It’s Official – January 30th is Fred Korematsu Day in California
(H/T Angry Asian Man, Korematsu Institute) It’s official! Thanks in no small part to community efforts spearheaded by the Korematsu…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
MILLIONS: A (hopeful) Web Series
I got an email from Andrew Chung of Jaded Media, a writer, filmmaker, illustrator and fellow Torontonian (woot! woot!), telling…
Reminder: Vote for Asian American Pepsi Refresh Projects
Don’t forget that voting for Pepsi Refresh Projects ends this week September 30th. Click here for the list I compiled for…
Register Now for ASPIRE’s 2010 Asian American Women in Leadership Conference
ASPIRE — Asian Sisters Participating in Reaching Excellence — is holding their 6th annual day-long Asian American Women in Leadership…
“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…
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…