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· Carl Samson
Our New Senate is Making History For Having the Most Asian-American Women
The United States of America will have three Asian-American women as senators soon — the most in history. Hillary Clinton may have failed to shatter that highest and hardest glass ceiling, but Asian-American female Democrats are ready to take their seats in the Senate.
· Carl Samson
Indians Are the Highest Earning Out Of All Asian-Americans
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…
· Carl Samson
Asian-Americans Share Their Racism Stories After Journalist is Told to ‘Go Back to China’
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 Sick of Being Asked About Being an Asian-American Actress
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
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…
· Editorial Staff
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…
· Editorial Staff
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.…
· 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…
· 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”,…
· Editorial Staff
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:…
· Editorial Staff
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…
· 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.
· Editorial Staff
Asian Woman Called ‘Chink’ and Eggs Thrown at Her By Trump Supporters While Walking Her Dog
A woman out in California has been one of the latest subjects of harassment after Donald Trump’s victory. Kymby Cao, a woman based in LA, was walking her dogs when a car pulled up next to her. The passengers inside immediately started calling her racial slurs and threw eggs at…
· Editorial Staff
A Former White House Intern is Getting Cyberbullied By Trump Fans For Being Asian
Asian-American journalist and CNN producer Wilfred Chan has been the subject of online abuse from Trump supporters since his victory on Tuesday night. In a tweet, Chan put together a college of racist comments directed at him with the caption “this is what Trump voters think of…
· Editorial Staff
Meet the Chinese-American Teen Who’s Donald Trump’s Biggest Fan
This post has been updated. Donald Trump is not popular among Asian-American voters. Only 19% of Asian-American voters see the Republican presidential nominee in a positive light, according to Politico. However, one Chinese-American teenager in Florida is trying to change that…
· Editorial Staff
Asians Going Crazy Over Steven Yeun’s Latest Magazine Cover Reveals a Sad Reality
Last week, actor Steven Yeun was featured on the latest cover on Entertainment Weekly. Naturally, many people in the Asian community expressed their satisfaction upon hearing the news. While this is a huge step for Asians in mainstream media, the outpouring of positive vibes…
· Carl Samson
Student Becomes First in the World to Get 100% on the AP Physics Exam
An Asian-American student has become the very first to get a perfect score on the AP Physics exam. Sixteen-year-old Jason Xia, now a junior at Naperville North High School in Illinois, sat for the AP Physics 1 exam in May.
· Ryan General
Political Group Urges Asian American Millennials to Vote
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…
· Max Chang
Disney is Seriously Trying to Screw Up Mulan
When Disney announced a live-action remake of the classic “Mulan”, people were excited, but many were also rightly concerned. With the prevalence of Hollywood whitewashing in films like “Ghost in the Shell” and “The Great Wall“, many were scared “Mulan” would suffer the same…
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