Monday, May 1 – International
A list of local events is listed here for the May 1 day of action for immigrant rights.
Continue reading "[API Events May 1-8]"
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So the verdict came out this week on the Lodi terrorist case: A jury convicted 23-year-old Pakistani American Hamid Hyatt guilty of giving material support to terrorists.
Continue reading "Lodi Terrorist Suspect Found Guilty -- But Juror Reneges"
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Do you like reading the Hyphen Blog or other blogs like this? Do you blog yourself? Do you like getting your news source from somewhere other than the TV, radio, or the newspapers? If you say yes, then there's a serious threat going on right now.
Continue reading "Keep Free Speech on the Internet"
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I've got two stories for you. File the first one under appalling and ridiculous. A 7-year-old Filipino Canadian student has been repeatedly punished by his school for his eating habits. Basically, he's just eating Filipino style -- with a spoon and fork. The school administrators find this a "disgusting" habit.
When the mother contacted the principal, “He said, ‘Madame, you are in Canada. Here in Canada you should eat the way Canadians eat.’
The mom filed a formal complaint.
The principal, not the kid, should be getting disciplined.
Continue reading "Kid Punished for Filipino Eating Habits"
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We’ve been hard at work here at Hyphen to put together our upcoming Music issue, which has got me thinking a lot about Asian American music and my own musical tastes.
Continue reading "Dhamaal Seven Year Anniversary This Saturday"
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Star Trek's George Takei has been making the rounds, appearing on Howard Stern's new radio show and speaking up for gay and lesbian rights around the country since coming out publicly last year.
Continue reading "George Takei's Equality Trek"
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Rarely have I been to an exhibit where the museum guests were wearing the same article of clothing as was on display. (Well, usually i don't go to exhibits where the art is wearable, that's true, too.)
Continue reading "The Ao Dai: Wearable Art (That you can do high kicks in)"
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When I first read that Harvard sophomore Kaavya Vishwanathan got $500,000 from publishing company Little Brown & Company for a two-book deal, I was fascinated.
Continue reading "Opal Mehta: Is this chick lit book Asian America's Million Little Pieces?"
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There was an immigrant rights rally/demo Sunday in SF, including an API contingent.
Continue reading "Immigrant Rights"
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Continue reading "[API events April 24-30]"
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By Sonny Le
The Chinatown has been looted and burned and Asians are fleeing for lives. Machete-wielding mobs rampaged through Honiara, the capital city of the Solomon Islands, in running battles with the police and peace-keepers. The uprising erupted on Tuesday in protest against alleged rigged election results.
Continue reading "Asians Are Easy Targets Everywhere"
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Not exactly stop-the-presses news, but Asian Americans are the biggest racial group in the incoming class at the University of California.
Continue reading "Asian Americans outnumber other groups at UC"
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Can we move beyond tired cliches, stereotypes and bruised egos?
By Sonny Le
Continue reading "Bitter Asian Man"
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Better a day late than never. Yesterday was the 100th anniversary the San Francisco earthquake, and if you're here in the Bay Area, you've been inundated with centennial stories in the news.
Here are a few about what happened to the Chinese American community after the quake:
Continue reading "The Great Quake's Effect on Chinatown"
Posted by harry at 11:21 AM | Comments (0)
This week is "National Muticultural Cancer Week." Well, whoop-dee-doo. It's always some week or another. And you know, a week of this or a week of that usually doesn't do much for me. It's just a week, and gone in a flash before the message barely gets out.
But this week is personal. The word cancer is personal.
Posted by melissa at 5:27 PM | Comments (1)
Ruin, Rubble and Race: The SF Earthquake and Post-Katrina America, 1906-2006...
Continue reading "[API Events APRIL 17-23]"
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There has been so much going on this week with the immigration protests: On Monday, I stood in the flux of students, families and activists on Mission Street and felt the power of what was happening.
Continue reading "Asian Americans in the Immigration Debates"
Posted by neela at 2:28 PM | Comments (53)
Some people are finding a limited-edition Adidas sneaker created by artist Barry McGee offensive because it it has an image of an Asian man with bowl-cut hair and slanted eyes.
Continue reading "Slanty-eyed Adidas Shoes Offensive to Some"
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You've probably seen parts of this interview over the years. It's very interesting to hear him talk. I was too young to really remember seeing him when he was alive. I hadn't seen this entire interview before.
Oh, if only David Carradine had not come along.
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Tuesday, April 11 – SF
Kearny Street Workshop presents the third annual Intergenerational Writers Lab with Jaime Jacinto, Tsering Wangmo Dhompa, and Philip Kan Gotanda. unique opportunity to meet some of our leading local writers, publishers, and performers and learn first-hand what drives the Bay Area's local independent publishing community. KSW started its publishing imprint in 1982, and was one of the first outlets for the publication of Asian Pacific American literature. (7:30pm, Intersection for the Arts, 446 Valencia St., SF. www.kearnystreet.org, www.theintersection.org $5-10 sliding scale).
Continue reading "[API Events April 10-16]"
Posted by momo at 3:07 PM | Comments (1)
Looks like the immigration bill has stalled for now.
Where are Asian Americans in this debate, though? Not in the streets protesting. And sadly, not making much of a presence. Why? Apathy? Fear of rocking the boat? You can't tell me it's disinterest. After all, we are some of the country's newest immigrants. I hate to say it, but some of us seem to live up to the stereotype of meek quiet Asians.
Yesterday's California Report on NPR notes that the protests have been comprised mostly of Latinos and asks how Asian Americans see their role in the immigration debate. Audio clip here.
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I love these stories about people who get Asian language tattoos only to find out that it means something different than what they thought (or nothing at all). If you can't read it, why are you getting it tattooed? Serves you right. Cool Tat, Too Bad It's Gibberish
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Film, art, politics & community events this week in Chicago and the SF/Bay Area.
Continue reading "[API Events April 3-9]"
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