Strong Support for Prop A
May 31, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — With the governor proposing a $4 billion-dollar cut in education spending due to the current $16 billion-dollar state budget deficit, voters on June 3 will consider Prop A, which would create local funding for schools through a $198 annual parcel tax on private and commercial property in San Francisco, with exemption for seniors. Read more
Asian Nights: 05/30/08
May 31, 2008
Friday, May 30
Element’s Friday Night Special
Details: Ana Mandara,
891 Beach St., San Francisco,
10 p.m.-2 a.m., 21+
Music: Hip-hop
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Hot Shots: 05/30/08
May 31, 2008
Daily Dose: 05/30/08
May 30, 2008
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Be Gay, Be Anything You Want - Just Not Single
May 30, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO - When I left India for America, my aunts worried about who I might end up marrying. “I hope you’ll marry another Bengali,” an aunt told me. Over the years that relaxed to, “I hope she’s a Hindu, even if she’s not Bengali.” Then it became, “At least another Indian,” until finally we reached, “I hope you’ll get married to someone before we all die.”
She probably didn’t mean another man. Read more
Calendar: 05/30/08
May 30, 2008
A Night of indie Rock and R&B
EVENT: Concert and video showing
DESCRIPTION: Celebrate spring with The Autonomous Region, 2008’s Locus Arts Do-It-Yourself Video Contest winner and a featured band at the 2008 San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. Autonomous screens their 2008 DIY winning music video, “I-Hotel.” With soulful rock bands HOE and The Fainting Goats.
DETAILS: $9, May 31, 9:30 p.m., The Starry Plough, 3101 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley.
CONTACT:theautonomousregion.com Read more
Sharon Stone: Chinese Deserved the Earthquake
May 30, 2008
Who better than Miss Nice, Sharon Stone, herself to assert that the 7.8 earthquake that devastated China, leaving over 88,000 people dead or missing, was karma biting back? “I am not happy about the way the Chinese are treating the Tibetans, because I don’t think anyone should be unkind to anyone else. So I have been very concerned about how to think and what to Read more
California State Primary Endorsements
May 30, 2008
No on 98
Ending Rent Control and
Reforming Eminent Domain
Proposition 98 goes too far and ends rent control that protects APA seniors and working families, while restricting use of eminent domain.
No on 99
Pseudo Reform on Eminent Domain
APAs should be wary of eminent domain, which was used from 1948 to 1960 to devastate half of San Francisco’s Japantown. Last year, Chinese American candidates for the Millbrae City Council carefully debated using eminent domain for a private development. Read more
S.F. County Central Committees Recommendations
May 30, 2008
The central committees are obscure bodies that represent either the S.F. Democratic or Republican parties. However, some elected officials in the S.F. Democratic Party are running to control its endorsements. While the recommendations are important, the parties perform an equally important function in registering and presenting issues to APA citizens and naturalized Read more
Negative Effects Of Discrimination Tied To Age, Birthplace And Ethnic Identity: U.S.-born adults in their 40s with strong ethnic ties may feel less distressed
May 30, 2008
The amount of distress Asian Americans feel in the face of racial discrimination may vary depending on age, strength of ties to ethnicity and whether the person was born in the United States, according to a new study of Asians living in the United States. Read more
Why Being ‘Good at Math’ Can Be a Bad Thing: Perpetuating model minority stereotypes leads to resentment and anger toward Asian Americans
May 30, 2008
Hailed by some in the United States as “model minorities,” Asian Americans are “good at math and science” and “hardworking and ambitious,” to name just a couple — arguably positive — stereotypes.
But even positive stereotypes can lead to negative feelings toward Asian Americans. New research published in the Personality and Social Psychology Read more
It’s a Hard Knox Life: Vietnamese-owned soul food cafe opens second location in the Richmond District
May 30, 2008
SAN FRANCISCO — Hard Knox Cafe may have a rough name, but the restaurant serves great food with Southern hospitality in the Richmond District.
After almost 10 years serving soul food on Third Street in the Dogpatch neighborhood, chef/owner Tony Hua’s success prompted him to open an Read more
