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Strong Support for Prop A
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 […]
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Asian Nights: 05/30/08
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
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Daily Dose: 05/30/08
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Be Gay, Be Anything You Want - Just Not Single
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 […]
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Calendar: 05/30/08
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 […] -
Sharon Stone: Chinese Deserved the Earthquake
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 […]
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California State Primary Endorsements
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. […] -
S.F. County Central Committees Recommendations
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
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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
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.
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Why Being ‘Good at Math’ Can Be a Bad Thing: Perpetuating model minority stereotypes leads to resentment and anger toward Asian Americans
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 -
It’s a Hard Knox Life: Vietnamese-owned soul food cafe opens second location in the Richmond District
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
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Recent Comments
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I agree that some of the school board candidates are hedging their bets on JROTC. I have come out in support of reinstating JROTC and have posted my views on my web site at http://www.
Rachel Norton on The Future of JROTC: Serving Asian American students in our Public Schools
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An inspirational article. It makes me want to join a Dragon Boat team.
Dan Underhill on Masters Dragon Boat Paddlers Prove You’re as Young as You Think You Are
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Sorry, folks: This duncehead corner is not quite "done" for the day, as in still baying at the moon here.
Frank Eng on Sexy Asian Men
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Dear Linda & Sue: Gee . . . "beauty" -- well, in this case, let's make it "handsomeness," or "hunky"?, who knows what sexists are reading these posts? -- lies in the eyes of the beholder? In which case, Sue, it would seem thzt your eyes have been glazed by too many subscriptions to too many glossy mags and equally surreal movies and teleseries.
Frank Eng on Sexy Asian Men
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Mmm, let's see here. This piece, while not as "celebrated" as the author's third effort in the same vein and while it IS "old," still has legs.
Frank Eng on Why I Hate Asians
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To Yul and my brother Mark -- way to go, I am so proud of you. Keep it up! We are all pulling for you.
Kurt Young on Red Mango: Yul Kwon’s secret frozen yogurt addiction
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Assembly Bill AB 2565 is just being used to keep the body on life support so they can keep the body warm until they can get family consent to rip out their organs for donation.
joe Kohen on Daily Dose: 10/01/08
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Thanks, Terry, for pointing out Archie from CSI. I didn't include him because he's condiered a recurring character as opposed to one of the "regulars.
Phil Chung on Fall TV Season Peek
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I rarely see good looking AA men. I wonder do they even exist??? I have so far seen handful of good looking AA men in my life.
Sue on Sexy Asian Men
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A great idea to acknowledge the beauty of Asian men in a proactive way. However, we mustn't overcompensate by forming unrealistic images of the other kind.
Linda on Sexy Asian Men
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