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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.
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Asian American Student With 5.3 GPA Rejected From Ivy League Schools, Files Complaint
Hubert Zhao, a Chinese-American student from Orlando, Florida, filed a complaint against Cornell and Columbia University following the rejection of his application. The alleged reason: discrimination. This puts Zhao in the list of complainants who have filed complaints or…
· Waylae Gregoire
‘Yellow Fever’ is Not and Never Was a Derogatory Term for Asians, According to Asians
So apparently we wrote a “racist” headline about Chinese Olympic swimmer and perfect human specimen Ning Zetao by saying he’s giving the internet “yellow fever.” This is the headline: “Forget Zika Virus — China’s Hottest Olympic Swimmer is Giving the Internet Yellow Fever”.
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Chinese People Are Calling the Only Chinese-American Woman in Miss America 2016 Ugly
Chinese netizens are criticizing the looks of Miss Michigan, the only Chinese-American woman to compete in Miss America. Arianna Quan, 23, is the newly crowned Miss Michigan who will be competing in this year’s upcoming Miss America contest in September. She will be the only…
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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…
· Ryan General
Asian Columnist at UC Berkeley Faces Criticisms For Racially-charged Opinion Pieces
A female student’s controversial column for UC Berkeley’s school paper “The Daily Californian” has received criticism for its racially charged, sexually-explicit content. The author, Maggie Lam, claims that she writes “about reclaiming the Asian-American narrative surrounding…
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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…
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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…
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He Was Raised By Poor Chinese Immigrants, Now He’s One of Hollywood’s Star Directors
At just 36 years old, director Jon M. Chu already has quite the resume. He’s helmed films like “Justin Bieber: Never Say Never,” which went on to become the highest grossing concert film of all time, and “G.I. Joe: Retaliation.” His latest film, “Now You See Me 2,” features an…
· 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,…
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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…
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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…
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