The Diverse History of Angel Island
There’s a book coming out late next month that is definitely on my wish-list — Angel Island: Immigrant Gateway to…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Lt. Dan Choi Discharged Over “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”
Lt. Dan Choi, a major figure in the fight to repeat “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” revealed to news sources this…
TMZ Has “K-Town” Cast Video
TMZ has a “K-Town” cast video to go along with the leaked Facebook images. It’s truly as crazy as we…
JACL Votes to Continue their Opposition to SB1070
In May, the board of the Japanese American Citizens League voted 8-6 to join lawsuits that have been filed challenging the…
Charges Against Lt. Dan Choi Dropped
On Memorial Day Weekend, I blogged about Lt. Dan Choi, an openly gay member of the U.S. Army who voluntarily…
K Town: Giving the Bird to the Model Minority Myth
These are true Asian American heroes — bustin’ the model minority myth one shot of Grey Goose at a…
CNN’s Rahul Parikh Responds to Joel Stein
Dr. Rahul Parikh, a San Francisco-area physician, writer, and sometime CNN contributor, responds to Joel Stein’s “My Own Private India“: So…
Sulu DC Hosts 1st Annual Hip Hop Concert
Got a press release this morning about Sulu DC’s 1st annual hip hop concert, featuring some amazing Asian/Pacific Islander American talent.…
Lexington’s Growing Asian Population
A couple of weeks ago, Time’s Joel Stein wrote a racist column lampooning the growing Asian Indian population in his…
Kal Penn Discusses the “Hilarity” of Joel Stein
Earlier this week, “unfunnyman” Joel Stein wrote a racist piece about how his hometown of Edison, New Jersey — a town…
Jeff Yang’s Summer Blockbuster Round-Up (featuring quotes from yours truly)
Jeff Yang does it again, proving without a shadow of a doubt that he’s a better (and wittier) writer than…
M. Night Blames Everyone But Himself
M. Night Shyamalan took an interview with the Washington Post where he reiterates much of the same “blame anime, not…