The Conversation
- Scapegoating our own (13)
- King: ^Yeah, but so did Obama 4 years ago. It’s inconsistent to think that Obama can have an arch of decision...
- 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.
- 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 (13)
Category Archives: Activism
Beauty and the Ethnic Woman
The beautiful and natural Yunjin Kim
Thanks, King, for sending in these articles: Erasing Ethnicity.
(I google searched for a picture of a blonde haired, blue eyed Asian woman to put on the front-page of this article. The results were all hideous, so I didn’t bother posting. So instead y’all get to see a picture of the beautiful and natural Asian American Yunjin Kim who recently decided not to go with the typical marriage trend. Represent, Yunjin! Min Jin, you broke my heart; Yunjin, you put it back together!)
Ed Lin Event Recap
Byron, author Ed Lin, actress Cindy Cheung
Thank you Thymos, AAJA-Portland, Friends of Portland Chinatown, and Murder By the Book for the awesome Ed Lin event yesterday. Special thanks to Amy Wang, Ruth Liao, Elizabeth Suh from AAJA; Joann Le, Fai Chong, and Ivy Lin from Friends of Portland Chinatown, and Barbara Tom from Murder By the Book. I had a blast. Not only did we get to learn writing from an awesome author, but we also had a chance to hear Ed speak from the heart on his thoughts about the publishing industry and Asian American issues. What is super cool about Ed’s career is that he started from an Asian American perspective, writing about Asian American issues and participating in the Asian American Writers Workshop.
Posted in Activism, Portland, Writing
Tagged AAJA-Portland, Cindy Cheung, Ed Lin, Friends of Portland Chinatown, thymos
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EthnoLA, 5/10/10
This was from AZN at BcB. Check it out if you’re in LA.
Ending the Blame Game (along with dropping baggage)
Henry Louis Gates Jr. had an Op-Ed in the Times today about reparations for slavery: How to End the Slavery Blame-Game. In his essay, he talks about how Africans were working with Europeans when they sold black people into slavery, and he discusses how the question of blame isn’t always black and white (pun intended). This was my favorite passage:
For many African-Americans, these facts can be difficult to accept. Excuses run the gamut, from “Africans didn’t know how harsh slavery in America was” and “Slavery in Africa was, by comparison, humane” or, in a bizarre version of “The devil made me do it,” “Africans were driven to this only by the unprecedented profits offered by greedy European countries.”
Elian Gonzalez, 10 years later
From what I can tell, most of the readers of this blog are in their mid-thirties to early forties, so I can post this without getting a “WTF is he talking about?” response. See the video above (along with the story). I remember the political anger that came of the event. For those who are too young to remember, ten years ago 13 Cuban migrants tried to escape Cuba and enter Florida. Almost all of the migrants, including Elian’s mom, died, but Elian, who was 5 at the time, survived. His father, who was back in Cuba, wanted his son returned to Cuba, while many among the Cuban American population in Florida wanted him to stay in the U.S. Elian’s U.S. based relatives refused to hand over the child, so Janet Reno sent federal agents armed with guns and tear gas to their door.
Ed Lin Writer's Workshop on Monday, May 3rd–AAJA, Thymos, and Friends of Portland Chinatown
If you’re in Portland on May 3rd and you love writing, you will want to attend the Ed Lin Writer’s Workshop, presented by the Asian American Journalists Association–Portland and Thymos, co-sponsored by Friends of Portland Chinatown. It is a writing workshop, and Ed will be working to help attendees find their writing muse. It takes place at the Chinese Consolidated Benevolent Association on May 3rd, 6pm, at 317 NW Davis in the heart of Portland Chinatown. It’s FREE, and there will be food. RSVP at portland.aaja@gmail.com. Much thanks to everyone who is putting this together.
Fill in Our Future
Just got an e-mail from Courtney at Fill in Our Future. As you all know, the deadline for the census count is April 1st. Probably all of you have already received your form. If you haven’t done so already, fill it out and send it in. I was at a presentation last week where a census rep went through everything that this form represents. Not only does it determine how much federal funding we get in our respective communities, but it also determines how much representation, i.e. House representatives, we get in the federal government as well. It really does mean that you will be counted.
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The Cove: bigWOWO's review
In accordance with FTC disclosure rules, I received a free copy of this movie. I’ll try to be unbiased. I thank Laurel at Take Part for sending it.
Before I begin, let me share why I was interested in seeing this film. As you know, I’m a quiet environmentalist who is interested in preserving the earth. I’ve blogged about fish and shark fin soup in the past, and I wholeheartedly believe that we all need to do more to protect our seas. I also love eating fish, and I encourage people to consume fish responsibly. Hearing that this film was set in Japan where I spent a year after graduation sealed my interest in finding out what this film was about.
Playing the Dozens and Working on Your Mack
I remember working my first retail job in New York. I was working selling computers for a crappy, fly-by-night storefront, and it was my first time working in a truly multiethnic environment. We were talking about college, and one of my black male coworkers remarked about my alma mater: “They gave you a degree? Man, they must be giving out degrees to just about everyone these days!” Everyone burst out in laughter.
I was shocked. I didn’t know what to say. I was out of words before the war of words even began.
Taking Back the Key
The Princess and her non-black Prince
I had a longer discussion relevant to this topic before, so I’ll try to keep this one short. Neutral Observer had asked what I felt about the FlashForward IR between John Cho and Gabrielle Union, and I said that it was a positive step, but that there was something a bit off about it, perhaps mostly the fact (as I see it) that an Asian man will never be a king in a land of plentiful single black women, and that a black woman will never be queen in a land of plentiful single Asian men. There are some people who are demanding to see more such couples, but the vast majority of black women strongly prefer to be with black men, and a large (though significantly smaller, according to John Tierney from the the NY Times) majority of Asian men prefer Asian women.
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Features, Knowledge, Strategy
Tagged interracial relationships
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