The White-Washing of Akira?
The Last Airbender. Dragonball: Evolution. 21. In the last few years, we’ve seen several big-budget Hollywood “adaptations” of popular stories. These stories…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
AALDEF 2010 Exit Polling Shows APIA Voting Trends, Documents Voter Disenfranchisement
The Asiam American Legal Defense and Education Fund (AALDEF) released the preliminary findings of their exit polling of the 2010…
Toddler Dies After Queens Woman Throws Him From Balcony
A 53-year-old Asian-American woman, Xiao Au Cai, was arrested on the evening of November 2nd (which was, coincidentally Elections Night, but…
5 Questions for the Makers of MILLIONS: From Business School to Zombies
Yesterday, Andrew and Melanie, sibling filmmakers behind the newly-funded MILLIONS web series, launched their kick-ass new website, complete with a production…
San Francisco May Have First Chinese-American (Acting) Mayor
(H/T Jeff Yang) California’s election of current San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom as its new lieutenant governor on Tuesday…
George Takei Calls Out Homophobia of Arkansas School Board Member
Okay, who else wants George Takei saying “douchebag” as their new ringtone?
Far East Movement: Musical Revolutionaries
Last month, a major milestone was hit for Asian American musicians. Far East Movement, a West Coast Asian American electro…
MTV’s Jamie Chung’s Skyrocketing Career
Anyone remember when Jamie Chung was that quiet chick on MTV’s Real World? You know you’re old when those you…
Evil Chinese Professor Entry: Chuck Norris Will Roundhouse Kick a Moron
Have no idea how we get from Evil Chinese Professor to Chuck Norris? Check out this entry: Enter your own…
Overheard on the Subject of Angry Asian Man…
As part of their profile on the unassailable Angry Asian Man, KoreAm Journal has a few choice quotes from Asian American…
An “I Can’t Bear to Look” Elections Night Live-Blog
Polls on the East Coast have just closed, and Election Night coverage has started. Since I am actually in the…