If you can manage to tear yourself away from "Gossip Girl" re-runs, I suggest watching something worthwhile this weekend. On Sunday, Asian America
The recession especially affects APA communities in New York, which have the second highest poverty rate of all racial groups in the city. However, we're usually overlooked in mainstream policy and economic discussions, so this type of programming is both rare and significant for calling attention to our particular concerns. The panel will include experts on Asian American health and policy, including (one of my favorite nonprofits) the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF), which does some amazing advocacy work with low-income APAs in New York.
I'd appreciate any comments from folks who catch the show this Sunday.
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November 17, 2008
New 'Star Trek' Trailer Offers Just a Glimpse of John Cho
full trailer for the "Star Trek" prequel that's coming out next year.Continue reading "New 'Star Trek' Trailer Offers Just a Glimpse of John Cho"
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October 30, 2008
Getting Your YouTube Groove on: Filipino American Style
I was kicking around YouTube and I happened to catch some Filipino American
(and Canadian) artists who have a pretty slick vibe going on, and I'll be kind
of surprised if I don't hear about at least one of them making some more waves
in other parts of the industry. So check 'em on out, enjoy the music, and
subscribe to their channels.Continue reading "Getting Your YouTube Groove on: Filipino American Style"
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October 27, 2008
No Asians on Food Network
This video is funny but true. Lots of Asian food, no Asian people on the Food Network other than
Ming Tsai , and his show isn't on the network anymore.
An aside: I saw Tsai, the
East Meets West star, when I was celebrating my birthday at
Alan Wong's restaurant in Honolulu a few weeks back. Didn't get a chance to say hello.
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October 22, 2008
Is YOUR Mom A FOB?
My Mom Is A Fob is the new Postcards From Yo Momma . Launched by Teresa Wu and Serena Wu (UCSD and UC-Berkeley juniors, respectively) over the weekend, the blog shares cute, interesting, and sometimes poignant (but mostly unintentionally hilarious) emails from our first generation mothers. To share your own, email mymomisafob@gmail.com.Here's a sample conversation:
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October 20, 2008
Chicago Filipino American Film Festival
The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival is getting ready to start so I
wanted to make sure and post some of the details that I got from Jonald Reyes,
who did the documentary "That
Asian Thing " (also playing down at CFAFF).
The Chicago Filipino American Film Festival's 5th Annual event is around
the corner! website for further information.Friday Saturday Sunday to reserve .Posted by Slanty at 4:03 AM
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October 18, 2008
Boston Asian American Film Festival
If you're out in Boston (or just feel like heading on out for some good flicks) make sure to check out the Boston Asian American Film Festival which starts today and runs through the 26th of October.
The festival is going to be showing 20+ films including features like "Kissing Cousins" and "West 32nd" as well as shorts like "Laundromat" and "Manoj".
For more information on the films and venues check out
the BAAFF site .
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October 13, 2008
Mr. Hyphen on CBS5 Bay Sunday Show
Watch Hyphen Publisher Lisa Lee and Mr. Hyphen 2006 Robin Sukhadia discuss the magazine and the competition to be the world's greatest Asian American-male activist with Bay Sunday host Sue Kwon.Continue reading "Mr. Hyphen on CBS5 Bay Sunday Show"
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October 7, 2008
Jon & Kate Plus 8 in Good Housekeeping
If you do not think this cover is adorable, I believe you have no heart.
Via
Just Jared , Jon and Kate Gosselin and their hapa brood are gracing the cover of this month's Good Housekeeping. The Gosselins are the subject of TLC's hit show
"Jon & Kate Plus 8" which chronicles their lives as they raise a set of sextuplets and a pair of twins.
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October 3, 2008
The Asian Ann Coulter?
In the midst of the political punditry that we are drowning in, I continue to flail in the blog bog. During my daily stroll of news sites, I came across a blog headline that read, Sarah Rocks! on Politico.com . The simple, pubescent cheer seemed comedic to me because it held the entire zeitgeist of this Presidential race in those two words. Rather than doing the dirty work of independent research, people latch on to tag lines and catch phrases.
Well, the Sarch Rocks! headline drew me in and I wanted more. To my surprise, it was written by a Filipino American woman named Michelle Malkin . There are many who know of Malkin from her books, blogs and TV appearances but she only came onto my radar today and I couldn't help but talk about what significance she has in terms of our political climate, the current state of American media, and the conflict of being a neo-conservative person of color.
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September 25, 2008
Time Magazine profiles MC Jin
Check out this quick Time magazine piece on Chinese American rapper MC Jin and the career move that took him to Hong Kong.Continue reading "Time Magazine profiles MC Jin"
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September 18, 2008
Bitch Magazine In Trouble
It seems like every couple of months, we post here about an indie magazine in trouble and in serious need of help. We just wrote about the KoreAm Campaign . A sharp drop in ad revenue has put this venerable Korean American mag (and its sister publication Audrey, a women's magazine) in a dire situation.
Now our friends at Bitch, the sassy and smart feminist pop culture mag, need help too. See the video appeal here: Save Bitch Magazine. Newsstand sales dropped so much that revenues they were depending on just didn't show up. They need to raise $40,000 by October 15th in order to keep printing. If not, they may also disappear.
What's going on? Does no one read magazines anymore? I'm really tired of writing about how Punk Planet printed its last issue. Or Kitchen Sink closed shop. Or Clamor called it quits. It's pretty scary to watch our friends in the independent press fold. People complain about mainstream media, but not enough people put their money where their mouths are and support the people trying to make a difference through these independent projects.
I've already lamented about what's happening to the independent press. and fellow blogger Slanty has got some good questions about whether or not this is the death of print media , so I'm not going to repeat ourselves. Just please help if you can. Not just Bitch and KoreAm, but Hyphen too, and any other media you love whether its public radio or an indie glossy. We all do what we do, many of us for free, because we believe in representing voices that aren't often heard. We go against the odds and publish our little magazines for the love. But love just isn't enough.
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September 15, 2008
Kearny Street Workshop Presents APAture 2008 & Win Free Tickets
Holy! It's that time of the year again for Kearny Street Workshop's (KSW) APAture! Can you believe they're celebrating their 10th year already? Check out the awesome event schedule below, and join the 90+ artists, musicians, filmmakers, comedians, writers, and performers for 10 exciting days of APAture starting this Thursday, September 18-27, 2008.
Support the oldest multidisciplinary Asian Pacific American arts organization in the country by winning 2 tickets to ANY of the events listed below. The 10th person to email me at lisalee(at)hyphenmagazine.com with the correct answer to "when was KSW founded" will win big. In your email, please also let me know what performance you'd like to attend.
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September 5, 2008
Media, KoreAm Journal, And The Death Of Print?
Some more thoughts on KoreAm and the original momo post. you've
been hearing a lot about to save KoreAm Journal does beg the question of
whether or not a niche magazine can survive in the long run given that its
direct and indirect competition is online, where the environment and news isn't
just publishing once or twice a week (or month, or every two months), but every
day, every few hours, and in some cases, almost every minute.Continue reading "Media, KoreAm Journal, And The Death Of Print?"
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August 27, 2008
Kathie Lee Gifford Does Her Best Chinese Accent
Kathie Lee Gifford did a little Mickey Rooney-Mr. Yunioshi imitation on the "Today" show on Monday. See the video at Gawker: Kathie Lee Gifford Imitates Al Roker Imitating Chinese Person, Adds Helpful Squinting Gesture! Continue reading "Kathie Lee Gifford Does Her Best Chinese Accent"
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August 22, 2008
Offensive 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Scenes Deleted for Sacramento Screening
yellow-face Mr. Yunioshi scenes deleted .Continue reading "Offensive 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' Scenes Deleted for Sacramento Screening"
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August 18, 2008
A Random Conversation with Myself on the 2008 Beijing Olympics
BK Me: So what do we think about the Olympics so far? They've been pretty good
huh? Continue reading "A Random Conversation with Myself on the 2008 Beijing Olympics"
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August 12, 2008
Slanty Eyes Finally Making its Way onto the Olympics Scene
Today was supposed to be one of those good Tuesdays, until I saw a link to this in my inbox: Continue reading "Slanty Eyes Finally Making its Way onto the Olympics Scene"
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iaTV Pulled from San Francisco Cable Lineup
Comcast yanked Asian American television network iaTV from its San Francisco channel offerings last month, and apparently nobody noticed. The cable company cited low viewership as the reason.Continue reading "iaTV Pulled from San Francisco Cable Lineup"
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August 5, 2008
Chinese American Reaction to Olympics
The news media likes to do "reaction" stories, especially if there's a tie to a particular race or ethnicity. With the Olympics starting on Friday in Beijing, a natural story is finding out how Chinese Americans feel about the games being hosted in the "homeland."
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August 1, 2008
Martin Bashir Likes his Journalists Asian and Babelicious
According to Gawker , Pakistani British journalist Martin Bashir, a correspondent for ABC's "Nightline" and "20/20" and the man infamous for his interviews with Princess Diana and Michael Jackson, regaled the audience at the Asian American Journalists Association's July 25 gala with this little nugget of wisdom from his keynote speech:Continue reading "Martin Bashir Likes his Journalists Asian and Babelicious"
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July 13, 2008
My Weekend at the Asian American International Film Festival
Hyphen's publisher Lisa Lee for some of the events going on at the AA International Film Festival in Manhattan. For those who haven't been to the Asia Society building, it is this huge, futuristic, stylish building in Manhattan's Upper East Side (70th at Park) that hosts all sorts of events throughout the year. Lisa has been at the festival since the start and been to many screenings. We went to the opening night afterparty at Forbidden City bar, then I joined her for films one day, and also a round table discussion the next day, as well as other random activities.'Heart Squared' and 'Option 3' . 'Heart Squared' was a nice short that was surreal, eccentric, and very stylish, and since there's no easy way to explain the film, I won't even try. 'Option 3' was a full length movie directed by Richard Wong, who was there for the screening and gave a brief talk at the beginning. Unfortunately, I couldn't sit through the entire thing, and though I kept waiting for it to get better, I ended up leaving midway. It wasn't bad per se; I just didn't personally enjoy it very much.The next day was a very interesting panel discussion on
Asian and Asian American aestheti cs , with David Henry Hwang (playwright, M. Butterfly ), Mary Ping (fashion designer), Billie Tsien (architect), Wayne Wang (filmmaker, The Joy Luck Club ), and Dennis Lim (writer, editor) on stage.
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July 11, 2008
Asian Americans Not Always Top Achievers
I had a bit of nostalgia recently, and I recalled the good 'ol days of college lectures and courses. One that recently sprung to mind was a discussion about stereotypes. For example, my favorite one is that Asian Americans are good at math and science. Perhaps it is near and dear to my own heart because my brain has a hard enough time calculating the tip on a check, and I really never understood the ins and outs of photosynthesis.
However, I always wondered: is it still considered bad if a stereotype is "good?" Isn't it usually seen as a positive thing if someone believes you are smart, capable, hard-working?
Then I stumbled across a recent article that debunks the notion that Asian Americans are always "top notchers." In the study from New York University, a group of mostly Asian American educators and the College Board found that the number of Asian Americans at institutions was inflated by the influx of international students, and that (surprise, surprise) "not all were top students gaining easy entry to the best colleges and universities to become doctors and engineers."
Additionally, the increase of Asian American and Pacific Islander students in colleges and universities is proportional to the increases in population, whereas people used to think the increased amount of students meant that they were "taking over" because of their academic performance. In the increase of students and the assumption that Asian Americans do well in school, many who need academic help are overlooked.
It's nice to see that people are starting to recognize that even though a stereotype can seem "positive," it is still a stereotype.
Or is it possible for a "beneficial" stereotype to exist?
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July 10, 2008
Hyphen's Momo Chang Wins Center for Media Justice Award
Hyphen's own Momo Chang, editor of the Lazy Susan section, is getting the Ida B. Wells Journalist for Justice Award for work covering the Asian American community for the Oakland Tribune.
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Armani Ad Campaign Hires First Asian Model
According to New York Magazine's fashion blog , Japanese model Takeshi Kaneshiro will be the first Asian model to appear in Emporio Armani's fall ad campaign. The half-Chinese, half-Japanese model joins the ranks of soccer superstar David Beckham in strutting his stuff in his skivvies on a billboard. I know, it'd be more heartening if it was an Asian American model, but let's hope this step toward diversification is one that'll open doors to more leading men who happen to be Asian American.
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July 7, 2008
Heath Hyche: Last Yellow Face Comic Standing
Thanks to my trusty DVR I had a chance to check out some of the previous week's "Last Comic Standing" on NBC and I'm glad I did, because otherwise I
wouldn't have seen how comedian Heath Hyche decided to go where pretty much no
other comedian goes anymore -- full blown Mickey Rooney Yellow Face.
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June 27, 2008
New Asian American Cartoon Premieres on Nicktoons Tonight
"Three Delivery" promises to deliver. Apparently, the storylines and characters are set in Chinatown, San Francisco, featuring two boys and one girl who were orphaned and now work at a Chinese delivery (bear with me), but their Asian background almost seems incidental. teaser clip or two on YouTube , and it doesn't look too bad. Sure, it employs all that exotic, ancient Chinese kung-fu mystical magic potionry hoo-ha, but hey, the main characters' names are Sue, Tobey and Sid. I'll give it a chance. Baby steps, baby steps.
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June 17, 2008
Submit Now for Free Your Story & APAture
'Tis the month for submissions. Feeling lucky today? Submit your work and you might just be the next big thing.
The Center for Asian American Media has teamed up with Toyota Matrix to look for six emerging storytellers who can explore ideas of activity and movement by putting together a 4 - 7 minute piece in any film/video genre. The deadline is next Monday, June 23, 2008 and the grand prize is a HD video camera.
For more details, go
here .
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June 16, 2008
Will.i.am Wins Emmy With "Yes We Can" Video
Will.i.am received an Emmy Award for his Barrack
Obama video, a creative piece inspired by Obama's speech during the New Hampshire primaries and it featured stars such as Kelly Hu, Common and Nicole Scherzinger. The Black Eyed Peas member was awarded an Emmy for New Approaches in Daytime Entertainment, a category that premiered at the 35th Annual Creative Arts Entertainment Daytime Emmy Awards ceremony in New York on Friday, June 13. Will.i.am co-produced the "Yes We Can " video with Jesse Dylan. According to WENN (World Entertainment News Network), over 2.5 million people viewed the Will.i.am/Obama video online
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May 19, 2008
Jessica Alba, kevjumba, Baron Davis, The Stare, and the New and Improved Wing Luke Asian Museum
If you have nothing better to do (like yours truly), you might as well check out one of the latest ibeatYou contests happening called The Stare, which was originally started by Baron Davis who called out kevjumba , who then called out Jessica Alba .Continue reading "Jessica Alba, kevjumba, Baron Davis, The Stare, and the New and Improved Wing Luke Asian Museum"
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May 13, 2008
Asian Baby in United Color of Benetton Ad
I came across this on Facebook the other day (yes yes, I have a Facebook account and so does Hyphen ) and am I just crazy? Is this old and I just didn't notice it before?
And if I did notice it before, is this image more relevant today?
United Colors of Benetton has been known for its edgy ads, and of course, the diverse models. I admit. I don't own anything that's a UCB item but I do like their image. But what do you see when you look at this image? Unfortunate for me, I see a young Madonna trying to adopt, well, a baby. Ok no seriously. Tell me what you see, because I am not exactly sure what United Colors of Benetton was trying to do here. Help me grasp the meaning of this!
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May 11, 2008
NY Times Highlights Hmong American Rapper
It's so cool to see a subtle increase in stories about Asian Americans this month. This NY Times video on Minnesota Hmong American poet/rapper Tou Saiko Lee is pretty dope. I was especially interested in the end when he talks about performing with his grandmother: She busts a flow in ancient Hmong poetry and then he starts rapping with her. Have people seen any other subtle Asian Pacific American Heritage Month coverage that they're into?Posted by Neela at 2:55 PM
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April 29, 2008
Philip Lim for GAP
I was on my way to East West Players' 42 Visionary Awards last night (post to follow) when I crossed a major intersection in Hollywood and saw this:Please excuse the sepia tone. I wasn't trying to be artistic. My kid sister changed it while she was playing with my camera and I was not bad ass enough to change it back, take the picture, and continue driving like a good citizen without running any tourists over. Continue reading "Philip Lim for GAP"
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April 24, 2008
Turner Classic Movies to Air Series on Asian Images in Film
Turner Classic Movies is going to show a month-long series of movies examining images of Asians in June. It's a extension of the network's look at African American images and gay images it has aired during the past two years.
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April 14, 2008
Chow Down at AAJA East West Eats
Some of the Bay Area's top chefs will be cooking up culinary delights at the Asian American Journalists Association San Francisco Chapter's East West Eats fundraiser on May 8.
I've been an
AAJA member since 1990, when I was awarded scholarship by the Sacramento Chapter. The money raised at East West Eats will go to scholarships that will help student journalists pursue their careers and further AAJA's mission of enhancing diversity in the news media and promoting fair and accurate coverage of Asian Americans.
I went East West Eats when it was last held two years ago, and the food was great, Han vodka was flowing and the setting in San Francisco's Ferry Building was great.
Buy tickets
online by April 25 and they'll be $85 each for AAJA members and $100 for nonmembers. After April 25, the price rises to $100 for AAJA members and $115 for nonmembers
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April 12, 2008
India Craze
Flying somewhere is a great excuse to do impulse buying. Impulse trashy magazine buying that is (although there was once I spent $2 something buying a tiny piece of dark chocolate). Usually when i am waiting at the airport for my 1 hour and 15 minutes flight down to Los Angeles, I'll grab a copy of Allure. I admit, it's not the best selection out there. A whole magazine dedicated to makeup and hairstyle is not intellectually stimulating, but it does make that flight, and often times delayed, go by that much faster.
As I was flipping through my March copy of Allure today, I discovered why.
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April 11, 2008
Before It's Too Late
Until a couple of days ago, I didn't pay that much attention to what was going on in San Francisco with the Olympic torch situation.
But seeing how big the demonstrations were, and how much media attention they've garnered, and how huge the Beijing Olympics are going to be, I realized that I have to say something.
I've read the various media accounts of the protests, most of which were framed as "anti-China," "pro-China, "pro-Tibet," or some other form of "anti/pro" dichotomy.
The fact of the matter is, it's much more blurry and complicated, at least for me. I think many more Chinese Americans feel torn or conflicted rather than "pro-China" about the Olympics and about the Tibet issue. There is no monolithic Chinese American community, or voice.
There are in fact many ties between the Chinese and Tibetan communities. Though many prominent Chinese Americans like torchbearer/activist/writer Helen Zia , scholar Ling-chi Wang , and actor/director Joan Chen have voiced their perspectives, I would like to add mine to the milieu of growing voices out there.
Probably like the folks mentioned above, I have a sense of ethnic and national pride in being Chinese. I also detest the hateful and unnecessary Chinese/China-bashing that has been around, since, oh, Chinese people first landed here in America.
But I also sympathize with the struggles of Tibetan and Burmese, and ethnic minorities from Burma like the Karen people.
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April 10, 2008
The True Story of My Googleganger
The New York Times had a front page story today on a book
project by Angela Shelton -- where she went around finding her googlegangers and
then wrote about it. I found this interesting because I happen to have a famous
googleganger who actually writes for the New York Times -- the other Neela
Banerjee .
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Move Over Maria, Here Comes Leela
Nitya Vidyasagar .
I remember feeling really warm seeing the Puerto Rican Rodriguez family -- Maria and Luis -- because they kinda looked like me. How cool that, from August 2008 -- Sesame Street's 39th (!!) season -- Indian kids will grow up with someone who REALLY looks like them.
The best part of this story is that the producers claim that they weren't looking for another ethnic character:
"When the producers of Sesame Street were looking for a new actor to run the local laundromat, they were not looking for an Indian or any particular ethnicity -- they just wanted someone who was charming and not patronizing to a young audience. According to the newspaper India-West , the fact that this character is a Hindu and Indian American is purely coincidental. In fact, the character was recreated for this actress since they were smitten by her theatrical abilities."
Momo recently blogged about the bi-lingual Madarin animated show Ni Hao, Kai-lan that Nickelodeon is showing. What other live or animated Asian American characters are there out there for children's programming? Posted by Neela at 10:44 AM
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April 4, 2008
More from the Restaurant "Chinese Laundry"
It looks like there has been some exciting updates from our favorite Chow Fun Food Group. Remember the post by Alvin about the new Chinese Laundry restaurant and the oh-so-original, not-racist ad that was put out back in March?
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March 24, 2008
Ichiro On Cover of ESPN The Magazine's 10th Anniversary Issue
This month's issue of ESPN The Magazine is its Special 10th Anniversary Issue, and it features Ichiro on the cover with the text: “For Making Singles Sexy and Taking Baseball Global, Ichiro is a Perfect 10”. Here is a link to a previous 8-page ESPN special feature on Ichiro. He is one of only a few people in all of sports who uses his first name on the back of his uniform, and why not? The man is simply amazing, a baseball living legend in Japan and in the United States. Here is a breakdown of some of his greatest feats since entering the league.
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February 15, 2008
CNN blasted for report on Asian American voters
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's own Lisa Lee was honored by our old friend Angry Asian Man on his 30 Under 30 list of influential Asian Americans.
The difference a year makes. One year ago, Hoboken-area Sikh entrepreneur Hansdip Bindra made the news as a victim of a bias crime when a fellow bar-goer demanded he remove his turban, and, when he wouldn't, knocked it off for him. Fast forward one year and another Sikh entrepreneur-turned-media darling, Sonny Caberwal, is being hailed for his ability to flaunt yellow, pink and green turbans with panache in campaigns for Kenneth Cole and GQ.
