Daniel Wu, Margaret Cho Talk Asian American Diversity in Hollywood
With the depressing dearth of Asian American characters in movies and television, Asian American actors carry a heavy weight because every role they accept…
Category: Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders
Unheard Victims of the Gulf Coast Oil Spill
The Gulf Coast region is home to thousands of Vietnamese-Americans, many of whom rely on the Gulf Coast for their livelihood.…
David Mineta Joins Obama Administration
Long-time Bay Area Democratic activist David Mineta was confirmed by the Senate this week in the position of Deputy Director of…
Kal Penn Leaves White House
This is sort of old news by now, but — as of June 1st — Kal Penn (of Harold and Kumar,…
Karate Kid Remake a Mixed Bag of Stereotypes
My latest post over at Change.org: Karate Kid Remake a Mixed Bag of Stereotypes The 1984 film Karate Kid was a…
Immigrant Stories From the 5%
One of my latest pet peeves is the mainstream media’s insistence on painting the immigration debate solely in terms of…
Red Dawn: A Contemporary Remake of Yellow Peril Hysteria?
My latest post over at Change.org: Red Dawn: A Contemporary Remake of Yellow Peril Hysteria? Recently, I blogged over at…
RIP John Delloro
I’m hearing on Facebook that John Delloro — community activist, educator and mentor — has passed away from a sudden…
S. Carolina State Senator Calls Nikki Haley (and Obama) a “Raghead”
S. Carolina State Senator, John “Jake” Knotts, Jr., called fellow Republican State Senator Nikki Haley (and President Obama) a “raghead” on an…
The End of “Asian-American”?
The other day, I caught this article on my Google alerts. In it, the writer, Stephen Magagini, asserts that more Asian-Americans…
“Too Yellow” to Travel?
If we ever had any doubts that the powers-that-be handling travel and immigration discriminate against people of colour, check out…
Memorial Day Weekend Profile: General Eric Shinseki
This is the last post in a three-part Memorial Day Weekend series honouring Asian American veterans. Who? General Eric Shinseki…