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· Ryan General
An Asian TikTok user is facing online backlash after posting a video of herself scolding an immigrant cab driver for his alleged “racist” remarks. Nguyen Yeats-Brown, a London-based influencer known as @itsgnochgnoch on TikTok, recently posted a clip of herself accusing a cab…
· Carl Samson
Helen Park, the first Asian American female composer on Broadway, made history once on Tuesday after receiving a Tony Award nomination for “KPOP.” Park was nominated for best original score, marking the first time an Asian woman has been nominated for the category. She received…
· Carl Samson
An alarming one in two Asian Americans feel unsafe in the U.S., according to this year’s Social Tracking of Asian Americans in the U.S. (STAATUS) Index, the leading study examining attitudes and stereotypes toward AAPIs in the country. Conducted by The Asian American Foundation…
· Bryan Ke
Hundreds of people gathered at the Met Gala this week to celebrate one of the fashion industry’s most iconic designers, the late Karl Lagerfeld. Four hundred guests, including actors, musicians, designers and models, attended the annual gathering held at the Metropolitan Museum…
· Carl Samson
Three men have been arrested in connection with a string of robberies that targeted Asian Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose police announced on Monday. Joel Contreras Barron, 26, Francisco Rincon, 28, and Juan Rodriguez-Ramirez, 26, are accused of 13 robberies,…
· Bryan Ke
Jamaal Jarrett, an incoming defensive lineman of the University of Georgia Bulldogs football team, was caught using a racist slur toward Asians during a livestream of this year’s NFL Draft. Jarrett, a 17-year-old incoming first-year student at the University of Georgia, was…
· Michelle De Pacina
Asian American leaders in Wausau, Wisconsin, have signed an open letter expressing their outrage over the reinstatement of a high school band teacher accused of homophobic and racist speech. Last month, Robert Perkins was removed from the Wausau East High School after students…
· Editorial Staff
There’s been a lot of talk lately about who will take on the iconic movie mantle of James Bond. With Daniel Craig completing his run as the titular British spy in 2021 with “No Time to Die,” fans have been clamoring for any news regarding his replacement.
· Carl Samson
New York City police are looking for a man who allegedly made anti-Asian remarks and spat on a staff member of Councilmember Gale Brewer. The incident reportedly took place outside Brewer’s office at 563 Columbus Ave. at around 1:05 p.m. on March 14.
· Carl Samson
New York City police are searching for a man accused of vandalizing a liquor store with anti-Asian graffiti. The incident reportedly occurred at Mott Avenue Liquor and Wine at 21-35 Mott Ave., Queens, at around 10:43 p.m. on April 19. The store was closed at the time of the…
· Ana Yoo
A study released Thursday by Netflix and the University of Southern California (USC) reported that 41.5% of series and 12.3% of films on the streaming platform in 2021 had an Asian lead or co-lead. Of the 15 Asian communities represented in Netflix content, the largest…
· Michelle De Pacina
Democratic Rep. Judy Chu (D, CA-28) said that “rhetoric used around economic competition with Asian countries,” particularly China, can harm Asian Americans at a recent organization launch event. On Wednesday, Chu delivered a speech during the opening of the Vincent Chin…
· Iris Jung
A Southwest Airlines flight from Atlanta to Houston was purportedly delayed for an hour due to spilled rice. On April 15, flight attendants discovered rice on an aisle floor of their airplane.
· Michelle De Pacina
A 69-year-old man was caught on camera attacking a group of Asians who were fishing in Queensland, Australia, on Anzac Day. Job Prasong, a Muay Thai instructor, was fishing on the Brisbane River with his friends from Korea when the man approached them and began physically and…
· Michelle De Pacina
Three universities in Italy have released statements in response to a group of Italian students who were captured in a viral video mocking and laughing at an Asian American family on vacation. The trio were recorded by TikTok user Mahnoor Euceph as they were riding a train from…
· Michelle De Pacina
The New York Police Department (NYPD) is searching for two men who posed as FedEx workers and robbed a SoHo electronics store owner at gunpoint. The incident took place around 7:30 a.m. on April 21 as the 74-year-old owner was opening up his electronics store on Canal and Mercer…
· Michelle De Pacina
Wisconsin schools may soon be required to teach Hmong and Asian American history to students if a new bill passes. Earlier this month, Republican State Senator Jesse James of Altoona and other Wisconsin legislators introduced Senate Bill 240, which would require schools to…
· Ryan General
San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins has announced that Joseph Benjamin, a man who allegedly yelled racial slurs at Asian women and threw eggs at a passenger of a San Francisco Municipal Railway (Muni) bus, will be charged with hate crimes and four counts of battery.…
· Carl Samson
Three men accused of targeting Asian people in a string of armed robberies in California’s Santa Clara County are now facing hate crime enhancements to their charges, prosecutors announced on Thursday. Tavita Lauti Fifita, 21, Curtis Eddie Charles Freeman, 19, and Siahola J’lan…
· Bryan Ke
The woman who stabbed an 18-year-old Asian American Indiana University student in the head with a pocketknife in January has been indicted and could face a life behind bars. Billie R. Davis, 56, of Bloomington, Indiana, was charged with a federal hate crime by a federal grand…
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