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Where’s the Sun in Sunset?
Over the July 4th weekend, I stumbled onto a slice of San Francisco that made me think how under-represented the Sunset district has been ever since The City adopted the district election for the Board of Supervisors.
The occasion was the reopening of the Lakeside Hardware and Lumber Company at Taraval and 44th Avenue. Nick Zlatunich […] -
Happy Birthday, USA!
The United States celebrates its 232nd birthday this week. Amid barbeques, fireworks and parades, it’s worth noting how much the country has changed in its short lifespan and how it is still changing, even more dramatically, at a much faster pace.
When those wealthy white men signed the Declaration of Independence, they obviously had in […] -
Let the Hundred Careers Bloom
Anyone know what STEM, UCLA and MIT stand for among many Asian Americans?
The first is a quartet of preferred fields of study, as far as many Asian parents are concerned: science, technology, engineering and math. The second is known as “United Caucasians Lost Among Asians,” and the third means “Made in Taiwan.”
These would be […] -
Films, Films and Films
This year, the Bay Area has been treated to at least five films dealing with some aspects of Vietnam and Vietnamese Americans; one more is slated for July.
In April, KTEH-TV in San Jose screened four films: The Fall of Saigon, Oh Saigon, Saigon, USA, and Bolinao 52.
Two other films examined the lingering legacy of Agent […] -
In Adversity Lies Future Victory
This week marks the sixtieth anniversary of the creation of Israel as a modern nation.
First, let’s celebrate the power of ideas. From the mind of the Jewish-Austrian journalist and playwright, Theodore Herzl, the concept of Zionism sprang forth in 1896 with his pamphlet The Jewish State. The next -
Rice, Rice Everywhere
It was only about 7,000 years ago that our ancestors invented ways to domesticate animals and grow grains and fruits, thus changing life on earth, at least for humans, from nomadic hunting and gathering to a more sedentary lifestyle. The plow and the alluvial fields between the Tigris and the Euphrates yielded the earliest known […]
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And the Show Goes On …
As I write this, the Olympic torch has landed in San Francisco, under wraps and in darkness.
Judging from last week’s torch lighting ceremony in Greece, the loud demonstrations in London and utter chaos in Paris that forced the Chinese officials to cancel the last -
The Dragon and The Yak: A Greek Tragedy
Tibet jumped to the front pages of the news over the last two weeks and now threatens to derail China’s carefully orchestrated plans for this summer’s Olympics in Beijing.
On March 10, the anniversary of the failed 1959 revolt by the Tibetans against Chinese rule, monks in three monasteries in -
Too Late for Little Saigon
On March 4, the San Jose City Council voted to rescind their November 2007 adoption of the name “Saigon Business District” for a one-mile stretch of Story Road.
Nearly 400 people asked to address the council, for one minute each. After six and a half hours, at 1:30 a.m., the -
Asian Votes and Obama
On this new year of the Rat, at the corner of 42nd and Santiago in San Francisco, I witnessed a brief encounter that would warm the heart of Martin Luther King Jr. and would energize Barack Obama.
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Goodbye, Golden Pig!
As the Year of the Golden Pig comes to a close, this Vietnamese American is not happy with what the year brought to his community in the United States. Or in Vietnam, for that matter.
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Children Hold the Key
Once in a while, we are privileged to witness a social experiment taking place, and we see it evolve through time. Some experiments fail, while others take hold and prosper.
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The movie is kind of bad. It has all the elements of your typical Hollywood stereotypical casting except the background is China: 1.
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The decision making body of the 80-20 endorsement had NO Filipinos? Not to mention many other AA ethnicities.
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Asian Americans have to develop our own media. We can't depend on cable companies to cater toward us.
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