Update: The editors of The Campus Press at Colorado University published a story detailing the process behind publishing a column by Max Karson that called for a war on Asians.
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Ukuleles conjure up some distinct images in my mind, mainly the opening credits of Arrested Development, that creepy Tiny Tim, and the cover of "Over the Rainbow" that appeared in every commercial, movie, and hour-long TV drama at some point in the early 2000s.
But I was catching up on some episodes of Late Night with Conan O'Brien, and one of last week's musical guests completely upended my view of this four-stringed instrument. Jake Shimabukuro, a 31-year-old native of Hawaii and fifth-generation Japanese American, performed a soulful, melodic cover of The Beatles' "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" on an amped-up ukulele with guitar effect pedals.
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Every week, the good folks at Boston Progress Radio post a feature called Shuffled, where someone in the Asian American community writes about 5 random songs from their portable music players.
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Our Mr. Hyphen 2007 was experiencing some technical difficulties, and due to the time sensitive material, I'll just go ahead and "impersonate" him for a while. Ignore how it says posted by "lisalee" on the bottom.
So, something for our LA family and friends...
Continue reading "Open Mic Against Police Brutality, Hosted by Mr. Hyphen 2007!"
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Tired of having yo mama telling you that you should be a pharmacist? Thinking about becoming the first Asian American Supreme Court Judge? That's right. Think big. Asian American Bar Association might provide an answer for you. Once you get that law degree, you come and work for us!
All students are invited to attend the Asian American Bar Association's first annual "LegallyAsian!" This event is dedicated to sharing advice with college and high school students about the legal profession, such as:
* What Real Lawyers Do vs. What You See on TV
* Why You Should Be a Lawyer
* How to Apply to Law School
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Just a quick note to say this column in The Campus Press at Colorado University is whacked.
Continue reading "Colorado University Columnist Wants War Against Asians"
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Washington State University held a forum last week to discuss the assault of Korean-American student Kyle Descher in a local college bar. “Real cool f---ing Asian,” was what Descher and his friend heard when they passed three men in front of Mike’s bar. Descher asked the men what they meant by the comment, but decided to shrug it off and proceed inside. Upon entering the bar, Descher was attacked from behind and knocked unconscious. Three titanium plates were needed to reconstruct his jaw.
Continue reading "No Witnesses in Possible Hate Crime"
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Hyphen is looking for credible, smart, bookish, overachieving, dusty-fingered, detailed-oriented and opinionated editors, writers and tech people. Our staff members and freelancers are news junkies who are interested in social justice issues, politics and pop culture. There is no money involved, just the experience of working alongside the finest Asian American minds that community college ever produced.
Continue reading "Hyphen wants you!"
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Are you tired of the same old tired literature about the Asian American community? Well, then Hyphen invites you to the literary event of the year:
Continue reading "Hyphen Invites You to Literary Event of the Year: ED LIN & LISA CHEN"
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New Oakland A's coach Don Wakamatsu is highly regarded and may become the first Asian American manager in Major League Baseball.
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CNN is taking some heat for its very superficial Feb. 8 report on "Anderson Cooper 360" about why Asian American Democratic voters are favoring Hillary Clinton over Barack Obama.
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Hyphen has been a flurry of awesome events lately, and we're having another one this weekend. Cosmic Night Out is an opportunity to get discounted tickets to the West Coast premiere of Diana Son's play Satellites at the Aurora Theater and to come party with Hyphen staff afterwards at Berkeley's Zabu Zabu. Don't miss it.
Continue reading "Playwright Diana Son Goes Back to Work"
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Calling all Bay Area film fiends.
Be the first on your block to pick up the Festival guide hot off the press, meet local filmmakers, and mix and mingle with fellow festivalgoers!
Continue reading "2008 SFIAAFF Festival Launch Party"
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Feminist blog Jezebel has dug up some disturbing diversity facts from this year’s NY Fashion Week.
Despite CFDA prez Diane Von Furstenberg urging designers to diversify the catwalk with more minority models, “Of 103 runway shows, there were 2,278 chances to feature a model on the runway. Of these, women of color were used 298 times. An Asian model was used 124 times, a black model was used 112 times, and a Hispanic model was used 62 times.”
Continue reading "Modeling Minorities"
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My friends think I'm obsessed with stories.
My boss does too - I tried to change my work title to "Storykeeper" but they wanted something more professional.
But personally, I am obsessed with stories, and not the kind that I read about on the news. I'm enamoured with the stories of my friends and strangers.
I never ask "What do you do?" when I meet someone. I'd rather ask them what they're passionate about, what they've dreamed of, where they've failed and where they've succeeded. (yes, I actually have these conversations randomly in clubs and bars -- you'd be amazed at what you get when you skip over asking what's someone's job title.)
Of course, I like the big, huge moments (good for dramatic effect and a reason to get toasted) but frankly, I love to celebrate the mundane details about someone's day.
This is our life. More than the big moments, it's the little moments you remember.
For me, it might be what I learned when I asked my mom to make me cupcakes in elementary school. (Basically, I learned that my mom is very frugal and she used it as a reason to use expired items from the pantry. It didn't kill my classmates, but it did teach me humility, creativity, tough love, and an appreciation for cooking things myself.)
So when I was asked to dream up a blog for Hyphen, I thought of who Hyphen is... namely, you.
And I wanted to celebrate your stories. So, on this Valentine's week, I wanted to send you a valentine, from Hyphen.
Introducing "Wisdom from the Neighborhood: The What I've Learned Blog."
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Sandeep Sood manages to recreate himself more intelligently than Madonna every couple of years.
Continue reading "Sandeep Sood Outsourced"
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I read about Wesley Yang’s essay The Face of Seung-Hui Cho on the NY Times book blog Paper Cuts. You can only read an excerpt from Yang’s essay on the n+1 site, but just these few graphs made me order the journal ASAP.
Continue reading "Identifying with Cho"
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Hyphen is proudly sponsoring a panel discussion on mixed-race identity put together by Asia Society here in San Francisco. A coincidence that it's happening while our Hybrid Issue is out on the stands?
This program brings together a range of artists of mixed Asian descent -- a musician, a visual artist, a filmmaker and a writer -- in a panel discussion moderated by noted mixed-race scholar Dr. Wei Ming Dariotis.
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The Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia—a metro area that counts 40% of its 2.2 million citizens as being of Chinese ancestry—will be celebrating Lunar new year in true multiethnic fashion. The culturally diverse city will hold celebrations in Chinatown, but will also feature performances by North American aboriginal groups, South Asians, and those of Scottish heritage.
Did you pause when you got to the “Scottish” part?
Continue reading "Racial Unity, Canadian Style"
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Asian American voters in California overwhelmingly threw their support to Hillary Clinton and John McCain in Tuesday's primary, according to exit polls.
Continue reading "Asian Americans help Clinton, McCain win"
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Bay Area, this one is for you. This weekend, I saw a one-woman show, Lydia's Funeral Video, at the Dark Room Theatre. I am no expert in theater, nor am I even a frequent patron. (I may go see shows a few times a year.) But even to my amateur theater self, I could tell that this show was a cut above the rest. It was dark and tragic, yet hilarious at the same time. And there are just 6 shows left, so if you're in the Bay Area, you should think about seeing it.
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Check this out! We have a winner for our January 2008's "Me and My Hyphen" Facebook photo contest. Yes, in case you didn't know, Hyphen is facebook-able, and apparently, a cabin trip must have.
Continue reading "Facebook Photo Contest? What? When? How?!"
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So, apparently the Hyphen party last Friday was a smashing success. Alas, I could not make it due to a work retreat but these pictures show that we Hyphenaters like to tear it up.
Continue reading "We Likes to Party"
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