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: February 2009
Connections and helpful activities through the web
CNN had this inspiring story off its front page. Chen Xiao, living in Beijing, had a terrible 2008. So she put her life online, asking strangers to hire her for $3 an hour. She does little tasks around Beijing, meeting … Continue reading
Fox News criticizes Jindal
I’m glad I’m not the only one who thought Jindal bombed last night. Check out the footage above. When he first came on with that phony looking walk, I cringed. Then when he started talking, it reminded me of an … Continue reading
Obama's Speech to Congress
(Picture from the NY Times) Obama nailed it tonight with his speech. As CBS New Senior Political Correspondent Jeff Greenfield said after the broadcast, it was like a Fireside Chat. Obama used the platform to address the American people, not … Continue reading
Rupert Apologizes
(Picture from Ask Men.) Rupert Murdoch, whose News Corp owns the New York Post, apologized today for the chimp cartoon. It’s a warm, sincere apology, and it’s the right thing to do. It’s good to hear that the apology came … Continue reading
Locke for Commerce Secretary
Sources say that Obama is going to nominate former Washington governor Gary Locke as Commerce Secretary. See the news story here. As you political junkies know, Richardson left because of a federal investigation, and Republican Judd Gregg left over the stimulus … Continue reading
Glen S. Fukushima Fellowship
(Picture from here.) Curtis Chin from APAP asked that I publicize the following fellowship. The application deadline is FRIDAY, so if you’re interested, get your application out this week. According to the website, “Selected fellows will receive a cash stipend … Continue reading
Frugality on Trial
I saw this article in the NY Times yesterday. The article talks about how following Japan’s Lost Decade, consumption continued to lag. People were so affected by the past economic problems that they never got back up. For example: Today, … Continue reading
Bamboo
Embedded video from <a href=”http://www.cnn.com/video” mce_href=”http://www.cnn.com/video”>CNN Video</a> Check out this awesome CNN video on bamboo. Bamboo is awesome. It’s a form of grass, it grows really quickly, and according to the video, it absorbs quite a bit of carbon dioxide. … Continue reading
My Letter to Disney
See my letter below. If you want to contact the same people, download my Disney contact data file here and do a mail merge from your main document. (Every activist should know how to do a mail merge. If you … Continue reading
The NY Post Needs to Apologize
The NY Post posted the political cartoon above, and it’s causing an outroar. Al Sharpton is angry, although he’s giving them a chance to explain: “The Post should at least clarify what point they were trying to make in this … Continue reading
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