The Conversation
- Scapegoating our own (12)
- Frank Chow: @King He definitely said he opposed “same-sex marriage”, that didn’t change....
- King: @ Frank But Manny didn’t even say what he’s been accused of.
- Frank Chow: I think any athlete should be an athlete and accept the responsibility of their words in a public forum....
- Facebook co-founder renounces U.S. citizenship prior to IPO (13)
- Raguel: This is a storm in a tea cup, a new five minutes of hate. This is because despite the outrage, people will...
- Frank Chow: “The country is not over-taxed; in fact, tax rates are near 60 year lows.” -source,...
- bigWOWO: Linda, Mark Cuban is rich (richer than me anyway), and he’s just as horrified as I am. I don’t...
- The Perversity of Human Biodiversity, a.k.a. “Scientific” Racism (428)
- LadyBlack: Hello, you who believe that some races are inferior and that some are superior. As a Black (in particular...
- bigWOWO: Thanks, Grover!
- Grover Porquel: Excellent roundup. I have taken on these “biodiversity” types myself over the years and...
- Higher education: the next subprime bubble (5)
- bigWOWO: Let’s think hypothetically. Let’s say they had quotas, such as a company of X number of...
- kobukson: In the past, a high school diploma was sufficient for getting a job. Things changed and a HS diploma...
- bigWOWO: I do agree with you, Ei, to a certain point. I have heard that some lawyers and engineers are having...
- Americans Eat the World’s Cheapest Food (36)
- bigWOWO: A week in, and: I liked the mock chicken, but the family didn’t like it. I don’t know if...
- King: ^ But isn’t Anthony Bourdain the same guy who recently called Paula Deen the “Worst Unhealthy Cook” for...
- kobukson: I like Anthony Bourdain’s take on vegetarians and vegans: “Vegetarians, and their Hezbollah-like...
- Why Do Asian People Have Bad Eyesight? (37)
- Suing the Bachelor for racial discrimination (34)
- George: The problem with the entertainment industry is that they have already stated that blacks are not on the show...
- George: “Oh and prediction, you know the first female non white bachelorette will be Asian, and it will be...
- Chen: i’ve been reading about BFOQ cases, and it seems as if the entertainment industry wins unless they do...
- Reasons to eliminate black studies (23)
- Asian Men, Black Men, and the Competition for White Women (569)
- Raguel: Actually, white people may laugh at him even more, and that may be why they like him so much.
- Raguel: How does this nihilistic dog so filled with ressentiment and love of the slave morality even dare to mention...
- ChineseMom: (continued) Criticism of contemporary Chinese literature and Marxism Q: After the publication of your...
- Immigration records of Asian immigrants to be made available to public (2)
- American woman becomes hero to abused women in China (39)
- Chen: thats it. This woman got beat up, and that is wrong. I’m sure some assholes are going to use that and run...
- Eurasian Sensation: Patriarchal practices are incredibly ingrained in some countries and are extremely hard to shift....
- Raguel: Wasn’t it reported in one of the major american magazines like life, time etc that travelling ulamas...
- San Diego student left alone in cell for five days (3)
- bigWOWO: Haha…I know, Zach! This is the absolute worse kind of invisibility that there is!
- Zach Katagiri: Man — talk about asian american males being invisible!!
- Linda: this will be the next episode of “I survived….” I am surprised they don’t have video...
- Adventures of the Karaoke King by Harold Taw (Review and Question) (4)
- bigWOWO: Alpha, Glad that you see the precious metals rather than the ranking! Although I guess I should consider...
- Raguel: Why not make contact with other blogs and Asian American websites to feature your reviews? This way,...
- Alpha Asian: B, I know what you mean. A lot of reviewers just give very bland reviews and they don’t really...
- Asian women fetch high prices for egg donation (5)
- Dman: I don’t get the article Asian women in demand for donating her eggs. I did not see anything mentioned...
- bigWOWO: I think that buying an egg is financially easier these days than adoption from China. I know people trying...
- Linda: Also regarding about adoption. I think a lot of Americanized Asians are open to adoption in the US. (unlike...
- Re-Programming Your Mind (74)
- Chr..: I’m not making this up! I saw this guy in front of a Trader Joe’s here in NYC not too long ago as...
- Asian Women and the Invisible Chain (187)
- Chr..: @ King Yes, and what can the general masses do to stop with what’s going on right now? Not much I would...
- King: @ Chr Because the money, more than anything else, is ‘the system’ that affects everything else.
- Chr..: “The whole thing looks like a very twisted version of musical chairs, doesn’t it?” Why does this...
- Creative Monopolists (3)
- Asian husband-wife team on Shark Tank (3)
- Artists Who Refuse to Work for Free (5)
- Courtney: I have been drawing for 22 years. I think it’s really inconsiderate to ask an artist to sit down for...
- More Asian Americans Marrying Within Their Race (106)
- Chr..: “Look at some of the fatcats on Wall Street–a guy who can drop $800 on a single night out isn’t...
- The Richer Sex by Liza Mundy (Review) (12)
- Chr..: “dystopian mating marketplace where, like income inequality, the rewards of female sexuality will go...
- Whiteness and American TV (9)
- Linda: @hadoken – I don’t know why korean dramas are like crack. I go thru phases. since it’s a...
- Scapegoating our own (12)
Monthly Archives: January 2009
King's Dream Realized?
Obama and King
(Picture from here.)
Today is the inauguration of our very first African American President of the United States. Barack Obama, after a long, hard campaign, will be sworn in as our 44th President, 46 years after Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” speech.
According to a CNN poll, more than 2/3 of African Americans believe that King’s dream of race relations has been realized. According to this UPI article:
Podcast: bigWOWO interviews the Alpha Asian
I’m pleased to say that our first podcast of the year took place on Thursday night with fitness trainer and author James Chan from Alpha-Asian. Most of you have probably seen his site, but most of you probably don’t know how he began personal training, why he does it, and what his training philosophy is. Learn about him in our bigWOWO podcast. Download it here, or play it here:
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Noodle World and Bob's Big Boy
I saw this inspirational story on AngryAsianMan: Noodle World’s Homage to It’s Big Boy Roots.
I’m a sucker for stories about lineage and the preservation of history. I think it’s awesome that Noodle World decided to bring back a symbol of what the restaurant used to be. It’s especially potent because it unites people–residents of all races remember Bob’s Big Boy and what it meant to them.
John DeFrancis, Chinese Language Scholar, Is Dead at 97
One thing nice about reading the obits is that you learn about cool people who did cool things. I’m pretty sure that I’ve heard of John DeFrancis, probably when I was studying Chinese in school. According to his obituary, he was “one of the most influential scholars and teachers of the Chinese language in the last century.”
These days, it’s relatively easy to pack the ol’ passport and head out to the Far East, but back in the day, one had to have a sense of adventure to travel from West to East or vice versa. The early twentieth century was a busy time for China with the Boxer Rebellion and the downfall of the last emperor, and anyone traveling during that time had to be pretty brave.
Plane lands in the Hudson
(Pictures from Reuters and CNN.)
This is an amazing story: ‘Miraculous’ Landing in Hudson. Go online and look around. The pictures (more below) are pretty unreal too.
From CNN:
A source familiar with the situation, however, told CNN the pilot reported a double bird strike, but it was unclear whether that meant birds in both engines or two birds in one engine.
The pilot initially said he needed to go back, and air traffic controllers started to give him clearance to do so, but the pilot said he wanted to head to Teterboro, New Jersey, because it was closer. That was the last transmission from the pilot, the source said.
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Note on password
Uggh. Sorry. I’m terrible at web stuff.
If I sent you the password, please eliminate the apostrophe and space. In other words, “dawson’s creek” become “dawsonscreek.” I had some trouble with my WordPress upgrade after someone said they couldn’t leave comments. I think it’s fixed now, but the new WordPress doesn’t seem to allow passwords with spaces and stuff.
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Site Announcements/Reminders
Just a few site reminders and announcements, all of which is free free free:
1. There’s less than a week left in our “Two More Weeks of Bush(league)” contest. This is good news for our government and planet but bad news for those who take a long time to write. Get your submissions in. Our two judges are standing by. Remember, free book!
2. We’re going to bring back the podcasts soon, beginning this Thursday (tomorrow) with the Alpha-Asian. If anyone is interested in calling in, please let me know. Or let the Alpha know. Free fitness advice! (BTW, I’m still working on the quality. That hasn’t changed so far, but we’re working on it.)
Joe the Correspondent
Plumber-turned-reporter
I was having a conversation with a friend a while back about the troubles facing the publishing industry, and I said that the new internet economy would require a lot more promotion on the part of authors/writers. I said that it’s going to be hard for authors to get the word out while maintaining their sense of dignity. In other words, the economy may force authors to become attention junkies who push the envelope on getting the word out. Such hard sales, I postulated, might be necessary to get book contracts, etc. since margins are so slim these days. As an example, I mentioned the fact that Joe the Plumber landed a contract to write an autobiography. While real authors struggle with agents and publishing houses, someone in publishing got the bright idea to approach Joe the (unlicensed) Plumber and offer him a lucrative book deal.
Prince Harry calls fellow soldier a "Paki"
Prince Harry
For anyone who has dealt at length with people from Britain, this was to be expected. They are a country with lots of white supremacist racists. Not all of them, of course, but a lot of them. It makes lots of sense: colonize the entire world AND enter the 21st century without having a civil rights movement or a abolition movement, and crap like this takes place. I’m not saying this as a personal attack; it’s just a fact.
