Kal Penn, #StopandFrisk, and Tacos: Is rational discussion possible in the age of Twitter?
Earlier this week, Kal Penn blew up the Twitterverse. It all started when Penn — best known to America at-large…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
NOC: The First Romance of a Casual Fangirl of Colour
Originally posted to a new blog, The Nerds of Color. To some degree, I think it’s inevitable that all of…
Abercrombie & Fitch is an exclusionary company?!? Colour me shocked.
There’s this viral thing going around the Internet: Jes Baker of the Militant Baker, angered by comments made by Abercrombie &…
Third Victim of Boston Marathon Bombing Was Chinese National and Boston University Graduate Student
The third victim of Monday’s devastating Boston Marathon bombing has finally been identified (sort of): she was a Chinese…
Biking While Asian (or, the Most Asinine Story of anti-Asian Racism You’ll Read This Week)
As if we needed any evidence that all people, whether Far Right extremists or self-described liberal progressives, can be guilty…
Beyond the Bad and the Ugly: a summit on Asian American stereotypes, March 23 @ JANM in LA
If you’re going to be in the Los Angeles, California area on March 23, take the day to stop by…
Glenn of the “Walking Dead” is the best response to anti-Asian stereotyping on television
Spoiler alert: I’m going to be talking about the events of Walking Dead up until Season 3, Episode 10. If…
BREAKING NEWS: Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Issue is racially and sexually dehumanizing
Note: this post contains images which may not be desirable to view at work… at least without having to explaining…
Should there be a White House petition to establish a U.S. federal “Immigrants Day” holiday?
The Asian American blogosphere has been a-twitter over a recent White House petition asking that Lunar New Year be made a U.S.…
Jeff Yang of WSJ Reviews the History of Federal Holidays in the Lunar New Year White House Petition
Jeff Yang has written a really phenomenal piece this week for the Wall Street Journal wherein he addresses the White House…
State-wide manhunt for ex-LAPD cop who murdered Monica Quan, daughter of first Asian American LAPD captain
This past Sunday, Monica Quan, 28, and her fiancee, Keith Lawrence, 27, were brutally gunned down while they were sitting…
Duke University Frat Holds Racist Asian-Themed Party Complete with Coolie Hats and Yellowface
Brothers at the Duke University chapter of Kappa Sigma held an Asian-themed party last week. And it was oh-so-incredibly racist.…