This week’s events in SF, Berkeley, Oakland and Toronto!!
Continue reading "[FEB. 27-MARCH 5]"
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If you are Asian American and not yet registered in the national registry, there are a series of drives being held to help save the life of Filipina American filmmaker Christine Pechera.
Continue reading "Urgent Bone Marrow Drive for Filipina American Filmmaker"
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The Lodi Terror trial is just starting to get underway. The FBI mole has finally been unmasked and is talking to the press.
Continue reading "Lodi Informer Unmasked"
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Most of the buildings that make up San Francisco's Japantown Center are being sold, raising concerns that it will be turned into a lifeless strip mall or condo complex.
Continue reading "S.F. Japantown For Sale"
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So film festival season is here again -- and Hyphen is definitely in the mix.
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Hey New York, Hyphen will be on the radio today from 7 to 9 pm. We'll be on the Asia Pacific Forum, a progressive Asian American radio show which is broadcast on WBAI 99.5 FM, a Pacifica station. Guests on the show include our Todd Inoue, music writer and editor extraordinaire; Kai Ma, the reporter who wrote about (and experienced first hand) Korean booking clubs in our most recent issue; Lisa Katayama, who wrote about transgender issue and immigration in our Body Issue (after that we prompty snagged her as an editor), and a few other Hyphen folks. Maybe me. Maybe erin, our publisher. (We're going to flip a coin for it). The show will be hosted by Ursula Liang, who contributes to both Asia Pacific Forum and to Hyphen, where she's our sports editor.
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This week's events: SF, Philly and NYC...!
Continue reading "[FEB. 20-26]"
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With all the fizzled hype surrounding moguls skier and NFL-wannabe Jeremy Bloom, one story that slipped under the radar is Toby Dawson, the bronze medal winner in the Olympics freestyle moguls. Dawson was the only American skier to win a medal in the moguls event.
Continue reading "Olympics Day 8: Help Find Toby Dawson's Parents!"
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The Seattle Times ran this story on Hines Ward, the Super Bowl MVP: Biracial Super Bowl hero is big hit in South Korea. Hines is half Korean, half black—his mother is Korean and his father was a black GI. This isn't the first story on this subject. I wonder if it's blown up by the media, or if they really are as crazy for him over there as they say. The story addresses the contempt in Korean society for mixed race people. But times are changing. People seem to be more open, letting go of old prejudices.
Sometimes though, it seems that people enthusiastically embrace all things multiracial and multicultural just as a way to show how modern and with it they are.
Continue reading "Hines Ward & the Multiracial Dream"
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Continue reading "Party With Us"
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Many of the posts on this blog rant and rave about how Hollywood disses Asian Americans. East West Players and the Asian American Theater Company are offering three programs that probably offer the best long-term solution: getting more Asian Americans involved.
Continue reading "Acting, Writing Classes Offered"
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Love is in the air today, on Valentine's Day, which also happens to be the fifth anniversary of Angry Asian Man, one of the best blogs out there.
Continue reading "Happy Birthday, Angry Asian Man"
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This week's events include: more on Eddy Zheng, Chinese operas, in search of Oakland's Iron Chef, and the SFIAAFF launch party...
Continue reading "[This Week]"
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After chasing Olympic gold for over a decade, Michelle Kwan announced today that she is withdrawing herself from the U.S. Olympic team for this Winter Games. Kwan has tallied five world titles, nine national championships and silver and bronze medals at previous Olympics (1998 and 2002, respectively) but has been unable to take it all home at the Olympics. In explaining a decision that Scott Hamilton described as "generous", Kwan said, "I respect the Olympics too much to compete... I don't want to be a distraction here." The doctor who examined her stated this new acute injury is not career-ending, but still, not a bad list of accomplishments for a 25 year old.
Continue reading "Olympics Day 1: Michelle Kwan Withdraws"
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Asian American boookstores are priceless -- precarious and brave. What Advanced Searches on Barnes & Noble.com will never yield, what the shelves of Borders can't be counted on to carry much less surrender -- the Asian American bookstore will have gathered and displayed for you, rows upon rows of just the things you might not want to miss. It's like having a literary personal shopper.
It was thanks to just one of these stores, Asian American Curriculum Project in downtown San Mateo, that I've come across Amy Uyematsu's poetry. The book I picked up, Stone Bow Prayer, is Uyematsu's third published collection, but my first encounter. It is lovely.
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"Another month has somehow slipped by. As my final deportation hearing is getting closer, I can't help but get excited. I look forward to the opportunity to express myself to the government and the people about why I deserve to stay in this country. I'll be speaking for my future. The month of February is full of hope and potential. I'm waiting for another miracle."
That's the most recent post on Eddy Zheng's blog.
Continue reading "Eddy Zheng Update"
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Time to catch up on a few stories that we've reported on in past issues of Hyphen.
Continue reading "Updates: Operation Meth Merchant, Voting Woes"
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In the spirit of The Grace Lee Project, I'm embarking on my own search for all the Harry Moks out there. Fortunately, Harry Mok isn't as common a name as Grace Lee.
Continue reading "The Harry Mok Project"
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Sometimes I feel overwhelmed with the endless possibilities of things to do around here. I am lucky to live where I do (Oakland/Bay Area!). Sometimes I also feel like the events compete with one another. But all in all, I think the more the better.
Continue reading "Things to Do"
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When I was a little Indian kid growing up in the suburbs of Dayton, Ohio, I would often face confusion about my ethnicity and race from my fellow classmates. I remember riding the school bus home from school and being crushed into a green rubbery seat with my friend Michelle and her little sister. We were bouncing along the street and Michelle was pointing out the window at people in passing cars and informing her little sister on the ways of the world.
Michelle: See, that lady in that car is Mexican and she is bad because she takes all our jobs.
Little Sister: Oh, okay. (Looking over at me with a confused look.) What about her?
Michelle: Oh, she’s okay. She doesn’t count.
Little Sister: (Still looking confused.) Oh?
Continue reading "South Asians are NOT white"
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I'm bummed about this Alito thing. Roberts didn't alarm me as much. Even though Roberts is conservative, he seems like he has a good legal head on his shoulders, and that he has respect for precedent. Alito — how do I say this? — gives me the heebie-jeebies.
Continue reading "A Bygone Era"
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Adam Carolla, Howard Stern's replacement on CBS radio, is drawing complaints from Asian American organizations for "ching chong" sound clips on his show in a segment making fun of the Asian Excellence Awards.
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UPDATE: As of Feb 3, we've turned the comments off for this page so that all discussion on this topic can be on one page. Please click the link above to see the other post and to comment.
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