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· Ryan General
Indian student deported after confessing on Reddit to faking dad’s death for scholarship
A 19-year-old Indian student, Aryan Anand, was deported from the U.S. after he confessed on Reddit to a fraudulent scheme to secure a full scholarship at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania. In a post titled “I have built my life and career on lies and fraud – Long,” Anand…
· Carl Samson
Mom says teacher called her son’s kimchi lunch ‘distracting,’ ‘inappropriate’ in viral Reddit thread
A preschool teacher purportedly banned a student from eating a lunch that included kimchi because it was “distracting” for his classmates and has an “unpleasant” odor. The 5-year-old’s mother, who goes by the Reddit username flowergardens0 — and is believed to be based in the…
· Bryan Ke
Explicit photos, videos of South Asian women traded in Reddit forum, report reveals
BBC Panorama’s investigative report uncovered a subreddit where thousands of users would allegedly trade and sell leaked explicit material featuring South Asian women. The forum was created and moderated by Reddit user Zippomad, who was later identified as Himesh Shingadia, a…
· Jane Nam
Obscure Hong Kong tech company’s stocks surge 21,000%, valued more than McDonald’s thanks to Reddit
Thanks to popular Reddit forum WallStreetBets, Hong Kong financial tech company AMTD Digital is now worth even more than giants like Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Costco, with a current market value of $310 billion. AMTD Digital, which trades under the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)…
· Carl Samson
‘DTF?’: Redditor asks if friend is eating Din Tai Fung in the worst possible way
A Reddit user from Singapore said they lost a friend and got “destroyed” in a group chat after using the abbreviation “DTF” while referring to Taiwanese restaurant Din Tai Fung. The user said they were trying to guess the restaurant where a friend was having a meal of dumplings…
· Rebecca Moon
Redditor alleges her 6 y/o was forced to eat alone for ‘distracting’ peers with ‘smelly’ Asian food
A Reddit user posted to the subreddit r/AmItheAssh*le on Monday, where she alleged that her daughter was ostracized by her homeroom teacher during lunch for her “foreign” food. The homeroom teacher purportedly forced the Reddit user’s 6-year-old daughter to sit alone in a room…
· Rebecca Moon
Asian Reddit user shares video compilation of racists reacting to being asked not to block a driveway
Last week, Redditor u/thoushallnot22 uploaded a video compilation of various anti-Asian encounters they had filmed in New York City. “Here is some context: People block my driveway. I ask them to not block my driveway. This is how they react- perhaps because they are selfish and…
· Michelle De Pacina
‘He is our Betty White now’: George Takei’s 2021 tweet on his marriage to a ‘white dude’ gets Reddit praise
Japanese American actor George Takei’s 2021 tweet about his marriage warmed hearts after it made its way to Reddit’s page of most popular posts. “Change is possible, even if it takes time,” Takei tweeted last year. “When I was younger, Asian men couldn’t legally marry white…
· Sarah Yukiko
‘Bad thai’: Rachael Ray’s pad thai gets a thumbs down from Redditors
Rachael Ray posted a video of herself cooking pad thai to her website in March. Her take on the dish, which was liberally topped with edible flowers, was shared, and then jeered, on subreddit r/StupidFood on Dec. 14. One commenter seemed to sum up much of the subreddit’s…
· Bryan Ke
Reddit post by alleged half-Korean teen mistreated by family for being white-passing is removed
Moderators of the popular subreddit “r/AmItheA**hole” (AITA) have taken down a post by an alleged biracial Korean and German user who claimed to be mistreated by her family for passing as white. What happened: In a since-deleted post on Wednesday, Reddit user Aggressive-Duty6000…
· Ryan General
Wife receives outpouring of Reddit support after her ‘American’ husband trashed her ‘horrible’ Asian food
An Asian woman recently opened up on Reddit that she is no longer cooking for her husband after he threw away the Asian dishes that she prepared for her visiting family. Who’s the A: Redditor Throwar563577 received overwhelming support from other users after posting a story…
· Bryan Ke
Reddit Discovers ‘League of Legends’ Chinese Owner Censors Words China Doesn’t Like
Reddit users and players of “League of Legends” discovered that words such as “Uyghur,” “Tiananmen,” and “Genocide” have been censored for going against China’s current political climate. The censoring was raised in the r/Leagueoflegends subreddit by user ResplendentShade,…
· Ziye Wang
Asians Are Getting Taller According to Redditor’s Groundbreaking Research
It’s no secret that Asians are getting taller worldwide. There’s a commonly held notion that massive leaps in economic prosperity in recent decades have led to equally massive improvements in nutrition and, as a result, height. Looking around at our family members of older…
· Ryan General
Redditors Protest After Reddit Accepts $150 Million From Chinese Censorship Giant Tencent
Redditors have taken to flooding their platform with Winnie the Pooh and Tiananmen Square pictures in an apparent protest against the news that Chinese tech company Tencent will invest $150 million in the site. Reddit’s deal with Tencent, one of China’s largest arms in censoring…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Redditor Shares Epic Story of Hmong Dad Who Escaped Communist Laos in the ’70s
“What is a story you’ve been dying to tell?” In a now-archived AskReddit post, Redditor average_smaverage opened up a platform for others in the community to share some of their most interesting experiences. Some wrote about people who had made lasting impressions on them, while…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Redditor Raises His Adopted Asian Son in Chinese Culture for 17 Years, Then Realizes He’s Actually Korean
Transracial adoption is never easy. It’s so common for children to grow up hearing horribly insensitive things said about them, and there’s so much that these kids will miss out on when not being raised in their native culture.
· Carl Samson
Reddit Users Fund AMWF Porn to Trigger White Supremacists on 4chan — And It’s Working
Editor’s note: The individual who’s name was mentioned in this project has been redacted to protect her privacy. Asian subreddit r/aznidentity crowdfunded and produced an Asian Male-White Female (AMWF) pornshoot based off a real-life gamer couple.
· Heather Johnson Yu
Melania Trump’s Calligraphy Lesson With Akie Abe Hijacked By Redditors in PSBattle
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump have kicked off their tour of Asia with their first stop being Japan; while Trump has been playing golf and feeding koi with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the FLOTUS has been attending calligraphy lessons with the Japan’s First…
· Bryan Ke
Ex-Reddit CEO Ellen Pao Exposes Details of Sexism in Silicon Valley in Shocking Essay
An excerpt from Ellen Pao’s forthcoming memoir, titled “Reset”, details some of the problems she endured — sexism, discrimination and sexual harassment — during her time at venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB). In the essay “This is How Sexism Works in…
· Editorial Staff
Constance Wu Roots For NBC’s Controversial ‘Mail Order Family’, Gets Blasted on Reddit
Constance Wu has put her two cents on “Mail Order Family,” the controversial comedy NBC cancelled shortly after its announcement. Many people are not happy with what she had to say. In a tweet posted on Friday, the “Fresh Off The Boat” star revealed what would make her support…