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FilVets House Vote Postponed
It was an emotional roller coaster ride for Filipino World War II veterans this past week as they rode high hopes that the House version of S.1315 - which incorporated the Filipino veterans’ equity bill approved by the US Senate - would come for a floor vote in the House on May 21. The timing would have […]
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The Vietnamese Flag in Living Colors
The latest controversy regarding the Vietnamese yellow flag with three stripes appearing in a foot bath, published by Nguoi Viet newspaper, has drawn international attention. Yet no one has been able to adequately explain the phenomenal outrage that has not just engulfed Little Saigon, but also polarized the overseas Vietnamese’s sense of national pride and […]
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Public Higher Education Endangered: Telltale Signs
California established a Master Plan for Education in 1960 that transformed educational opportunity for several generations and in the process became the model for public higher education nationally. The plan defined specific roles for the University of California, California State University and the California Community Colleges system. Its underlying principle was that
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Young Officials Represent
At the age of 23, I was elected to a citywide office on the Campbell City Council. I ran for office with all of the naiveté, optimism and dedication that any first-time candidate would have — except for the distinctive fact that I was also Asian, gay and young.
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For Asian American Males, a Slap in the Face and a Kick in the Teeth
Where are the voices of outrage? The angry letters of protest and condemnation? Why aren’t Asian Americans out on the streets, picketing and boycotting? And where are the searing editorials from the Asian community newspapers, as well as community leaders speaking out against this latest insult and injustice?
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Lessons From Virginia Tech
Culturally competent mental health services are essential
Like all Americans, we continue to mourn the senseless tragedy at Virginia Tech a little over one year ago. It hits home for us because our agency, Asian American Recovery Services Inc., is dedicated to serving individuals with mental health and/or substance abuse problems, like Cho Seung-Hui. -
An Asian Texan History?: How now, cowboy?
I’m a Texan through and through.
I was born in Bryan, Texas, at the only hospital in Bryan-College Station. I was immediately labeled “white” on my birth certificate. In high school, I became black, and later I became yet other things (the inspiration for my story collection, How I Became a Black Man and Other […] -
Barack-ing the Racial Divide: What the Media Pundits Missed
Finally, the dust is settling over the Rev. Jeremiah Wright controversy, thanks to Sen. Barack Obama’s forthright speech on race in America. In the mainstream media, pundits have generally given the presentation a positive spin.
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My People’s History
Everything I learned about Asian Americans in my K-12 education can be summed up in one sentence: Chinese laborers built one half of the Transcontinental Railroad. I accepted that that was all there was. Here it was, my people’s greatest and sole contribution to the country: getting exploited.
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The Real Reason For The Tibet Protests
XIAHE, China, New American Media — As Tibetan horsemen charge like fiery embers over withered grass to attack a Chinese government outpost, the Dalai Lama and the Beijing government point fingers of blame for the firestorm sweeping the Tibetan Plateau. Far from these vast
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Can Internet Babies Coo?
In the physical world, empathy and morality can be influenced and taught by exposing children and adults to situations that emphasize our interconnectedness. The challenge is how to do this on the Internet, where cyber-bullying and harassment are growing problems.
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How I Came To Accept My Adoption
When celebrities like Madonna and Angelina Jolie adopted their children from other countries, transnational and interracial adoption became instant buzzwords around the world. Suddenly the concept of the only family structure I had ever known — having been adopted as an infant — was
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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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