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· Khier Casino
A Korean American man known as the “Asian Nazi” on social media was arrested in Tyler, Texas, on Friday on a federal warrant by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF). Heon “Hank” Jong Yoo, 24, was booked into the Smith County Jail by ATF around 10:30 p.m.…
· Editorial Staff
In an interview with Dangerous.com, a publication run by former Breibart News senior editor Milo Yiannopoulos, Esther Ku responded to accusations of racist remarks towards Asian men on Twitter. What she said: “These Asians are really giving cool Asians like us a bad name!”
· Editorial Staff
A morning radio talk show has come to controversial comedienne Esther Ku’s defense after a series of her anti-Asian male tweets made headlines this week. On Thursday, Jim Norton and Sam Roberts, co-hosts of a SiriusXM morning talk show of the same name, discussed the New York…
· Editorial Staff
Bob’s Burger writer Kelvin Yu has accused the latest episode of ABC’s “Roseanne” of being “reductive” and “belittling” after a joke was made about the other programs on the channel featuring POC families. The scene in question featured the titular character and her husband, Dan…
· Bryan Ke
What started as a cute Twitter post has become a viral clip showing a Vietnamese dad waving his chopsticks in the air like a flashlight at a concert while his wife sings a love song. Rachel Dang originally thought that it was “funny and cute” when she made the post on Twitter on…
· Ryan General
Up-and-coming comic Esther Ku has been trying to build her career in comedy by making fun of Asian people. Most notable for her eleventh place finish (out of 12 contestants) in NBC’s sixth season of the defunct reality show “Last Comic Standing” back in 2008 , Ku’s jokes have…
· Carl Samson
[UPDATED 4-4-18 11:33 p.m. PST] MasterChef Judge Backpedals on Chicken Rendang Comments, Says it ‘Wasn’t Cooked’ The elimination of a Malaysian contestant in “MasterChef UK” because the “traditional” dish she prepared did not satisfy judges has sparked fury in at least four…
· Carl Samson
Asian Americans in Irvine, California have come together to protest against a plan to build emergency homeless shelters in the city, arguing for the protection of their neighborhoods and families. Hundreds participated in the demonstration at the Orange County Hall of…
· Editorial Staff
Last month, American MMA figure Jaymes Schulte was outed on Taiwanese social media for his behavior towards women during his travels in Asia. The 32-year-old Hawaii resident was accused by a Taiwanese woman on the Facebook group 爆料公社 for having one-night stands with women and…
· Ryan General
Researchers at Stanford, Harvard and the Census Bureau recently published an extensive study comparing income inequality between genders and races in the United States. Anonymous earnings and demographic data gathered from 20 million children in America revealed how incomes…
· Carl Samson
A pregnant mother and her two children were barred entry on a bus in Auckland, New Zealand, multiple times over the past month. Bomi Kim, who lives in West Auckland, believes that she is a victim of “serious racial discrimination” and has filed a complaint against Auckland…
· Ryan General
Airbnb recently banned a host in Scotland after he specifically barred Asian guests from renting his property. Identified only by his first name Stephen, the Airbnb host from Edinburgh reportedly wrote “please don’t book if you are Asian” on his accommodation listing on the…
· Carl Samson
As a staple food in most parts of Asia, rice, in essence, is life. Whether it’s prepared in clay pots or rice cookers, Asians know it like extensions of our own body, enjoying spoonfuls as soon as it’s ready.
· Carl Samson
A mother who got a text from her sick daughter and flew across the U.S. to see her by evening is winning praise on the internet. Grace Li, a 22-year-old biology teacher in New York City, messaged her mom, Shixia Huang, to tell her that she was ill on March 16.
· Benny Luo
I was first introduced to Jimmy O. Yang after seeing him on HBO’s “Silicon Valley” where he plays Jian-Yang, a Chinese app developer struggling to immerse himself in American culture while creating groundbreaking apps, like the infamous Not Hotdog app. Yang’s character instantly…
· Carl Samson
There’s no denying it: “Hamilton” is a hit. Its second national tour, which kicked off at Seattle’s Paramount Theatre in February, is selling tickets like hot cakes. This is great news for an amazingly talented cast — and notably, a diverse one.
· Carl Samson
A father in Australia who told Natalie Tran that he called his daughter “gook” as “a term of endearment” got roasted by Twitter users, including the online producer herself. It all started when Tran asked her followers what they thought of Hotel Longtime, the new gastropub in…
· Khier Casino
An “Asian Festival” in Columbus, Ohio, hoping to “promote the importance of cultural diversity” has triggered angry reactions among social media users for the lack of actual Asians and Asian Americans on some of its promotional ads. One poster shows two blue-eyed dolls in…
· Carl Samson
Fernanda Ly, an Australian model with Chinese roots, has spoken on the difficulties of racial identification and how she deals with them. Ly, who hails from the southwest suburbs of Sydney, started modeling at the age of 16. She’s known for her iconic pink hair.
· Ryan General
For many in Asia, doing the “number two” involves sitting in a position the Western world is not quite used to. While sitting on toilets have become quite common in Asian households these days, the squatting is still the preferred way of defecating in many homes and public…
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