“9500 Liberty” Premiering on MTV
I admit: I’m one of the few folks left in the progressive blogosphere who hasn’t yet watched “9500 Liberty”, the…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
2 Chinese-American Students Attacked at Philly School
Two Chinese-American students were attacked at a Edward W. Bok, a technical high school in Philadelphia late last week. The students…
San Francisco’s “Hep B Free” Campaign a Model For The Rest of the Country
I’ve heard a lot lately about San Francisco’s Hep B Free campaign, a public campaign to increase hepatitis B awareness…
Chef Anita Lo Talks Being a Woman In a Male-Dominated Workplace
Today, CNN featured a mini-interview with Chef Anita Lo, who competed on the first season of “Top Chef: Masters” and…
Mayweather Offensively “Apologizes” for Anti-Asian Pacquiao Tirade
(H/T: Angry Asian Man) After Floyd Mayweather’s epithet-laden anti-racist tirade on UStream last week, Mayweather once again took to his…
Morrissey Calls Chinese People “a Subspecies”
Morrissey, the singer/songwriter who fronted the 80’s band The Smiths, took an interview with the Guardian last week in which he…
Sexism is “Our Moral Challenge of the Twenty-First Century”
Yesterday, CNN featured a TED talk by Sheryl WuDunn, on the worldwide plight of women and girls. WuDunn is a former…
Being Non-White is “Playing the Race Card”?
My latest post over at Change.org: Being Non-White is “Playing the Race Card”? Manan Trivedi is a doctor and an…
Pepsi Refresh Projects Supporting Asian American Causes
I really love Pepsi’s Refresh Project — every month, Pepsi pledges $1 million dollars to non-profit causes. Non-profits submit an…
Asian Americans Claim Top Honours in Fashion Industry
The New York Times reports today that the most prestigious awards given to new designers at last night’s American Fashion Awards (the…
My Dad is Asian
(H/T: RT) My dad would totally not be enough of a good sport to make a video like this with…
Happy Valley Hate Crime a Hoax
A day after I posted that an Asian family was targeted by anti-Asian hate crime after moving to a suburban community in…