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: media
Gwen Stefani and her Muse
I can’t stop watching the video above. It’s perfect in every sense of the word–beautiful scenery, beautiful actors and actresses, beautiful melody, beautiful lyrics, beautiful acting, and very human. I must admit that I have not had the exact experience depicted in the clip–though probably something similar–but wow…after watching the clip, I feel like I was right there. What an amazing story.
Posted in media
Tagged Gwen Stefani, interracial relationships, media, storytelling, Tony Kanal, video
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Banana APA Bloggers Conference, Nov 21
For all you Angelenos and people close by,
There’s going to be an awesome conference going down in the LA area on November 21st at USC. Here’s the info from their Facebook:
Date: Saturday, November 21, 2009
Time: 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: University of Southern California (USC)
Street: University Park Campus, Taper Hall, Room 201
City/Town: Los Angeles, CA
Much thanks to Steve Nguyen and Lac Su for arranging this excellent conference. They’ve definitely got the right idea about blogging and community. Much appreciation to both of them for recognizing and celebrating the AA blogosphere.
African Americans and Martial Arts
Jaden Smith
Thanks to Leon, who sent this article written by RiceDaddy Jeff Yang. In the article, Yang addresses the backlash against Jaden Smith’s starring role as the new Karate Kid by retelling the story of how African Americans were instrumental in promoting the martial arts in America.
So just three quick comments:
1. I thought the article was very good from a historical perspective. I knew that African Americans had been active–I remember Malcolm’s proclamation that all African American males should study karate and judo–but I didn’t know the details. I thank Jeff and Leon for educating me.
Miss Asian Oregon
Okay, time for an exciting announcement. I am the co-owner of the Miss Asian Oregon Pageant, and we will be having our inaugural event on October 10th, 2009 down in Salem. My partner Michelle is a former contestant/finalist and law firm owner, and we are totally psyched about doing this. Our emcee/organizer Liani is a prominent public official and lawyer activist. We now have all of our contestants, and we’re ready to rock the state of Oregon.
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Portland
Tagged Activism, Asian American, Asian women, beauty, image, media, Miss Asian Oregon, pageants
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The New Art of Book Promotion
Most of the people on this site are either bloggers, writers, or both. I thought you all might find this Washington Post article interesting: Novice Authors Must Promote Themselves, Since Publishers Won’t. Here’s a paragraph and a half from the article:
She cobbled together a trailer for her book on her home computer, using iMovie software, downloading a free tune off the Web for background music, and stuck it on her Web site. Her agent helped get her on one network television morning show. About 20 friends hosted book parties, which she hit on a self-funded three-week blitz, selling books out of the trunk of her car. A guy shot video of her reading an essay at one of these parties, and she posted it on YouTube when the paperback came out.
Singing by oneself
I saw the video above on AAM. It’s a video of Sam Tsui, who is Yale student, and who made a Michael Jackson medley with his friend Kurt Schneider (the guy on the left doing the beat box thing). It’s Sam Tsui times six, with Kurt doing the beats. The first time I heard someone sing by himself on separate tracks was when Bobby McFerrin recorded Don’t Worry, Be Happy. Sam and Kurt’s piece is pretty cool though because of the visuals. How do they make a video like that?
Also check out their rendition of Journey’s Don’t Stop Believing:
Show me the money
Saw this post by Phillip at offendmeyouoffendmyfamily.com. I found it through TMM who found it through AAM, and now it’s here on BW (oh wow, I didn’t realize that my site has the same initials as my name. Wow.) In the post, Phillip mentions the protests against Ken Jeong–I’ll admit that I haven’t been following this one–and he mentions how he feels that these protest “victories” are not really victories at all, and that real change will come when Asian Americans start supporting Asian American arts with their dollars. The blog post is interesting, as are the comments that follow.
Posted in Asian American, Writing
Tagged Asian American, independent film, media, movies, Writing
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Wong Fu on CNN
The End of History and the Last Asian Man
A Canadian-Chinese Work of Orientalist White-Worshipping Glory
Orientalists–you people are everywhere. Here I am, getting set in writing my piece for the Thymos Book Project, and you Orientalist Mofo’s have to lob another one in my direction. I guess the upside is that you’re providing a good lead-in to my introduction of the Thymos Book Project–which will come as soon as I’m done with my first draft. I’m sorry, but I’m not going to let your issues interfere with my work.
Posted in media
Tagged deception, interracial relationships, media, Orientalism, racism, white privilege
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The Boston Phoenix, Media Racism, and Sam Yoon
Racist imagery, courtesy of the Boston Phoenix
Thanks to SEFTRE, who found this. The Boston Phoenix ran an article on Friday about how Yoon and Menino are competing over the Boston Asian vote, and they accompanied the article with the photo on the right, a graphic of Menino in a Chinese takeout box labeled “Yoon for Mayor.”
