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Too Real for Blind Date: Honest answers derail one man’s reality show dreams.

To be honest, I hate dating. But when I saw the call for auditions for the reality show Blind Date, I decided to give it a shot. I had never seen an Asian American man on the show, and just...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Redux

Paging Dr. Pamela Ling: Catching up with reality TV’s first Asian American

Everybody remembers The Real World: San Francisco—bike messenger Puck; cute Pedro, who was HIV positive; and one of our own, Pam, the overachieving med student. Eleven years later, Dr. Pamela...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Redux

News: Racist street names, Sex in Seattle, job discrimination, jinzo statues and more!

From Wal-Mart to Waffle House, companies litter the business pages with news of racial and gender discrimination cases, but little attention is given to an industry
that serves 90...

By: Anonymous | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Front of the Book

Homeland Divide:

Korean adoptees are flocking to their birth country—changing the landscape of international adoptions.

For expatriate adoptees in Seoul, Korea, the city’s outré nightlife center of Hong dae is the one that matters. Every weekend, a community of adoptees—a hundred strong and growing—gathers...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Feature

Rebel Girl:

The daughter of a Tamil freedom fighter, M.I.A. is here to save us all.

M.I.A.—the British Sri Lankan MC—is the hot word on the lips of music critics and hipsters in search of something unique. Not to be confused with R&B tart Mya, M.I.A. blew up in late 2004 with...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Feature

Watching Corporate Dogs:

Three reminders to think before you buy

Ever bought a car, a t-shirt, or a frozen dinner? Then you know how inextricably modern life is entangled with corporations; these days, it’s nearly impossible to get along without them. But...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Front of the Book

Lonesome Land:

In 1886, China Joe became the only Chinese person in all of Juneau, Alaska.

In the pioneer section of Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau, AK, lies a lone Chinese man. His plaque reads: “China Joe. Friend and benefactor of the prospector during the early days of the gold...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Redux

Reality Bites Back:

Stacking up reality TV stars.

Don’t blink. You might miss that one Asian American on TV.

IT SEEMS LIKE the only Asian Americans on mainstream TV these days are in reality shows, from Survivor to The Apprentice....

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Redux

Big plans on the small screen:

Must-see Asian American TV

The high-flying success of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’s sword fights has helped spawn a mini-surge in Asian American television programming.

Two half-hour magazine-style shows, a...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Redux

Total Recall:

After getting discharged 13 years ago by the Army, what would it be like to get a letter ordering you to serve in Iraq?

After getting discharged 13 years ago by the Army, what would it be like to get a letter ordering you to serve in Iraq? In September 2004, Gulf War veteran David Miyasato—now married with a...

By: Joy Tang | Under: Issue 6: Makeover - Summer 2005, Feature

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Mosey with us through the South, a region rich with history and culture -- and one that is vital to, but often overlooked in, Asian American history.

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