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Cuteness Overload

Cuteness Overload

My teenage sister likes to send me links to her favorite YouTube videos. And, God bless her Asian Pride-filled heart, she gravitates toward ones featuring Asian children performing incredible feats of musicality, coordination and overall...

Luke Tsai | Fri, Sep 3rd- 11:37am | Asianspotting, Issue 20: Inside/Out - Spring 2010, Redux, Media, Parenthood, Race
Labor of Love

Labor of Love

Bonnie Kwon is prepared to cook and defend. In 2009, she co-founded the District of Columbia branch of the Restaurant Opportunities Center (ROC), a national organization that advocates for better conditions for restaurant workers...

Nina Kahori Fal... | Sun, Aug 22nd- 5:49pm | Activism, Business, Food and Agriculture, Issue 20: Inside/Out - Spring 2010, Food, Gender, Health & Environment, Immigration, News & Politics, Race, Social Justice
Open for Interpretation

Open for Interpretation

Ethnic museums can help validate otherwise overlooked collective histories.

Vanessa Hua | Tue, Aug 24th- 10:12am | Art & Design, Feature, Community, Culture, Issue 20: Inside/Out - Spring 2010, History, Immigration, Politics, Race

A QUARTER-LIFE CRISIS

I’M STUCK. I’m in my late-20s; I have two degrees from the Asian American Holy Grail of schools (aka Ivy League) and some slightly unconventional, yet still model minority-worthy work experience on my resume. I’m ready to...

conniezheng | Tue, Apr 13th- 7:54pm | Lazy Susan, Issue 19: Trailblazing - Winter 2009, Race, Social Issues

Asian Jokes: Whatcha Gonna Do

I laugh a lot. Much of the time inappropriately. No one can claim I don’t have a sense of humor.

Isn’t that the typical response to racist jokes targeted at Asian Pacific Islanders? That we should have a sense of humor?

I don’t...

Ken Choy | Tue, Apr 13th- 12:08am | Activism, Culture, Politics, Race

Asian American Comes Out: “I am a Geek”

I am a Potter Head. I am so out of the…cupboard underneath the stairs…that I contend that Harry Potter warrants a worldwide...

Ken Choy | Tue, Apr 6th- 10:43pm | Comics, Culture, Film, Race

Casting in Our Pool

“Show me Show me Show me/How you do that trick”

I’m an actor but when I sing, I’m not the greatest at remembering lyrics. I remember the melody and the vocals. I remember The Cure...

Ken Choy | Mon, Mar 29th- 12:02am | Activism, Film, Race, Social Issues

One Pie or Separate Crumbs?: John Delloro Unpacks UCSD's Compton Cookout for AsAms


If February has gone by and you haven’t heard of UCSD’s “Compton Crime,” as I like to call it, then it’s time. On February 18, UCSD’s students received Facebook invitations to a “Compton...

Joy Tang | Wed, Jun 1st- 12:24am | Activism, Community, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues, Social Justice, University/Academics

(Dys)Functional Diversity

IN THE TRAILER for Jonathan Demme's 2008 family drama, Rachel Getting Married, a white family prepares for an Indian-themed wedding. The tagline reads: "This is not your family. But this is your family."

Sylvie Kim | Sat, Mar 6th- 10:18pm | Issue 17: Family - Spring 2009, Film, Race, Social Issues

All in the Family

Babies

Asian American women have a low rate of unmarried births: About 9 percent of Asian American mothers who gave birth in 2004 were unmarried, compared with 28 percent of all American women. (Source; us census Bureau...

Lisa Wong Macabasco | Sat, Mar 6th- 10:17pm | Feature, Issue 17: Family - Spring 2009, News & Politics, Race, Social Issues
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