San Jose woman beats 4yo child & father in alleged anti-Asian hate crime
Caught this in my news alerts this morning: Tuesday morning, a 4-year-old girl and her father were shopping along with the…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
#FOB (or #FreshOffTheBoat): How an #AAPI sitcom hopes to reclaim a slur
The news that ABC has made the bold decision to green-light Fresh Off the Boat, a new Asian American family sitcom airing…
Report shows San Francisco’s AAPI residents experience high poverty, chronic disease rates
Jessica Kwong (@JessicaGKwong) of the San Francisco Examiner summarizes a recent report issued by the Asian Pacific Islander Council titled “Asian and Pacific…
Faces of Asian America: Being A Roller Derby Rockstar | #APAHM2014
Thu Ngo is a former roller derbyist who goes by the name Viva Glam. Since the writing of this post, she…
Here’s the first trailer for ABC’s new Asian American family sitcom #FreshOffTheBoat!
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOutgc-GG6g Update: Video replaced with YouTube because it’s easier to embed. This trailer successfully made me laugh several times, particularly…
Slate: Asian languages are 3rd most common spoken languages in certain states
I stumbled across this super-cool map infographic from Ben Blatt over at Slate this morning. Blatt generated a dataset asking…
ABC adds 2 new sitcoms featuring Asian American male leads with “Selfie”, “Fresh Off The Boat”
Last week, ABC made history by green-lighting two new sitcoms for their fall lineup that will include Asian American men…
Faces of Asian America: Being a Goddess | #APAHM2014
Kaya Kwan Yin is a Tantra Sacred Intimate Goddess. She facilitates healing sessions that help women, men and couples with intimacy…
“Photographic Act of Justice” commemorates Chinese builders of Transcontinental Railroad
Earlier last month, I posted a call advertising photographer and Asian American historian’s newest project: an effort organized by photographer…
May 10 is #AAPIMentalHealth Awareness Day: Let’s talk about on-campus depression & suicide | #APAHM2014
Jiwon Lee was a fourth-year dental student at Columbia University and president of Columbia’s American Student Dental Association. This past April, she took…
Judge Indira Talwani becomes 1st Asian American federal circuit judge in MA
H/T Nancy Leong (@nancyleong) Breaking news out of the National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA)! Judge Indira Talwani has…
20y after “All-American Girl”, @ABCNetwork should green-light #FreshOffTheBoat
Middle-class families imagine their stereotypical dinner-time routine as an intimate setting when parents and children might gather over a hearty meal to share…