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: Sam Yoon
Sam Yoon moving to DC
Sam Yoon, as many of you know, ran for mayor of Boston last year. As the first Asian American on the Boston city council, the first Asian American to run for public office in Boston, and the first Asian American … Continue reading
John Liu elected Comptroller of New York City/Elections
Congratulations to John Liu who was elected Comptroller of New York City tonight: Liu easily defeated his Republican challenger Joe Mendola in the race for city comptroller, making him the first Asian-American elected to citywide office. “Indeed, this is a … Continue reading
Our Sam Yoon Campaign
I wanted to give us a little time to bask in our one year birthday before business as usual. Thanks again, everyone, for making this place what it is. So…back to business. As I’m sure some of you already know, … Continue reading
We hit our Sam Yoon goal!
Thanks to Asianguy, TMM, and uRB4N who helped bigWOWO achieve its goal of raising $250 for Sam Yoon. This was the first goal that we as a website have set, and we did it! Special thanks to uRB4N who contributed … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Asian American, Politics
Tagged Activism, interracial relationships, Politics, Sam Yoon, web activism
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Give to Sam Yoon
I missed the August deadline (sorry Sagar), but the election is just 20 days away. If you are an American who has five or ten bucks to spare, please visit bigwowo’s fundraising page and drop a few Washingtons and Lincolns … Continue reading
Sam Yoon: bigWOWO's Fundraising Page
You all heard my Sam Yoon podcast a while back. He’s clearly one of the coolest politicians to hit the scene in a long time. I was originally planning to throw a big wine event in Portland to help him … Continue reading
The Boston Phoenix, Media Racism, and Sam Yoon
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 … Continue reading
Podcast: Sam Yoon, Candidate for Mayor of Boston
Today I had a podcast with Sam Yoon, Candidate for Mayor of Boston. Intern Sagar Sane, who made all the arrangements for the podcast and who is helping with internet publicity, was also present. The podcast is 46 minutes and … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Podcasts, Politics, Uncategorized, parenting
Tagged Asian American, Boston, mayor, Politics, Sagar Sane, Sam Yoon, Yul Kwon
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