Chinese editorial calls departing US ambassador Gary Locke a “rotting… banana”
By most accounts, Gary Locke — former governor of Washington (and the first Asian American to do so), and later…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
South Dakota: “We need to ban sex-based abortions because of Asians.”
We’re a mere two months into 2014, and the year is already shaping up to break records on Republican irrationality.…
Police warn vigilance after UCSB student assaulted, gang-raped by group of Asian males
(H/T to Angry Asian Man) The UC-Santa Barbara campus is reeling today after a 19-year-old student was assaulted, beaten and…
Have an #AAPI kid in K-12? Check out the “Growing Up Asian in America” art/essay contest!
(H/T to HapaMama) Do you have or know an Asian American kid aged K-12? The Asian Pacific Fund is running…
High school student contemplating a career as a journalist? Check out AAJA’s J-Camp summer program!
Are you a high school student and aspiring journalist — which I promise you is a way cooler and glorious…
Tumblr wants to hear about your awesome Asian Mom or Grandmom
Caught this through my social media, and I think this art project is totally cool and worth sharing. Someone on Tumblr…
#DayofRemembrance: 12 images of Japanese American strength, patriotism & general awesomeness
72 years ago today, Executive Order 9066 was signed. Earlier today, I posted a pictorial retrospective of anti-Japanese xenophobia and…
#DayofRemembrance: 10 images of Japanese American internment
As I posted earlier, today marks 72 years following the signing of Executive Order 9066, which paved the way for…
#DayofRemembrance: 12 images of anti-Japanese xenophobia from the 1940’s (and earlier)
72 years ago today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066, which established military zones in the West Coast, eventually…
Baby Isaac is battling leukemia & needs your help!
(H/T Angry Asian Man) Meet Baby Isaac. Last year, Isaac was diagnosed with Acute Myelogenous Leukemia at just 6 months…
Book Review: ‘On Such A Full Sea’ by Chang-rae Lee is engaging & deeply relevant
Chang-rae Lee deviates sharply from his comfort zone in Such a Full Sea, the author’s first foray into speculative fiction. Readers…
Seeking Submissions for “Faces of Asian America” AAPI Heritage Month Blog Series
To all my regular and new readers – I am planning a major blogging event for the month of May,…