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· Ryan General
A man in San Francisco, California has been arrested by local authorities for targeting multiple Asian women in a series of attacks that have been classified as a hate crime. The suspect identified as 19-year-old Agustin Garcia, is now under the custody of San Francisco police.…
· Ryan General
An Obama-era program, which provides a renewable two-year period of deferred action from deportation to certain illegal immigrants who entered the country as minors, is in danger of being revoked by the White House. Known as the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), the…
· Ryan General
An Asian couple’s sweet moment at a nail salon in California became a source of envy for many netizens after a Twitter user took a photo and posted it online. Orange County resident Lea Adame said a “cute” conversation got her attention while getting her nails done at a local…
· Editorial Staff
Earlier this year, model Gigi Hadid drew backlash for uploading a racist video targeting Asians on Instagram. this is y’all woke palestine queen? Gigi out here mocking Asian people. i would say she’s cancelled but she never started. rat @GiGiHadid pic.twitter.com/b6wj5k1sXE
· Khier Casino
Logan Paul is known for his comedic videos on YouTube and Vine (RIP) but nobody is laughing after seemingly racist comments from the social media star recently surfaced. A series of Twitter posts made by the 22-year-old actor and rumored boyfriend of Chloe Bennet — who has…
· Kyle Encina
Eddy Lee is set to be the first Asian American featured in the renowned Broadway musical “Hamilton” as he tackles cultural diversity in films and challenges the ethnic group faces in the entertainment industry. It’s no exaggeration that Lee worked tirelessly to reach stardom,…
· Bryan Ke
Kevin Kwan, author of the hit novel “Crazy Rich Asians”, still believes that his upcoming feature film will be a success in the United States with its all-Asian cast, despite Hollywood’s infamous tendency to whitewash ethnic roles. “Crazy Rich Asians”, the film adaptation of…
· Kyle Encina
A brave Asian woman in Melbourne managed to prevent a thug from getting away with her cash register by fighting back, prompting the armed robber to retreat. Single mother Anita Chen survived the first ever armed robbery she has faced in her 14 years of tending the Carlton North…
· Bryan Ke
An unidentified Asian man was assaulted twice on two separate, consecutive occasions by racist thugs at a train station in Glasgow, Scotland. According to the police report, the victim, whose name has been withheld, was thrown onto the tracks of Anniesland station in Glasgow at…
· Anonymous
Stereotyping. Everyone knows that these tired tropes are full of shit — everyone but my friend Sohee. Unfortunately, she didn’t learn her lesson until it landed her in prison.
· Carl Samson
A study from the Stanford University School of Medicine has found that an infant’s race influences the quality of care he or she receives in California’s neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). The study, published in the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics, analyzed…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Last week’s controversy surrounding Hellboy’s executive producer Christa Campbell wasn’t so much of an eye-opener as it was a reminder that, despite the onslaught of articles, op-eds, and tweets we read daily surrounding race, the willingness to ignore the conversation permeates…
· Carl Samson
A 13-year-old girl from Virginia has been entertaining a legion of followers with slime-making, a relatively young social media trend among creatives, hobbyists and those looking for ASMR triggers. Kaitlinh Nguyen, who calls herself a “slimer,” has made at least $5,000 by…
· Ryan General
An Asian American lawyer has stepped up to the plate in an effort to bring more diversity to the 2018 Mrs. America Pageant. Alice Lee Giannetta is a Manhattan-based litigation attorney who, at the suggestion of her husband, joined the pageant for married women after noticing the…
· Kyle Encina
Asian-Hispanic Americans go through different challenges that come with being multiracial, including being thrown a slew of insults. Several biracial Americans shared their personal accounts of being mixed, but they share a common ground — struggling to find a place where they…
· Heather Johnson Yu
A gun range owner is under fire for what one man is calling “discriminatory practices” against its male patrons. According to CBS Los Angeles, Riverside Magnum Range offers free admission to women every Thursday in an attempt to educate women on handling a firearm. “The world is…
· Ryan General
An Asian American restaurant employee was fatally shot and then robbed by his attacker as he lay on the ground bleeding in Macon, Georgia. A local officer found 38-year-old Jian Fang Wang with gunshot wounds while lying in the parking lot of Hot Wings Plus at 3497 Pio Nono Ave.…
· Max Chang
Is it just us, or is banh mi, like, under attack right now? A recent video by Insider Food takes viewers to “the first banh mi shop in Queens“, wherein they’re treated to the ooey gooey goodness of the establishment’s signature loaded dish, the banh mi fries.
· Ryan General
American disco group Village People just beefed up its touring line-up with the addition of a hunky Asian-American model. The popular 70s group known for wearing costumes depicting American masculine cultural stereotypes unveiled a 6-foot-2-inch Chinese model/actor named James…
· Carl Samson
A teacher in Brooklyn was ordered to pay a hefty sum of $750,000 in damages after seducing and having sex with a 16-year-old student at least eight times in 2012. Erin Sayar, 41, had sexual relations with Kevin Eng, then 16, while teaching at James Madison High School, a…
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