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Presidential Campaign Update
Asian Pacific Americans actively participated in the Barack Obama nationwide campaign effort Vote For Change on May 10. Obama volunteers registered voters as part of the launch of the campaign’s first general election event. Vote For Change is consistent with Sen. Obama’s community organizing background in including more people in the political process.
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Harvard Student Wins 1st Annual Outstanding Woman of the Year Award
BOSTON — Asian Sisters Participating In Reaching Excellence (ASPIRE) announced Mihiri Tillakaratne as the grand prize-winner of the 1st Annual ASPIRE Outstanding Woman of the Year Award for female high school or college students of Asian American descent.
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Loving Loving
I remember driving down to rural Caroline County, Virginia, in 1992, to visit Mildred Loving. I was writing a piece for The Washington Post about the 25th anniversary of Loving v. Virginia, the 1967 landmark Supreme Court case that struck down barriers to interracial marriage, and I wanted to visit the woman whose name was […]
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Controversy Over Restaurant Naming Continues
Is a restaurant by any other name still just a restaurant? Perhaps not for Chink’s Steaks, a cheese-steak eatery in northeast Philadelphia that is fairly well-known among the area’s Asian American community for its controversial, if not outright offensive, namesake. Having already drawn ire for refusing to change the restaurant’s name in 2004, owner Joseph […]
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Presidential Campaign Update
Community leaders converged on the McCain headquarters in Washington last week to meet with McCain campaign manager Rick Davis and Asian American and Pacific outreach coordinator Kishan Putta, to discuss upcoming activities and initiatives. Outreach efforts to be implemented at the local level were addressed.
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Post-primary reactions: Clinton and Obama APA Supporters
Clinton Supporters
I’m still happy and satisfied with the result from yesterday’s primaries because our winning in Indiana is very encouraging. Indiana was once considered as “Obama’s territory” because the northwestern part of Indiana gets strong influences from the TV from Chicago (Obama’s home town), so I didn’t really have confidence for this state. -
East of California
Asian American studies, like other ethnic studies programs, was developed to help change the focus of college curricula from the achievements of great white men to the history, demographics, experiences and needs of everyone in this diverse nation. The Third World Strikes at San Francisco State and U.C. Berkeley in 1968 and 1969 established California […]
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Rice Prices Cause Crisis Across Globe
From Bangkok to Burbank, soaring rice prices are causing panic among Asians and Asian Americans for whom the grain is a staple of their diet.
World rice prices have skyrocketed 70 percent this year because of a number of factors, including higher energy and fertilizer costs, the loss of rice -
Time for Obama To Bail Out?
Hillary doesn’t have to catch up to Obama — she just has to remain standing when Obama melts down. He’s taken hits and is going down. Obamanator’s true nature is showing through the battle damage. Howard Dean says one of the two has to bail out, and even Slate joked Obama should bow out first.
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Folks: On this "APA" town-hall online venue, may I make the "motion" that most, if not all, of "us" simply consign one "Anh Tran" to "Coventry"? As in shunning, or not even bothering to scan his er, ah "contribs"? A swiftboater with an "Asian" and not quite yet "Caucasian" surname is still just one more swiftboater in our midst, spreading division and scorn and hatred AND mischief all around.
Frank Eng on Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready
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On Tuseday May 20 we will be having a gathering at the Mall in Orange to remember the sacrifice of the yellow animal leahora wong.
James on Daily Dose: 05/14/08
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Whe push comes to shove, Asians won't be able to resist the temptation to vote for a potentially first Asian-American President in history.
In-Chul Sohn on Are You Ready for McCain/Jindal?
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jabba wockeez roCkS!!
chankstar iNc. on Jabbawockeez, Unmasked
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Unfortuantely, Asian "interest groups" have taken a cue from the Sharpton/Jackon clique. Everyone wants a grubby hand in the racial spoils trough.
Anh Tran on No on Proposition E
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Who cares what the census says? By that stupid logic someone from Vladivostok should also be considered for this award.
Anh Tran on Harvard Student Wins 1st Annual Outstanding Woman of the Year Award
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"White lords"? Oh jeez. You couldn't use more cilched liberal arts language if you tried. That being said, I agree they should have chosen an asian to play the asian character.
AnhTran on For Asian American Males, a Slap in the Face and a Kick in the Teeth
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"We need immigrants willing to do some of the low paying jobs in order to keep the inflation low. " Nonsense.
Anh Trsn on Is the backlash here yet?: Chinese Americans — and all Asian Americans — Should Be Ready
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I agree with your comment. In most cases we are left alienated however, Asians are expected to perform well academically by the school system.
Angeli Tolentino Howarth on An Asian Texan History?: How now, cowboy?
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Obama's efforts to connect to the Republican Party, specifically Bush, and Dick Cheney, of the Halliburton Company, dates back to the Presidents Grandfather, Prescott Bush, and indeed Cheney was once an executive officer of Halliburton.
Janet Reno on Choosing Sides in the Democratic Presidential Race
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