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· Rebecca Moon
South Korean illustrator Suzy Lee has won one of the world’s most prestigious awards for illustrators and writers of children’s books. Lee became the first Korean to win or be nominated for a Hans Christian Andersen Award and the first Asian to win the award in 38 years. Lee was…
· Sarah Yukiko
Actor John Cho spoke to NextShark about his new young adult book, “Troublemaker,” an Asian American coming-of-age novel set during the 1992 Los Angeles Riots. Told from the perspective of Korean American middle schooler Jordan, the novel highlights the experiences of his…
· Michelle De Pacina
A video showcasing Asian household appliances has gone viral on Twitter with over 4.7 million views. “Asians have different appliances than the rest of the world. We need to copy these things, they are so useful,” he tweeted. Viewers were left satisfied and mesmerized by the…
· Carl Samson
Chinese Australian writer Amy Wang will replace Adele Lim and Peter Chiarelli as the sole screenwriter for the highly-anticipated sequel to “Crazy Rich Asians.” Lim exited the planned back-to-back sequel projects in 2019 after being offered only $110,000, in contrast to…
· Carl Samson
New York’s Yonkers Police Department called out YouTube on Monday for removing its uploaded video of an anti-Asian attack. The video included surveillance footage of an attack against a 67-year-old Asian American woman in Yonkers, which spurred headlines and protests earlier…
· Bryan Ke
Jamie Bezanson, the man who attacked a 92-year-old Asian man with severe dementia at a 7-Eleven in East Vancouver on March 13, 2020, will not be facing prison time. Bezanson received a conditional discharge and was given a one-year probation during his hearing on Monday. Judge…
· Bryan Ke
A COVID-19 denier was filmed hurling abusive and xenophobic remarks at an Asian female driver purportedly in Sydney, Australia, after she told him to wear a mask before boarding her bus. The video, shared by TikTok account @sydneytrainmemes, shows the female bus driver trying to…
· Jane Nam
In a line that wrapped past the block, hundreds of New Yorkers waited anxiously to get their hands on canisters of pepper spray last weekend. Michelle Alyssa Tran, the founder of “Soar Over Hate,” a New York City-based nonprofit committed to combating anti-Asian hate, tweeted on…
· Ryan General
A viewer’s inquiry left Twitch streamer and cosplayer Emily "Emiru" Schunk in disbelief for directly questioning her ethnicity. “Are you Asian, or do you use Asian makeup?" the question read, to which she responded with, "What the f*ck does that even mean? Yes, I am f*cking…
· Carl Samson
A 67-year-old Asian American woman in Yonkers, New York, was heading to her apartment when she passed by a man who called her an “Asian b*tch,” according to police. The man reportedly followed her to her building, punched her in the head and face more than 125 times, stomped on…
· Bryan Ke
Around 200 activists and community members gathered near the Young Girls Peace Monument in Brookhaven, Georgia, on Saturday ahead of the Georgia mass shooting anniversary on Wednesday. During last year’s incident, Robert Aaron Long reportedly shot and killed eight people,…
· Jane Nam
“Squid Game” lead Lee Jung-jae made history at the 27th Critics’ Choice Awards on Sunday as the first Asian actor to win Best Actor in a Drama Series. The South Korean Netflix original became the most-watched Netflix show of all time with 111 million accounts having streamed the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Kat Yen, a New York City-based theater director, was on the Times Square subway when a man began hurling anti-Asian remarks at her. The Taiwanese American woman posted the incident on her Instagram account in three separate, minute-long posts. “I believe they need to all die. I…
· Rebecca Moon
The newly elected mayor of Boynton Beach, Ty Penserga, is the first Asian American LGBTQ plus mayor in Florida. Prior to being elected to the Boynton Beach commission in 2020, Penserga worked as a chemistry and biology high school teacher. Penserga endured multiple homophobic…
· Michelle De Pacina
Edina High School students in Minnesota recorded and posted a video online in which they spoke in derogatory, mock Asian accents and performed a Nazi salute. The video, which has been taken down after it circulated online, was denounced by district officials. Principal Andrew…
· Carl Samson
Philadelphia police are looking for burglars who have allegedly targeted Asian businesses in the city and the neighboring Cheltenham Township in Montgomery County. Employees at a deli that fell victim to one of the burglaries said most of the targeted stores were Asian. The…
· Michelle De Pacina
The “Turning Red” voice actors behind Disney Pixar’s first-ever boy band 4*Town spoke with NextShark about the animated film’s Asian representation and universal themes. “To see this type of representation on screen that I haven’t seen that much growing up… it really made me…
· Carl Samson
Christian Jeffers, 48, has been charged with hate crimes for allegedly striking a 29-year-old Asian man in the head with a hammer on a Manhattan subway platform on Tuesday. Police sources say Jeffers, who identifies as a woman, has 47 prior arrests and is currently on supervised…
· Carl Samson
Southeast Market, which specializes in Asian food and goods, is closing after 23 years of business. The Salt Lake City-based store offered Chinese and Vietnamese goods in its early days but expanded to provide other Asian products through the years. Amid an ongoing pandemic, the…
· Michelle De Pacina
Christina Kim, the showrunner of The CW’s “Kung Fu,” and Olivia Liang, who plays Nicky Shen in the action drama, spoke with NextShark about Asian representation, martial arts and reinterpreting the 1972 American drama of the same name in modern day. The original “Kung Fu” series…
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