The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
- King: “So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? “ This is a common fallacy: The...
- Asian Dude: kinda funny how you all don’t even bother to debunk any of the points I bring up, you just fixate...
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Frank Chin debates Yunte Huang on the topic of Charlie Chan (9)
- Nancy: If Earl Derr Biggers made Charlie Chan more like the real Chang Apana (the Chinese detective in Hawaii that...
- Larry: Somebody give Yunte Huang his “Oriental 4 Life” card. Huang’s claim that Charlie Chan is an...
- neaato: goddamn! thank you bigwowo!!!!!! glad you shared w/ us this linkage. here was my comment to the commentators:...
- The Happy Post (21)
- RiceCakeRabbit: I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- N: @RiceCakeRabbit I voted! (And hopefully I don’t get spam mails because I was too lazy to create a new e-mail...
- RiceCakeRabbit: There is an essence of imprinting when it comes to the IR pairing disparity – and this is why the...
- B.J. Penn disappoints (5)
- jaehwan: Notty, I don’t know if you’ve seen this Bellator submission, but it’s pretty sick:...
- jaehwan: I agree. A point that someone made on one of the forums is that Edgar is really a featherweight, and he did...
- Nottyboy: I don’t want to write off Edgar yet. He has some really good takedowns and great speed. Still,...
- “This is a Bust” by Ed Lin (Review) (2)
- Podcast: URB4N talks about Interracial Relationships (86)
- etain: Yes, I meant that there were 24,000 more marriages involving Asian women than Asian men in 2008. And I still...
- MojoRider: jstele wrote: “Just date who you want. Who cares if there are more Asian women dating outside their...
- uRB4N: Oh, Jesus. Use some deductive reasoning for crying out loud. He obviously means 24,000 more Asian women than...
- Building Subcultures and Accepting Emotions (282)
- King: “How was that King? Enough f-bombs for you? You know certain topics just get me fired up.” Haaa!!!...
- AF/AM couple: N, No, I meant either AFs or AMs I come into contact with (so AF/AM), not an AF/WM couple, but I can...
- N: @AF/AM couple I assume you meant AF/WM in the first line? I got slightly confused reading it. But I do encounter...
- Western Schools in South Korea (10)
- dan: Not sure how I feel about this. If the entire city is more modern, clean, and well funded than any other...
- john: This is a bad idea. It will be like those Indonesian who don’t know Indonesia becuase their parent sent...
- mama nabi: This is interesting – my mom pitched this exact same idea (I remember helping her come up with a...
- A Great Wall (3)
- Dinobot: I heard from somewhere that the construction of Zheng He’s fleet deforested large parts of China,...
- Ngo Bao Chau, First Vietnamese Fields Medal Winner (4)
- Why Am I Doing This? (Review) (14)
- jaehwan: us_Asians, I had a few words to say about David Henry Hwang in the comment section of this post:...
- MojoRider: @us asians, indeed, Eva Cassidy is the best all around female vocalist I’ve ever heard. I...
- us asians: Just some additional thoughts + @Alpha Asian says: I agree with your comment that the “just felt right”...
- White on Rice (Review) (17)
- angrybritishchinese: @simon tsui The audience i saw it with were also rolling in the aisles and shitting bricks. but...
- Simon Tsui: I am disappointed in your review. I watched White on Rice in the movie theatre during the premiere in...
- Tiger Woods and His White Women (22)
- jaehwan: And then it was over. http://www.golf.com/golf/tours _news/article/0,28136,2012613, 00.html?hpt=T2 Sheesh,...
- Chinese economy surpasses Japan (6)
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (22)
Monthly Archives: October 2008
Intellectual Property on the Web
[Jaehwan's Note: Jin and William know each other personally, and Jin asked me to post this after she tried several times to contact him but was unable to get a response. I've looked at William's site and it looks like he used … Continue reading
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Done
My wife and I voted early yesterday when we dropped our ballots off at an official drop site. Barack Obama-Joe Biden-David Wu-Jeff Merkeley. My voice has been put in a protected metal box and will be heard on November 4th.
Frank Chin on "Names"
I received the following e-mail from Frank Chin, and he asked me to post it: To: Byron Wong Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:52:17 AM Subject: Byron Why haven’t you changed your Greek name to an Asian name? It’s been … Continue reading
Dying Media
Because the current financial crisis concerns credit, the current financial crisis is affecting just about everyone. Media, however, has been weathering a crisis ever since news went on the internet. To see how bad it is, check out this article, … Continue reading
An Unwanted Endorsement
This is funny: Palin may say that Obama is “pals with terrorists,” but extremists have endorsed MCain on a password-protected website that is closely linked with Al-Qaeda. I think author Nicholas Kristof hits it spot on: “From their perspective, a … Continue reading
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Lots and Lots of Cows
Thanks to everyone who participated in our teleconference last night. It was an awesome conversation, and I really think it can be the start of something big. If any other readers are interested in doing a teleconference and talking about … Continue reading
What is rich?
I got this great article from one of my listserves that talks about the upper middle class, so-called HENRYs–”high earners, not rich yet”. They profiled an Asian American family, although that’s not the main point of my post. The article … Continue reading
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Mr. Miyagi's Theater Company
I saw this cute couple in the NY Times wedding announcements. It’s apparently a hapa Asian woman with an Asian guy, and apparently, they’re both actors. That never happens! (at least not that I’ve seen) Anyway, congrats to them on … Continue reading
UFC and the Recession
I haven’t had much time for discretionary reading recently, but if I had the time, I’d probably read up on the the Great Depression. I think the Bush policies have pushed us into an economy that pretty accurately resembles that … Continue reading
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Out of the Comfort Zone
Thanks to the Alpha-Asian for linking the video above and below. I agree with Alpha’s sentiments about PUA “white worship,” or the need for Asian men to prove themselves by dating women of the majority race. Though I support both … Continue reading
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