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Disney has done quite a good job making sure the new Star Wars movies have a relatively diverse cast. The upcoming film “Rogue One“, which is set for release later this year, stars Asian superstar Donnie Yen as a Jedi Master along with other Asian cast members. Such inclusions…
· Ryan General
An Asian store owner in Westland, Michigan got violently assaulted on Tuesday night after he chased a group of women who stole a basket of unpaid items from his shop. The elderly man, the owner of Amy’s Wig and Beauty, went after three women whom he accused of stealing hair and…
· Carl Samson
Rich Asian men are reportedly buying virgin girls, as young as 13, in Cambodia for a week of sex. Allegedly, the virgin trade is a thriving, underground industry in the country. According to Post Magazine, it is especially popular among rich Asian men, with some convinced that…
· Ryan General
A new generation of top Asian models are going against traditional beauty standards that are widely accepted and upheld in the region by embracing their skin imperfections and, in essence, just flaunting their natural beauty. For female Asian models to do away with lasers and…
· Max Chang
American-Japanese BBQ chain Gyu-Kaku happily announced the opening of their third Florida restaurant in Orlando with some Asian fetishism. Gyu-Kaku, which specializes in “authentic Japanese Yakiniku,” exists in over 35 locations around the United States in cities like Los…
· Carl Samson
Unsurprisingly, computers are smarter than humans when it comes to differentiating Chinese, Korean and Japanese ethnicities based on their faces. Academics at the University of Rochester collected thousands of pictures of East Asian faces and fed them through an algorithm to…
· Editorial Staff
When it comes to male performers of Asian descent in mainstream American heterosexual porn, there aren’t many. One of the very few who’s made it through in a visible way is Jeremy Long, who hopes to break the porn industry norm permanently. Long, who is also a third-year UC…
· Carl Samson
A junior high student in China took the liberty of doing something most kids his age wouldn’t do while being trapped in an elevator for five hours — his homework. Thirteen-year-old Sun Yixiao was on his way home when he got stuck in an elevator in Harbin, Heilongjiang province.
· Carl Samson
Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to Kevin Kwan’s “Crazy Rich Asians”, and apparently, it’s set to feature an all-Asian cast. Production is slated to kick off in Singapore by spring 2017, Deadline reported. Color Force, which produced “The Hunger Games” series, will develop…
· Carl Samson
If there’s a great story to tell about an amazing city like Shanghai, media artist JT Singh will show us the real side of it. In a new video that follows street and skyscraper tours of Shanghai, Singh peeks at the city’s homes, trains, sidewalks and so much more.
· Editorial Staff
When it comes to societal perceptions, Asian males and Black females typically get the short end of the stick. Asian men are constantly emasculated while Black women are masculinized in media, which by society’s ridiculous standards of beauty, are “undesirable” traits. The…
· Editorial Staff
A high school teacher in Ohio has been placed on leave after making a racist remark towards a student of Asian descent. The teacher, Katherine Klimach of Butler Tech, made the comment while instructing a class at Fairfield High School which was caught on video. While the actual…
· Carl Samson
Indian-Americans are the highest-paid Asian-Americans, according to a new U.S. Labor Department report. Using data from the 2015 Current Population Survey by the U.S. Census Bureau, the Labor Department found that full-time, Indian-American workers had median and average weekly…
· Ryan General
When Uyen Tieu discovered how very few Asian Americans vote in the United States about two months ago, she knew she had to do something. “I found out that half of Asian Americans don’t vote, and I was like, ‘Okay, that’s low,’ but then I found out that only 36 percent of…
· Carl Samson
An Asian woman has explained why she’s supporting Donald Trump despite the Republican candidate’s controversial proposals, especially on immigration. In an article published on Fox News, Ying Ma, a policy advisor, expressed excitement and support for Trump’s candidacy because…
· Editorial Staff
Last month, a woman in suburban Atlanta made headlines after a video of her fighting off three armed burglars went viral online. Chen Fengzhu is a Chinese-American woman who runs a seafood market in Atlanta. She was sleeping at her home in Gwinnett County, Georgia when she was…
· Carl Samson
Asian-American netizens have shared their experiences following a journalist’s story of racism posted over the weekend. On Sunday, New York Times editor Michael Luo posted an open letter to the woman who told his family to “go back to China.”
· Ryan General
Lucy Liu is getting sick and tired of being asked about being an Asian-American actress. She gave a lengthy explanation why during a post-screening panel discussion of her hit show “Elementary” at PaleyFest 2016 this Saturday. Responding to a question from the New York Times’…
· Editorial Staff
In mainstream media, Asian males are constantly emasculated and presented and either “nerdy” or “weak” character. However, one high school student out in Maryland is unknowingly breaking those stereotypes. Twitter user @Johnny_Boyy17 has became a pseudo celebrity after…
· Ryan General
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…
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