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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.…
· 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…
· Editorial Staff
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.
· 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…
· Editorial Staff
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…
· Editorial Staff
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.
· Editorial Staff
Asian Americans Band Together to Explain to Their Families Why Black Lives Matter
Yesterday Christina Xu, a writer and ethnographer, took to Twitter asking for help to craft an open letter to help the older generation understand why they need to care about Black Lives Matter. Asian-Americans who support BLM, we need to get ahead of our community organizing…
· Editorial Staff
Asian Men Make More Money Per Hour Than ANYONE Else in the U.S.
Asian men make more money compared to white, black and Hispanic males in terms of median hourly earnings, a new study from Pew Research Center finds. The analysis is based on last year’s data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. As reported, Asian men had hourly earnings of $24…
· Editorial Staff
Asian Americans Flood Twitter To Explain What #BeingAsian is REALLY Like
Asian-American netizens got together when #BeingAsian broke out in Twitter on Tuesday. The conversation, started by 17-year-old Michael Tarui, asked “what it’s like #BeingAsian and the racism that comes with it.” I'm in a group chat and we've decided we should start a…
· Editorial Staff
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…
· Ryan General
Why Asian Americans Are Going to Be the Richest People in America
Asian Americans are the best-educated and fastest-growing racial group in the U.S. and if current trends continue, they may also soon become America’s wealthiest racial group. Families of Asian Americans have seen the most significant increase in wealth in the past two decades,…
· Editorial Staff
Saying ‘I have Asian friends’ Protects White People From Being Called Racist, Study Finds
Research reveals that using the phrase “I have Asian friends” makes a person’s comments appear less offensive and protects them from being called a racist. A study published early this year in the journal Social Psychology and Personality Science discovered that people viewed a…
· Editorial Staff
Uneducated People Make Up the Majority of Smokers in the U.S.
Fewer U.S. adults smoke cigarettes today than ever before in almost two decades, according to statistics released Thursday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only 14.9% of U.S. adults currently smoke, the lowest rate reported since the National Health Interview…
· Jacob Wagner
Stunning Photos Show a Side of Asian Culture in America That Few Ever See
Although many Asians in America struggle to make a living, that doesn’t stop people from stereotyping them as being part of the “model minority.” Cynthia Trinh, a 31-year-old activist and former intellectual property lawyer in Brooklyn, New York, is challenging Asian-American…
· Waylae Gregoire
Best Advice for Asians Applying to Elite Colleges: ‘Appear Less Asian’
Asian-American students, generally known for their over-achievement and stellar academic records, are now being more often shunned by top universities all over the country because there are supposedly just too many of them — too many have perfect GPAs and ridiculously high SATs,…