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Meet The Asian-American Man Who Sacrificed Himself to Save Lives During 9/11
Nearly 20 years ago, an Asian-American man witnessed the 9/11 terrorist attack from his office situated just three blocks away from the World Trade Center. Though he was out of harm’s way, 29-year-old Zack Zeng decided to sacrifice his life in order to save others. Zeng, whose…
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Asian-American Woman Murdered By Jealous Boyfriend With Legally Obtained Gun
A young Asian-American woman in Washington state was recently shot by an ex-lover following a messy break-up. Last week, 19-year-old Allen Ivanov, shot his ex-girlfriend, Anna Bui, with a legally purchased AR-15 during a social gathering in Mukilteo, Washington. Ivanov also shot…
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Asian-Americans Have Genes That Make Them Crave Carbs and Fast Food, Study Finds
A study has found that some Asian-Americans crave unhealthy food more often than other Asian-Americans. This unhealthy preference is linked to a gene called DRD2 A1. The said gene is a variation of DRD2 (dopamine receptor D2), a type associated with various forms of addiction.…
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Ann Coulter Insists Asian-American are ‘Mandarins’ Who Write in ‘Mandarin’
Last Friday night on a segment of MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews”, political commentator Ann Coulter referred to a crowd of Asian-Americans as “Mandarins,” insisting that the term was correct to describe both people and the Chinese written language. Coulter was commenting…
· Sebastian Dillon
Chris Rock Pissed Off a Lot of Asian-Americans With One Terrible Joke at the Oscars
This year’s Academy Awards host, comedian Chris Rock, may have trumpeted the #OscarsSoWhite theme during the ceremony, but he wasn’t without his own race-themed jokes that caused an uproar on Twitter from the Asian-American community. Rock made the joke when he credited the…
· Max Chang
Marvel Just Upset the Entire Asian-American Community With One Announcement
Marvel has stirred the anger of the Asian-American community by missing an opportunity to right a cultural misappropriation long rooted in comic book history. This week it was announced that Caucasian actor Finn Jones, who plays Loras Tyrell in the HBO series “Game of Thrones”,…
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Report: Asian-American Women Make Almost as Much as White Men
The median Asian-American woman earns nearly as much as the median American man and earns significantly more than the median black and Hispanic man in the U.S., according to data released last month from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. In their report, Women in the Labor Force:…
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How an Asian-American UC Berkeley Honors Student Became a Budding Male Pornstar
Jeremy Long is a law student at UC Berkeley, the highest rated public university in California and one of the top colleges in the world. He’s always been studious, having received Berkeley’s prestigious full-ride Regents’ and Chancellors’ Scholarship for his undergraduate…
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Report: Young Asian-Americans Ball Out the Most
If you are an entrepreneur or a business person, take note. Asian-Americans are now the biggest spenders in the U.S., which says something about our generation and could mean a great opportunity for your business.
· Ryan General
Marvel Misses Huge Opportunity to Give Asians a Hero in Favor of a White Guy
Asian American actor Lewis Tan said he worked hard and fought to land the role of Marvel’s Iron Fist but still ended up landing the role of one of the main villains instead. On Twitter, Tan posted how he “almost” played the hero Danny Rand, but it was Game of Thrones actor Finn…
· Carl Samson
Students of All Races Prefer Learning From Teachers Who Aren’t White
Students of all races, including whites, have more favorable perceptions of Black and Latino than white teachers, a study has found. New York University researchers Hua-Yu Sebastian Cherng and Peter Halpin looked at a group of 1,680 teachers between grades six and nine from over…
· Ryan General
Sacramento Asian Americans Join Forces To Stop Criminals Targeting Their Community
With crimes targeting Asian-American communities in some parts of the U.S. at an all-time high, some residents have decided to take security in their own hands by organizing their own patrols. One such group watches over Sacramento neighborhoods, ready to respond to potential…
· Carl Samson
White Guys Selling TV Show About an Asian Mail Order Bride is Originality at Its Best
NBC has bought the show “Mail Order Family,” a comedy that tells the story of a widowed single father who orders a bride from the Philippines by mail. The show was sold by “Superstore” writer-producer Jackie Clarke, director-executive producer Ruben Fleischer and executive…
· Benny Luo
Former SNSD Trainee Reveals the Distorted Reality of Beauty in K-Pop
For K-pop fans around the world, the group SNSD, or Girls’ Generation, is a household name. They’re the flagship act for SM Entertainment, a major South Korean entertainment company that was valued at $660 million in 2013, according to Forbes. SNSD reportedly generated $18.6…
· Ryan General
Trump Campaign Reveals the Asian Pacific American Advisory Council Weeks Before Election
With just a few weeks left before the elections, Donald Trump’s campaign team has announced its own coalition for minority groups. More than two-dozen Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) supportive of the Republican presidential nominee have formed the Asian Pacific…
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Meet the Beautiful Playboy Playmate Who ONLY Dates Asian Men
It’s no secret that Asian males are constantly emasculated when it comes to mainstream media — they’re usually portrayed as nerds or martial artists at best. Even when they do get lead roles like Jet Li in “Romeo Must Die” or Chow Yun-Fat in “The Replacement Killers”, they don’t…
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China is Incredibly Pissed at Hollywood
Chinese moviegoers are giving Hollywood the cold shoulder. Hollywood is quickly losing its Chinese audience over the industry’s notorious “whitewashing” of Asian roles. Some recent controversial castings include the rumor that Jennifer Lawrence was cast as the title character in…
· Ryan General
The Star of the New Bruce Lee Biopic is of Course… a White Guy
A movie depicting the epic showdown between Bruce Lee, played by Philip Ng, and Chinese martial artist Wong Jack Man, played by Yu Xia, recently made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival. Its trailer, which recently dropped via Deadline, is something that one…
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Former Karaoke Hostess May Become the First Asian American to Represent New York’s Chinatown
Yuh-Line Niou, 33, is on track to becoming the first Asian-American to represent Chinatown and any part of Manhattan in the New York State Assembly. On Tuesday, Niou won the primary race for the 65th Assembly District and beat out five other prominent candidates in the running.…
· Carl Samson
Chinese-Born Miss America Finalist Hits Back at Everyone Calling Her ‘Ugly’
Arianna Quan, crowned Miss Michigan in July, is no stranger to cyberbullying. The 23-year-old Chinese-American’s victory has been slammed by Chinese netizens themselves by calling her ugly and claiming she looks like she’s in her 40s.
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