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Two in a Row

Posted on October 7, 2008 by bigWOWO

The New York Times has outdone itself. Last week, they had a video segment on Aimee and Ping, which I blogged about here in the Art of the Neg. As I mentioned, that was the first time I’ve ever seen a video segment on two Asian Americans married. Usually they’ll cover Asian American weddings…just as long as the guy is white.

But after breaking tradition last week, the NY Times did it again with the story of Rachel and Julius, two Filipino American newlyweds, where the man makes a video for the woman. It’s very romantic, but…what is going on here? Is the world turning upside down? Or is the New York Times embracing a new kind of ethnic diversity in its news coverage?

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The Art of the Neg

Posted on September 28, 2008 by bigWOWO

For what I think is the very first time in history, the New York Times posted a video of two Asian Americans on their main wedding page. You can see the video here, and you can see the accompanying story here.

It’s a really sweet story.  What I thought was especially cute was the fact that because they’re both architects, they seem to notice a lot about structure and design.  You can hear it in their words.  For example, she talks about how he leads her into a chapel, and then she talks about the dome and structure.  It’s cute when people have such passion in what they do that it carries into everything they do and observe.  Great story, and props to the NY Times.

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