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The Final Battle for Veterans Equity
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House Veterans Affairs Committee held a hearing Feb. 15, on the Filipino Veterans Equity Bill on the eve of the 61st anniversary of the day the U.S. Congress passed the infamous Rescission Act. The act had excluded Filipino WW II veterans of the U.S. Army Forces in the Far East (USAFFE) […]
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Thirty Years of ECAASU
Thirty years ago, Bob Marley’s reggae, the Sex Pistols‚ punk and the disco beat of Saturday Night Fever were popular on college campuses. Women were just starting to be admitted to elite formerly all-male schools, but they already had won 13 of the coveted 32 Rhodes Scholarships granted in 1976. Socially aware Asian Pacific American […]
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An Open Letter to Rinko Kikuchi
An open letter to Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi offering unsolicited career advice…
Dear Ms. Kikuchi:
Congratulations on your Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress for Babel. It is quite an accomplishment to receive the industry’s highest accolade for your very first Hollywood project. And with all the other awards and critical nods […] -
How Street Fairs Make Asian Americans
If a street fair could be personified, it would be Pablo Heising. With his hippie long hair, Pablo was not only full of life, energy and passion, but he also had the ability to bring the entire community together and entertain his audience with stories from his rich life.
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Yellow Enough For You?
There are questions about Barack Obama’s “blackness” that are making me wonder about my own “yellowness.” It’s enough to make a guy go amok.
Just how yellow am I?
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Blanc de Chine to Flaunt Latest at S.F. Symphony
San Franciscans will have the chance to preview the spring collection from Hong Kong design house Blanc de Chine, when its fashions hit the runway at the Imperial Dinner following the San Francisco Symphony’s Chinese New Year Concert on Feb. 24.
Initially known to Hong Kong’s fashionistas through its tony Landmark Centre boutique, Blanc de […] -
Overseeing a $53 Billion Purse, What Next?
SAN FRANCISCO — To many, the California Board of Equalization (BOE) is somewhat of a mystery. Most are unsure of what the board does, how many members it has or whether it is a local, state or federal agency.
Constitutionally established in 1879, the BOE is one of the most pivotal regulatory and administrative agencies […] -
Love for Baseball and Sex
MIHO HATORI FUMES OVER MISINFORMATION
Former Cibo Matto vocalist Miho Hatori rocked San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall for her first U.S. tour since releasing her solo album, Ecdysis, in 2005. And, dressed in an outfit possibly inspired by the ‘80s and The Fifth Element, Miho explained her awe of Imelda Marcos on how to […] -
Friends Look for Julie Lee’s Vindication
Prominent San Franciscans, both Asian and non-, are continuing to lend their support to community activist Julie Lee, who is due in court on May 4, to face felony charges related to the ill-fated and yet-unbuilt San Francisco Neighborhood Resource Center. Lee is accused of misappropriating state funds intended for the center’s construction, funds that […]
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GenerAsian Now in San Francisco
San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom’s swearing-in of civil service commissioner Yu-Yee Wu (an AsianWeek contributor and formerly with law firm of Minami Tamaki) along with status of women commissioner Jing Xu Lee of the Chinese American Voters Education Committee are just the latest in a generational shift. Among the new leaders that are mostly under […]
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Honoring the Guru of Street Fairs
The Asian Heritage Street Celebration, Autumn Moon Festival Chinatown Street Fair and the Cherry Blossom Festival and Parade are collaborating with other San Francisco institutions in celebrating the life of Pablo Heising, a founder of the modern street fair in San Francisco.
Heising, 61, who helped guide the launch of the Asian Heritage Street Celebration, passed […] -
YumGuide reviews Tommy Toy’s
Though dinner can cost quite a bit, you can find different lunch specials that are much more affordable.
The best bet is the lunch special found Monday through Friday. For $13.95, you are served Vanilla Prawns with Raisin and Melon, Sesame Chicken, Four Flavored Fried Rice, a glass of wine or soda, and your choice […]
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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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