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BlAsian Musician Explores Both Sides of His Roots
The release of the CD Ten in September continued drummer/ percussionist/educator/musicologist/Asian American Orchestra director Anthony Brown’s long career of combining music that reflects his BlAsian roots.
Born in the Presidio neighborhood of San Francisco to —who met in Isuzo, Japan, during World War II and are both featured on the CD cover—Brown has been a seminal […] -
LGBT Perspective: Why Would APIs Favor Discrimination?
At a meeting to defeat Proposition 8—the one that “eliminates the right of same sex couples to marry”—we learned that APIs are slightly more in favor of the proposition than against it. We are surprised.
APIs, with a long history of fighting against unequal rights, are now actually in favor of unequal rights? That doesn’t make […] -
Gen. Y Perspective: Young Chinese Artist on the Road to Success
Nikki Lau habitually fell asleep during her high school Advanced Placement Art History slideshow, but she now hopes to make eyes pop open with her art.
At college in Seattle, Nikki’s work was displayed in several art exhibitions and commissions. Howard House, a major art gallery in Seattle, hosted one of her most notable exhibitions on […] -
Faith Perspective: Requiem
The proverbial phone call in the middle of the night visited us in May. We found out that my father-in-law had passed away during his visit to India. Death came suddenly, in the middle of a conversation. They told us that his brother was talking for a while but noticed a lull in the conversation; […]
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Vote for this BlAsian Baby!: A BlAsian Love perspective
You may recall that my first column in April mentioned Tammy Luke of Alabama. She had told me that she met her Asian man, Ernesto Cabato, online. What she didn’t tell me then was that she was expecting, and she has since had a healthy pregnancy. Her newborn, Abby, is eight weeks old and […]
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LGBT Perspective: The ‘T’ in LGBT
A child is born. The doctor holds the baby, looks at it and congratulates the exhausted mother on having delivered a healthy son or daughter. Once sex is assigned, implacable social forces begin to grind: Roles are defined, behaviors taught, expectations formed.
But what if that simple biological identification dictates expectations that do not match how […] -
Youth Perspective: Streets, Stickers and Sugarcane
Young People in the Philippines Try to Make Money
Take a walk through the big companies of America, and you may find that the closest thing to hard work is replying to a slew of e-mails.
Young people in the Philippines, on the other hand, are working hard for their money, from cutting down sugarcane to repaving […] -
Faith Perspective: Learning to Draw Pictures of God
At the 2006 TED Conference, Sir Ken Robinson recounted this story: “A little girl was in a drawing lesson, she was six [years old], and she was in the back drawing. The teacher said that this little girl hardly ever paid attention, but at this drawing lesson she did. The teacher was fascinated and went […]
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Blasian Perspective- Obama: The First BlAsian President
After the first week in November, you’ll be able to say you first read it here: Barack Obama will be the first BlAsian president of the United States!
BlAsian in the combined biological family sense: His father is Kenyan, and his stepfather is Indonesian. He is also BlAsian in the substantive, political spirit of the burgeoning, […] -
LGBT Perspective: Same Need, Different Approach
In April 1993, our son told us he was gay. We were devastated. We hoped it was a phase like the time he dyed his hair green, but it was not, and we spent the next two years learning what it means to have a gay son.
Almost immediately after he told us, our son sent […] -
Gen. Y Perspective: Sharpening Them Claws
Doing the Small Jobs to Climb the Corporate Ladder
Between middle school and the first two years of high school, I cringed at the thought of taking a part-time job. School was a part-time job in and of itself, though I didn’t get a dime out of it.
However, a few of my close friends took […] -
Faith Perspective: Asian Americans and the Necessity of Faith
Impractical, Not Profitable, But Not Bad
I think the president should be an atheist,” my sixteen-year-old cousin said plainly over the breakfast table. She is my cousin from my wife’s side of the family, who is Indian American — Hindu Brahmins — steeped in politics and well aware of problems at the intersection of church and […]
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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.
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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.
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