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Racist Driver Attacks Asian American Mom With Hate Speech in Front of Her Children
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…
· Ryan General
Trump Supporters Caused 1 in 5 Hate Crimes Against South Asians, Muslims in 2017, Study Finds
Non-profit group South Asian Americans Leading Together (SAALT) released a report on Wednesday titled “Communities on Fire” highlighting the significant surge of hate violence and xenophobic political rhetoric in the year following the 2016 presidential election. The researchers…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Meet the Twitch Streamer Hated By Salty Racist Bros Because She’s Dating an Asian Man
Lisa Vannatta, perhaps better known by her gamer handle STPeach, is no stranger to attention online; with 455,540 Twitch followers, 385,000 Instagram followers, 108,000 Twitter followers, 34,958 YouTube subscribers, and 18,378 subreddit readers, she manages her personal brand as…
· J. Maraan
Asian Americans Are Targeted For Hate Crimes More Than We Think
From robberies targeting Asian-owned businesses in Philadelphia and Sacramento to sexual assaults and rapes targeting Asian women in New York City and Seattle, crimes that target our community are more common than we are led to believe. Earlier this year at the OC Night Market,…
· Yuenting J.
We Need to Talk About the Asian Women Who Hate on Asian Men
I was in the eighth grade when I first encountered a self-hating Asian. The person in question was a 1.5th generation Korean girl and one of the few other Asian students in my nearly all-white Canadian high school. Being (heterosexual) teenaged girls, we naturally spent a lot of…
· Carl Samson
New Website Tracks Rising Hate Crimes Against Asian-Americans
Hate crimes against Asian-Americans can finally be tracked through one website launched just before Donald Trump’s inauguration. The site, titled “Stand Against Hatred,” was created by human rights nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAJC) in an apparent effort to…
· Ryan General
Asians Are Now Being Targeted For Hate Crimes in LA, Experts Blame Donald Trump
At a time when minorities in the US are experiencing an unprecedented rise in hate-fueled crimes, a nonprofit group is aiming to provide a voice. Civil and human rights nonprofit Asian Americans Advancing Justice (AAAJ) recently launched a website to keep tabs on Anti-Asian hate…
· Ryan General
Korean Teen Who Hates Looking Asian Has Plastic Surgery to Look Like Kylie Jenner
While plastic surgery is way too common in South Korea, there are still parents who prefer their kids to stay away from going under the knife. In such a culture, it can quite frustrating for a mom when her daughter becomes addicted to the procedure. Such is the case of a mother…
· Editorial Staff
There’s a Four-Letter Word All Asian Entrepreneurs Hate But Need To Accept
The “F” word Asian entrepreneurs hate may actually set them free. It’s a word that stirs up feelings of shame and humiliation among Asian culture. However, Asian entrepreneurs’ attitudes towards it may be the underlying reason why the net values of their startups are limited.
· Editorial Staff
Asian High Schoolers Brilliantly Respond to One Question Asians Hate Being Asked
Asian last names are pretty common, which inevitably leads some to speculate whether all Asian people with the same last name are related. Four Asian girls pulled a yearbook stunt to send a message to their white classmates to answer that question once and for all. The four high…
· Editorial Staff
Donald Trump Asked a Harvard Student The One Question Asian Americans Hate Being Asked
Joe Choe is a 20-year-old junior at Harvard University who enjoys calling out politicians and world leaders at political events, especially if they have a history of spewing inaccurate or outlandish statements. Donald Trump is one such politician, but when Choe attempted to…
· Michelle Worth
Asian Mom Who Dreamed of Having a ‘Blue-Eyed Baby’ Defends Controversial Instagram Post
Editor’s Note: Earlier this month, new mom and business owner Michelle Worth became the focus of a controversial Instagram post praising the features of her “blonde blue-eyed baby,” adding “Well suck it people I have a white baby.” Many took the context of her post to be of a…
· Ryan General
Korean Student Beaten By Drunk Man For Being Asian in Australia
A young Korean man suffered multiple injuries after being physically assaulted by a drunk man at a burger joint in Brisbane, Australia. The victim, named Hyuk Ju Kwon, detailed the accounts of the alleged attack in a lengthy Facebook post along with photos of his wounds and…
· Carl Samson
‘This is my country!’ Woman Racially Abuses Asian Man During Road Rage in Fremont
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.
· Bryan Ke
Racist Anti-Asian Signs Spotted Around Sydney Suburb
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.
· Eric Trinh Chu
How Asian Men Get Lured Into The Toxic ‘Incel Community’
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…
· Khier Casino
Barbershop Quartet ‘Asian-splains’ Why ‘Asians Don’t Like Asians’
Asians are often bullied and teased because of their racial characteristics by those who are not of Asian descent, but a short sketch by Funny or Die shows that people who are the most racist could be your own race. In the sketch written by Asian Gracefully’s Woody Fu and…
· Anna Zhang
A Letter to My Crazy (and Maybe Not Rich) Asians
Editor’s Note: Anna Zhang is a writer, teacher, and first generation Fuzhounese American from Brooklyn, New York. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. A lot of Asian people I know have this tendency to be perfectionists, myself included.
· Ryan General
Non-Asian Woman Wearing Qipao to Prom Sparks MASSIVE Cultural Appropriation Debate on Twitter
A Twitter user sparked a heated debate online after posting images of herself wearing a traditional Chinese dress to prom. PROM pic.twitter.com/gsJ0LtsCmP
· Ryan General
#MeToo Movement Lawmaker Accused of Making Racist Anti-Asian Comments
A California lawmaker currently being investigated for sexual harassment of a former legislative staff member is accused of making anti-Asian comments back in 2014. California Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, a prominent face of the #MeToo movement, made the offensive remarks…