over 5 years.
som-hi on Spanish Basketball Team's Photo
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I think it's a great rule. It should be extended to the NBA, NFL, and NHL as well as other "real" sports.
Foomanchu on Lieu: More American Requirements for LPGA Players
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"Cogito," ergo fatuous. Nor forgetting erroneous. Sorry, couldn't resist it. And young "cogito," if he is only just now reading Rene Descartes, has a long, treacherous road of reading ahead of him, not the least of which should be research into ALL of "Asian American" "hist6ry" and not just the latterday adjuncts thereof.
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