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)
Tag Archives: Asian American
Ed Wang, First Chinese American in the NFL
Dizzle first broke the story about Ed Wang last year.
Thanks to Alpha for the vid above.
Ed Wang is a 6’5, 315 lb. lineman. He was just drafted out of Virginia Tech by the Bills, and he just became the very first person of 100% Chinese descent in the NFL. Both of his parents are former Olympians from China, and if you look the footage of them standing next to Ed in the video above, they’re not small people. His younger brother is pretty big too.
The Definitive History of Asian Men Dating Outside their Race
So what do you all think of the new look? As some of you know, something batty happened with my WordPress, and the old theme was one of the casualties from the fall. The new theme, which I absolutely LOVE (and will try to tweak if you e-mail suggestions), was designed by Eyoung. Thanks, Eyoung for your awesome theme.
America's Real Dream Team
Tom Friedman wrote a pro-immigration column yesterday. He talks about attending an important dinner he recently attended. He reveals the names of the honorees and writes:
Linda Zhou, Alice Wei Zhao, Lori Ying, Angela Yu-Yun Yeung, Lynnelle Lin Ye, Kevin Young Xu, Benjamin Chang Sun, Jane Yoonhae Suh, Katheryn Cheng Shi, Sunanda Sharma, Sarine Gayaneh Shahmirian, Arjun Ranganath Puranik, Raman Venkat Nelakant, Akhil Mathew, Paul Masih Das, David Chienyun Liu, Elisa Bisi Lin, Yifan Li, Lanair Amaad Lett, Ruoyi Jiang, Otana Agape Jakpor, Peter Danming Hu, Yale Wang Fan, Yuval Yaacov Calev, Levent Alpoge, John Vincenzo Capodilupo and Namrata Anand.
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.
Children of Invention
bigWOWO Rating: Asian American Bronze
Let me first begin by saying that I’m not a frequent consumer of artsy-style indie films. So take my words below with a grain of salt.
I received several e-mails announcing Children of Invention, but I usually ignore movie announcements since I live in po’ dunk Oregon and usually can’t see them anyway. In this case, however, TMM let the world know that you could “rent” this movie on YouTube. That’s right, for the low price of $3.99 and a YouTube account, you can see this movie over the web. A rental gets you 48 hours of unlimited viewing. It’s a really great way to get your movie out while still getting paid. I’m glad that Tze Chun decided to go this route.
Self Defense?
Thanks Mojo–another violent incident coming straight out of Philly. This incident is a bit gray in terms of what happened and what the consequences should be.
If you look at the video above, there was a shooting on a busy street. Some facts are not in dispute: Gerald Ung, a third year law student, fired six gunshots at Edward DiDonato, a former captain of the Villanova University lacrosse team, hitting him in the hand, abdomen, shoulders, and chest. Immediately after the shooting, Ung used his cell phone to call the police and waited until they arrived. He’s being charged with attempted homicide and aggravated assault. The gun was licensed. DiDonato is a nephew of a prominent Philly politician.
Health Risks for Minorities Trying to Look White
Sammy Sosa, before and now
You know those skin whitening creams that some minorities use to whiten their skin? Apparently there are health problems associated with them. One woman used it, and it made her skin so thin that it bruised easily. She also got acne. Where was she getting this skin cream?
“I never read the labels,” Mrs. Ross said. Instead, she took her cues from friends, many of them, like her, from the West Indies. “Once somebody told me Fair & White was the one they were using, I’d go to the Korean store and ask for it,” she said.
The Asian Inferiority Complex
Beautiful model Du Juan
(pic from here)
I remember calling an Asian American friend when I first landed in Japan right after college.
“How do the guys here get anything done?” I asked him, jokingly. “The women here are eye-blindly beautiful. I’d have trouble keeping an eye on my work.”
At the time, Amuro Namie was really big in Japan. I was working for a White British woman at the school where I taught, and the British woman told me, “Have you heard of Amuro Namie? She is absolutely gorgeous. Among the most beautiful women in the entire world.”
Girly Girls, Princesses, and Asian American Women
(pic from here)
I read Emily Co’s piece on AbsolutelyFobulous about the Princess and the Frog, and the implications of ethnic princesses. In her piece, she writes:
I know we have Mulan and everything, but somehow she doesn’t seem to fit that Disney princess mold. I’m pretty girly, so I’d love to see an Asian princess who traipses around in a poofy dress, preferably wearing a tiara. I just simply didn’t identify with Mulan and I wonder if little Asian girls feel the same way. I can’t really picture them clamoring to wear Mulan’s armor for Halloween when they can don Belle’s yellow froufrou ballgown.
Raise your voice (and use your money) against the Philadelphia School District
Thanks to Minority Militant, Alpha-Asian, AngryAsianMan, Field, and, well, just about everyone else, for bringing some attention to the racial violence taking place at South Philadelphia High School. We’re not seeing it very much in the mainstream media, so I think it’s good that bloggers are “covering” it. (I put “covering” in parentheses since we’re just linking to a mainstream account.)
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Tagged Asian American, South Philadelphia High School, Violence
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