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· Bryan Ke
A candidate for the Parkway School District Board of Education has recently apologized after a video of him making racist and derogatory comments about two women around seven years ago resurfaced online this month. Ryan Kerr of St. Louis County, Missouri, who is running against…
· Bryan Ke
An associate psychology professor at the University of Central Florida (UCF) is launching a lawsuit against his university for firing him last year over a Twitter rant in which he compared Asian Americans to African Americans and proclaimed, “white Americans are under siege.” In…
· Carl Samson
Police in Portland, Maine, issued a warning Friday about a group of men involved in a series of burglaries that have targeted Asian families in the city. The suspects, described to be a group of Hispanic males, would sometimes pose as food delivery drivers to scope out their…
· Bryan Ke
Allison Johnston, a now-suspended Labor Party member on Barrow Borough Council, has yet to return the money donated to her daughter Eleanor William’s legal justice fund, according to reports. Shane Yerrell, a Tory councilor in Essex, England, who organized the appeal to get the…
· Bryan Ke
Several South Asian American talents have voiced their frustration over the lack of South Asian representation in the recent Oscars performance of “Naatu Naatu,” a song from the Tollywood film “RRR.” Although Rahul Sipligunj and Kaala Bhairava, who sang “Naatu Naatu” for the…
· Daniel Anderson
The Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment (CAPE) will honor Asian and Pacific Islander (API) women and nonbinary artists in entertainment during their inaugural Radiance event. CAPE, a nonprofit organization that has been advancing Asian American and Pacific Islander…
· Ryan General
Sisters Vanessa and Kim Pham, co-founders of Asian flavor kit company Omsom, recently took to social media to document their experience during Silicon Valley Bank’s (SVB) overnight collapse. In their post on Instagram, the co-founders shared that they held all their capital in…
· Bryan Ke
Commenters were divided after a TikTok user went viral for her January post about Koreans, claiming they “love to think they’re the superior Asian race.” TikTok user Vivian Nguyen (@phuongviviyam) has recently gained attention for her short video where she talks about the…
· Carl Samson
A man accused of killing a South Asian cab driver was convicted of second-degree murder by a Canadian court Tuesday. Okoth Obeing, 23, fatally stabbed 44-year-old Balvir Toor in his taxi on Burrows Avenue in Winnipeg on March 19, 2020. The incident, according to prosecutors, was…
· Grace Kim
“Everything Everywhere All At Once” brought me to tears once again. At the 95th Academy Awards on Sunday, the A24 film took home seven of its 11 nominations — an unprecedented achievement for an Asian-led film in Hollywood’s historically discriminatory industry. Another record…
· Ryan General
YouTuber Charleston White has sparked outrage after making threats and racist comments against the Asian community in a viral video. In the video posted on March 12, the 52-year-old used derogatory terms to refer to Asian people and their culture while expressing support for…
· Carl Samson
A woman was kicked out of a Starbucks in Miami after going on an anti-Asian and anti-lesbian rant against other customers. The incident, which was partly caught in a now-viral video, reportedly occurred at the Starbucks on Coral Way and 27th Avenue on March 6.
· Bryan Ke
Twitter users are calling out NPR for its tweet announcing Michelle Yeoh’s historic Best Actress win at the 95th Academy Awards. The media organization posted a tweet on its account Sunday announcing the 60-year-old Malaysian actor as “the first person who identifies as Asian to…
· Bryan Ke
The Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) system has responded to Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares’ demands for it to cease its “illegal discrimination” against Asian and white students. An FCPS email sent to Cooper Middle School parents, as well as other FCPS parents,…
· Ryan General
Asian American voters are increasingly shifting towards the Republican Party, a recent study by the New York Times has found. The influential demographic, which has historically leaned heavily toward the left, began leaning towards conservative candidates in the 2020 and 2022…
· Michelle De Pacina
Missing persons from Asian and Black communities are less likely to be found by police than white people, according to a report by the U.K.-based charity Missing People. The research found that Asian and Black children are more likely to be missing for longer, less likely to be…
· Michelle De Pacina
Two people have been arrested in connection with a suspected anti-Asian attack in Queens, New York. The two alleged suspects, Natalie Plaza, 18, and Elijah Fernandez, 21, were arrested on hate crime and assault charges on Monday night, according to the New York Police Department…
· Bryan Ke
Malaysian YouTuber Aqil Zulkiflee was named “Favorite Asian Creator” at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards over the weekend, beating other nominees from Indonesia, Japan and the Philippines. Aqil, 27, was reportedly the only Malaysian nominated at the 34th Nickelodeon Kids’…
· Daniel Anderson
Thai American writer Pornsak Pichetshote’s comic book series “The Good Asian” will be developed into a TV series. “Aquaman” director and “M3gan” producer James Wan, along with Michael Clear and Rob Hackett, will produce the project for Atomic Monster, which Wan founded in 2014,…
· Bryan Ke
The kebaya, a traditional Southeast Asian garment, is being nominated by Indonesia, Brunei, Malaysia, Thailand and Singapore for 2023’s UNESCO Intangible Heritage List. Singapore has been running a campaign on Facebook to get the kebaya included on UNESCO’s list since it first…
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