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Olympic Hopefuls
Celebrating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
Badminton:
Howard Bach
Bach, 29, will be trying to make his second consecutive U.S. Olympic Team competing in badminton’s men’s doubles events. Born in Saigon, Vietnam, Bach and his family moved to San Francisco when he was 3 years old. Bach learned how to play badminton from his dad, who played in […] -
‘Bike to Work Day’ Rolls into Town May 15
SAN FRANCISCO — “Bike to Work Day,” an annual event promoting bicycling for everyday transportation and held on May 15 this year, will resonate in the Asian Pacific American community for a number of cultural reasons.
Concern for the environment and over-dependence on cars have become critical issues around the globe. The promotion of bicycling as […] -
Senate Approves Benefits For Filipino WWII Veterans
Bill, 63 years in the making, now awaits House vote
WASHINGTON — Legislation to expand benefits to World War II Filipino veterans, who have been denied military compensation for 63 years, passed in a 96-to-1 vote in the Senate on April 24.
“America won today,” said Ben de Guzman, national coordinator for the National Alliance for Filipino […] -
Stoned Again: ‘Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay’
The prevailing attitude in Hollywood is that films dealing with our current post 9/11-Iraq war world are box-office poison. Even critically acclaimed releases like the recent Stop Loss have been unable to reverse this trend. But Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay may change all that.
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Can John Cho Escape From Harold?: Actor talks politics, Matt and Ben syndrome and ‘Star Trek’
Harold Lee (John Cho) and Kumar Patel (Kal Penn) return this week with the help of potty-mouth titans John Hurwitz and Hayden Schlossberg in the long-awaited sequel, Harold and Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay.
Fans will see the return of freewheeling hedonist Neil Patrick Harris, playing himself, but no real detainees. Sorry, James Yee. -
Speed Skaters: Asian Americans take on Roller Derby
“C’mon guys! Pick up the pace - if you wanna skate slow, go to an ice skating rink!” scoffs a rowdy member of the San Francisco Bay Bombers to his roller derby teammates.
Clad in white jerseys with orange and black stripes and kneepads, the squad of approximately 10 increased their speed, resembling a pack of […] -
Cheryl Burke Saves The Last Dance for Metronome
‘Dancing With the Stars’ champ to partner with Shape Up S.F. for new dance center
SAN FRANCISCO — Potrero Hill’s Metronome Ballroom, a favorite of local hoofers for many years, nearly lost its lease — until Dancing With the Stars’ two-time Emmy-nominated star Cheryl Burke saved the -
Chicago’s Wrigley Field Installs ‘Dome’
It took a century, but the Cubs may finally be on the right track.
After previously ignoring the overseas free agent market, Chicago’s lovable losers finally got hip to what Japan has to offer in terms of major league-ready talent and aggressively pursued Kosuke Fukudome, signing the dangerously skilled outfielder to a long-term, $48 million.
“I’m happy […] -
Top 10 Returning Stars
1 Ichiro Suzuki Outfield, SEA Mariners
2007 G AB R H HR RBI SB AVG.
SEA 161 678 111 238 6 68 37 .351
He’s much more subtle in […] -
Funny Asians Draw Funnies
Asian American comic artists are on the rise. Last year, American Born Chinese by Fremont artist Gene Yang became the first graphic novel to win the Michael J. Printz Award for young-adult literature. Other artists like Derek Kirk Kim and Adrian Tomine have also been gaining recognition and winning awards for portrayals of the […]
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On-Air: The Bay Area’s Asian American Newscasters
Forty years ago, there were few Asian Americans on the television news. Today, there isn’t one news station in the Bay Area without at least one reporter or anchor of Asian descent. With cultural diversity in the Bay Area landscape, the doors have opened for many to enter the field of -
Eclectic and Electric: Moving Pictures And Sounds at the SFIAAFF
The 26th San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival, organized by the Center for Asian American Media, runs from Thursday, March 13 to Sunday, March 23. What began as a way for Asian Americans to counteract negativity and neglect in American mainstream media has
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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.
eric henderson on Arab Americans as Asian?
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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.
Observer on Where’s the Racism in ‘New Yorker’ Cover?
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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.
John Fluker on JabbaWockeeZ Wins! America’s Best Dance Crew Recap
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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.
Jammer on Not-So-Funny Funny Asian
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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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