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· Carl Samson
The Swiss beauty blogger who referred to East Asians in racial slurs has explained that it was all just a “joke” before shutting down all her social media accounts. Chanel Brusco, who goes by the online moniker Cocomadkilla, was recently in hot water for calling East Asians…
· Ryan General
In a recent post, TechCrunch writer Catherine Shu went into detail in describing an incident involving 500 Startups Venture Partner Tristan Pollock who allegedly sexually harassed her two years ago. The article, published yesterday (July 20), comes just a few weeks after another…
· Ryan General
Exotic, an adjective better suited for non-native objects such as fruit, plant or animals, has often been used to describe a person of color’s beauty. It also happens to be a word many Asians, a massive chunk being women, are told describes them when people “compliment” them.…
· Benny Luo
Last year, “Birth of the Dragon”, a film inspired by the epic fight between Bruce Lee and Wong Jack Man, debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film stars Philip Ng, Xia Yu, Billy Magnussen, and was directed by George Nolfi, who’s helmed “The Adjustment Bureau”,…
· Carl Samson
Japanese producer and actor Masi Oka has stressed that the live-action remake of “Death Note”, slated for release on Netflix in August, will have “a lot of core principles” despite the fact that almost no Asian actor is part of the cast. Responding to allegations of…
· Heather Johnson Yu
A man named Siwei Shen and his girlfriend were verbally abused by a woman while they were sitting at a McDonald’s restaurant in New York City, according to a video posted on Shen’s FaceBook on Saturday. When a manager eventually intervened, the woman set her sights on the…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Dynasty Clothing has been making waves in the martial arts community — just ask fighters like Ben Nguyen, Albert Cheng, Kieran Kichuk, Lavell Marshall, and Steven Nguyen, who all proudly wear the brand wherever they can. I’ve been friends with Dynasty Clothing‘s founder, Hoi Wah…
· Editorial Staff
The racist themes found in a new eatery in Iowa are gaining a lot of negative publicity from social media. A West Des Moines restaurant called “Me So Hungry” is yet to open its doors to the public, but it’s already receiving some harsh criticism for alleged racist themes and…
· Editorial Staff
One of the most cringiest memories for any Asian kid growing up probably included what our moms packed us for lunch. It’s not that we were ungrateful for the food our mom’s packed, it was just hard sometimes having so much attention drawn to the “unique” foods in our lunch boxes…
· Ryan General
A group of female Asian entrepreneurs, who have had enough of the growing sexual harassment scandals in Silicon Valley, have taken it upon themselves to do something to help address the problem. Meltwater’s Tammy Cho and Grace Choi recently teamed up with their friend Annie…
· Ryan General
Burlington Police in Vermont were forced to release the footage from a police officer’s body camera after a teenage girl claimed on social media that she was abused by officers last month. The incident, which involved an altercation between 18-year-old Logan Huysman and Police…
· Ryan General
The hip hop community is mourning the recent passing of rap legend Christopher Wong Won, AKA “Fresh Kid Ice”, the first major Asian rapper in the U.S. The rapper, who was a founding member of American hip-hop group “2 Live Crew”, died due to an undisclosed medical condition on…
· Heather Johnson Yu
An AirBnB host who cancelled an Asian woman’s reservation based off racial discrimination has been ordered to pay $5,000 in damages for her remarks according to the Guardian. She will also be required to complete a course on Asian-American studies. The host, Tami Baker, had…
· Heather Johnson Yu
I’m the daughter of an English teacher. Her mother was an English teacher. Needless to say, we had a lot of books in our house, and reading quickly became the preferred way to ease boredom during the summer. I was often gifted books by my mom and grandma, and for some reason I…
· Khier Casino
In an interview in Mandarin Chinese with ESPN reporter Coral Lu, Jeremy Lin reflected on how people of Asian descent are “underestimated” in the U.S. “In the U.S., a lot of (people) — doesn’t matter if it’s basketball players or people in other professions — they look at Chinese…
· Khier Casino
India kicked off the 2017 Asian Athletics Championship in Odisha’s Bhubaneswar with a gold medal after women’s shot putter Manpreet Kaur threw 18.28 meters on Thursday. Manpreet, a 27-year-old mother of a five-year-old from Ambala, completed a shot put throw of 18.86 meters at…
· Natalie Ng
Editor’s Note: Natalie Ng is a Biochem graduate student living with her husband and dog on the east coast. Her interests include blogging, biking, and Asian activism. The views expressed in this piece is solely her own. While we wish for it to be a thing in the past,…
· Editorial Staff
On July 7th and 8th, 2017, the G20 Summit took place in Hamburg, Germany. The G20 Summit, or Group of Twenty, is composed of 19 countries, including the U.S., plus the entire European Union. It is a time for leaders of key countries to come together and discuss important topics…
· Ryan General
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, “The Walking Dead” alumnus Steven Yeun expressed how his character Glenn “never felt like he got his fair due.” The beloved character, who was brutally killed off by villain Negan (Jeffrey Dean Morgan) in last year’s season seven premiere,…
· Ryan General
When 500 Startups co-founder Dave McClure admitted that he is indeed a creep following an explosive New York Times article linking him into sexually harassing an entrepreneur, he was, expectedly, widely condemned for his actions. Social media posts decried his indecent acts…
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