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· Heather Johnson Yu
Sometimes, people say how they truly feel about you when they don’t think you’ll hear it. They might let slip to another person that they have a crush on you, or they may write something in their journal about a memory of you they have that really impacted them.
· Editorial Staff
A woman in northern California is sharing her experience with a road raging driver who used hate speech in front of her two young children, the latest incident of what appears to be racially motivated abuse targeting Asian Americans. In a Facebook post that has since caught the…
· Carl Samson
It’s a good day for some Asian representation when “Deadpool 2” introduced Yukio (Shiori Kutsuna), Marvel’s electricity-wielding assassin, to the big screen. But there is one thing about her that eagle-eyed netizens find to be problematic. If you’re one of them, then you already…
· Ryan General
A month after “Crazy Rich Asians” hits international theaters in August this year, Henry Golding is set to return to the big screen via a mystery thriller film directed by Paul Feig. The British–Malaysian actor, who will be making his film debut in the highly anticipated…
· Carl Samson
When Ali Wong’s latest stand-up dropped on Netflix, my mother, 47, plunged onto the sofa, ordered her guilty pizza and sent me out to disappear for the next hour or two. There was no better way to spend Mother’s Day. By the time it was over, she had interesting questions. Most…
· Ryan General
The Asian American Pacific Islander entertainment community has lost one of its biggest heroes with the recent passing of beloved actress and filmmaker Elizabeth Sung. The Hong Kong-born artist, whose cause of death is yet to be revealed, passed away on Tuesday night at age 63,…
· Bryan Ke
Singapore and South Korea are no longer the countries with the most powerful passports in the world after being bumped from their No. 1 spot down to second and third place, respectively. Singapore was tied with South Korea for being the only countries in the world to have the…
· Bryan Ke
Emilia Clarke, the British actress who plays the Mother of Dragons in the hit HBO series “Game of Thrones” and as Qi’ra in the “Solo: A Star Wars Story,” revealed she is one-eighth Indian in a recent interview. While speaking to Vanity Fair, Clarke mentions that her grandmother…
· Carl Samson
This is the disturbing moment when a Black man punches an Asian man inside a hospital because the latter was “staring at him.” The incident was caught in a two-minute video posted on YouTube on May 18.
· Ryan General
Having an Asian male appear on “The Bachelor” franchise is such a rare occurrence that it is always noteworthy when a new one is selected to be a part of the season. For season 14 of “The Bachelorette”, John Graham, a 28-year old software engineer from San Francisco, California,…
· Carl Samson
Put the stereotype of “bad Asian drivers” to rest — it’s simply untrue. Sure, you may have seen one or two going haywire on the road, but Asian drivers generally happen to be good because they abide by the california state car seat law, with or without knowledge. In fact, they…
· Carl Samson
A woman who targeted an Asian man while driving in Fremont, California, is the latest racist causing furor on social media. The incident, which occurred last week, took off because James Ahn “wasn’t driving fast enough” for the woman.
· Leanna Chan
Yeha Leung is a Chinese-American designer who crafts beautifully-made leather lingerie that incorporates bondage and soft feminine tones. Her unique designs have been worn by fashion forward celebrities such as Rihanna, FKA Twigs, and Cardi B.
· Carl Samson
Once upon a time, Amy Schumer had something to say about Asians — and Twitter users are just discovering it years later to their horror. On April 10, 2010, Schumer posted:
· Carl Samson
A California police officer allegedly followed and harassed a man for no apparent reason, going full-creeper on him with a promise that he will always be watched. The incident was caught on video by the man’s girlfriend, whose mother, Sarami Lee Xiong, posted on Facebook earlier…
· Carl Samson
A trio of Asian men could spend nine years behind bars for allegedly stealing thousands of succulent plants in California and shipping them to Asia. The men were identified as Tae Hun Kim, 52, Tae Hyun Kim, 46, both coming from North Korea, and Liu Fengxia, 37, who hails from…
· Ryan General
A winning performance on international music competition 2018 Eurovision Song Contest has sparked controversy online amid criticisms of cultural appropriation. Israel’s Netta Barzilai claimed the top spot during the finals night of the longest-running annual international TV…
· Bryan Ke
Several anti-Asian posters discovered throughout a Syndey suburb caused a massive uproar online for calling an end to Asian immigration in the country. The shocking racist signs were posted in Top Ryde suburb and shared online on the Sydney subreddit.
· Ryan General
The late, great United States Senator Daniel Inouye was a soldier, a statesman, and an American unlike any other. Considered to be one of the most influential politicians of the late 20th Century, Inouye served as his home state of Hawaii’s senator for 50 years. In his final…
· Eric Trinh Chu
Editor’s Note: Eric Trinh Chu is an educator from San Francisco. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. There isn’t much I find surprising about the news of Alek Minassian’s terrorist attack, or of his self-proclaimed idea of an “incel rebellion.” What…
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