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· Bryan Ke
Philadelphia Apologizes to China After Terracotta Warrior Was Vandalized
The Philadelphia City Government has officially apologized for the incident that occurred in December 2017 when a guest of the “ugly sweater party” in the Franklin Institute broke and stole the thumb of one of the 10 Terracotta Warriors that were in a closed area at the time.…
· Carl Samson
Teen Shot in the Head After Gunman Tries Entering Chinese Restaurant in South Philadelphia
A gunman shot a teen boy in the head who tried to stop him from entering a Chinese restaurant in Philadelphia on Tuesday. The 17-year-old victim and at least five other people were inside Twin Dragon restaurant, located on the 2700 block of Dickinson Street, South Philadelphia,…
· Ryan General
New Philadelphia Bill Could Literally Get Asian Store Owners Shot
A councilwoman in Philadelphia is somehow bothered that local shopowners are setting up plexiglass to protect their businesses. City Councilwoman Cindy Bass is pushing for her so-called “stop and go” bill that would force local business owners within the city to take down…
· Bryan Ke
Renowned Pianist Lang Lang Donates $780,000 for Piano Education in Philadelphia Schools
Lang Lang, one of world’s most famous classical pianists, recently donated nearly $1 million for school piano education to six public schools in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The 35-year-old pianist, while speaking to an audience of second graders at Thomas Holme Elementary…
· Kyle Encina
Armed Robbers Who ‘Terrorized’ Chinese Immigrants in Philadelphia Now Face Up to 70 Years in Prison
A group of Chinese immigrants in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania have banded together to stand up against being victimized because of Asian stereotypes. West Philadelphia has seen its share of traumatizing armed robberies which targeted various Chinese families between May and…
· Ryan General
Witnesses Take Videos as Philadelphia Councilman Gets Stabbed in Attempted Robbery
An Asian American city councilman in Philadelphia was stabbed by a knife-wielding man who tried to rob him near his home. According to police Lt. John Walker, the suspect approached Republican Councilman David Oh as he was emerging from his car late Wednesday night.
· Carl Samson
Starbucks is Closing All U.S. Stores on May 29 to Teach People How Not to Be Racist
Starbucks will close all its U.S. stores on May 29 to educate employees on racial biases. The move comes after the arrest of two black men in one of its Philadelphia stores last week.
· Bryan Ke
Families of Teen, Married Man Staged Intervention Before They Escaped to Mexico
Stacey Esterly, the wife of Kevin Esterly, the 45-year-old man who ran away with 16-year-old Amy Yu, revealed that her husband has been trying to reach her from a prison in Miami. Esterly was arrested by ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement), the U.S. Marshals Service, and a…
· Ryan General
Missing Teen Taken by 45-Year-Old Married Man Found in Mexico
After going missing for two weeks, a 16-year-old girl from Allentown, Pennsylvania who flew to Mexico with a 45-year-old Caucasian male has reportedly been located by authorities. According to ABC News, married man Kevin Esterly and teenager Amy Yu were found in Mexico on…
· Bryan Ke
Taco Bell Cashier Who Called an Asian Customer ‘Chink’ on Receipt Gets Fired
The cashier who called first-year University of Pennsylvania Ph.D. student In Young Lee a racial slur on his receipt was fired from his job at Taco Bell. The fast-food chain confirmed the termination of the employee in its statement on Tuesday, according to Associated Press via…
· Bryan Ke
China Wants Delaware Man ‘Severely Punished’ For Stealing 2000-Year-Old Terracotta Warrior’s Thumb
The Shaanxi Cultural Heritage Promotion Center has asked the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia, the museum currently displaying the Terracotta Warrior exhibit, for compensation. The reason? For the damage Michael Rohana caused by stealing a statue’s thumb. Rohana, a guest at…
· Ryan General
Taco Bell Called an Asian Customer ‘Chink’ on a Receipt and Then Laughed About It
A customer at a Taco Bell restaurant in Pennsylvania had an infuriating encounter with a cashier who berated him with a racial slur. The customer, In Young Lee, a first-year Ph.D. student at Penn Medicine, went to a Taco Bell on 1037 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, on Saturday at…
· Ryan General
Jeremy Lin Defends J.J. Redick, Believes He Didn’t Say ‘Chink’ in Controversial Video
Asian American NBA star Jeremy Lin had a conversation with Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard JJ Redick regarding his use of a racial slur against Chinese people. Redick earned massive criticism online after he referred to his Chinese fans as “chinks” in a video. Someone tell…
· Editorial Staff
J.J. Redick Filmed on Video Calling Chinese NBA Fans ‘Chinks’
Philadelphia 76ers shooting guard J.J. Redick is under fire after calling his Chinese fans “chinks” in a video that has gone viral. The video was produced by Chinese media company Tencent to wish China a Happy Lunar New Year.
· Carl Samson
Meet the Japanese-American Lawyer Who Fought for Interracial Marriage in the 1960s
William Marutani, a Japanese-American lawyer from Kent, Washington, is not exactly a household name. But if walls from one courtroom half a century ago could talk, they would have named him as one of the forerunners of interracial marriage.
· Carl Samson
Why Caucasians Have Smellier Earwax Than East Asians
Ethnicity happens to have something to do with earwax, in case you haven’t heard yet. As a matter of fact, Whites and Blacks have earwax that’s yellow and sticky, while Native Americans and East Asians have white and dry earwax.
· Khier Casino
Justice Smith Cast as Lead in Live-Action ‘Detective Pikachu’ Film
The upcoming live-action Pokémon movie, “Detective Pikachu”, has found its leading star in Justice Smith, who is known for his role as Ezekiel ‘Books’ Figuero in Netflix’s “The Get Down”. Directed by Rob Letterman, the new Pokémon project from Legendary Entertainment is the…
· Carl Samson
Meet the Original Siamese Twins Who Owned Slaves and Had 21 Children
Conjoined twins have been called “Siamese twins” for a reason: the “first” of their kind hailed from Siam, now Thailand, before moving to the West in pursuit of greener pastures. They were Chang (left) and Eng (right) Bunker, married to two American sisters and fathers of 21…
· Bryan Ke
FBI Sued For Wrongfully Accusing Professor of Being a Spy Because He’s Chinese
Xiaoxing Xi, a Chinese-American physics professor at Temple University in Philadelphia, reportedly filed a civil rights lawsuit against several individual FBI agents and the U.S. government for wrongfully accusing him of espionage. Xiaoxing, backed by the non-profit organization…
· Bryan Ke
Asian American Reporter Claps Back at Entitled Driver Who Yelled ‘This is America’
6ABC’s Nydia Han posted a video on Facebook Live in response to the driver who almost hit her and yelled “this is America” at her last week in what was viewed as an act of racial discrimination towards the news anchor. Han, in her Facebook video post, recalled how a female…