The Conversation
- Asian Racism and the “Asian of Reason” (20)
- Leon: Thank you, Asian Dude, for proving my point. If you are indeed Asian, that is.
- Max: hmmm…I have a hard time believing “Asian Dude” is in fact Asian.
- Asian Dude: So…whats the problem here? AOR has the right to an opinion right? Seems to me like a mountain 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” (20)
Tag Archives: Portland
George Katagiri: Heroes
This is the kind of story that I find interesting. George Katagiri (grandfather of Zach, who is on this blog and the co-owner of Peachyhost, which houses Thymos.org) was the elementary and high school teacher of Joan Harvey, a reporter … Continue reading
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Tagged George Katagiri, heroes, Portland, teaching
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Podcast: Empowered Mentality / Medicine Dilemma
I recorded my own personal podcast last night. You can download it here, or hear it here: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] The podcast is 20:46 long, 19.0 mB of me, me, me, and me talking mostly about … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Podcasts, Portland
Tagged Activism, Asian American, Ethics, Portland
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Crime in Portland (Retraction)
Update: I have access to private information about this incident, and I no longer want to call this a hate crime. A crime may have occurred, but it may not have been a hate crime, at least not according to … Continue reading
Some of the stuff I'm working on
As I mentioned in my last post about the Thymos book project, I finished my submission. Actually, I finished my first submission. I enjoyed writing it so much that I’m now working on a second submission. My second submission is … Continue reading
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Tagged Asian American, literature, Portland, thymos
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Stay at home dad groups
Portland Dads at Home I learned of this group maybe a month ago, but they got written up in the Oregonian just this past week. Check out the article here. I’ve communicated with some of these guys through e-mail, and … Continue reading
Size Matters
For those who don’t know, I’m trying hard to get into shape. I’ve got an athletic competition coming up later this summer, so I’ve been running more than I’ve ever run before. I can now do 5 miles in one … Continue reading
Portland Cheap Eating
They had an interesting article on Portland cheap eats yesterday in the NY Times. I’ve eaten at the stands before, but I seriously never knew that it extended that deep. If any of you visit Portland, I know where I’m … Continue reading
Golden Swan, RIP
I drove all the way out to the other side of Beaverton to eat at my favorite restaurant, the Golden Swan. Few people in Portland know of the Golden Swan. It’s a hole in the wall–the place has no central … 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
Portland, the Whitest Big City in the West
Thanks, Larry, for this article from the Oregonian. My goodness, we’re whiter than Nashville! We should start our own country music scene here. This part of the article describes the cultural issues accurately: Portland-area employers competing for top talent have … Continue reading
