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· Editorial Staff
Facebook Keeps Deleting This Poem About Racism and Won’t Say Why
On July 6th, acclaimed American slam poet Beau Sia posted a racially and politically charged poem he’d written on Facebook. The post got over 700 shares, he forgot about it and moved on. Last week, Sia noticed someone liked the post he wrote in July, discovered that it still…
· 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.”
· Laura Dang
Asian Student’s Story on Racism Ends Badly After Saying ‘Black People Can Be Racist’
An Asian female student at a California college campus was shot down by members of a safe space group for saying “Black people can be racist.”
· Editorial Staff
New Video Shows How Real Racism is in the Workplace and More
We all know that racism and white privilege exists in our society. But just how bad is it? The above video by Brave New Films outlines some of the challenges African-Americans face in the workplace and other environments as compared to their white counterparts.
· Max Chang
New Study Reveals Systemic Racism Towards Asians in Silicon Valley
Google, Yahoo and other tech giants are more likely to hire Asians as computer programmers than to promote them to management and executive positions, according to new research. The study was conducted by Ascend, a group focused on Asian business issues. They analyzed data filed…
· Khier Casino
‘Racist’ Passport Robot Rejects Taiwanese Man’s Photo Because His ‘Eyes Aren’t Open’
Richard Lee had his passport picture rejected by a government website in New Zealand because of a fault in the face-recognition software that registered his eyes as closed. Lee, 22, who was born in Taiwan but raised in New Zealand, tried to renew his passport so he could travel…
· Sam Louie
The Truth Behind ‘Me Love You Long Time’
“Me love you long time” is a phrase often used when referring to foreign Asian women and sex. It may or may not be explicitly associated with illicit sex but the clear underlying message is that the Asian woman’s role is to sexually serve the man. She is to be docile,…
· Ryan General
Asian American Students Share Racist Moments in Response to #thisis2016
When a woman told New York Times editor Michael Luo to “Go back to China”, he posted a tweet about the incident with the hashtag #thisis2016. Well dressed woman on Upper East Side, annoyed by our stroller, yells: “Go back to China…go back to your f—ing country.” #thisis2016
· Ryan General
Canadian Students Under Fire After Shockingly Racist Party Photos Go Viral
Extremely racist photos of an off-campus student party in Canada have recently emerged online, sparking outrage from other students and an investigation by the involved students’ school. In the images, Caucasian students of Queen’s University are shown partying while dressed as…
· Max Chang
Trump Supporter Harasses Two Asian Women, Traps Them Inside NYC Diner
As unfortunate as it is, harassment and violence fueled by racism and misogyny has only become more pronounced since Donald Trump was elected president. A recent incident in a Manhattan diner saw an upset Trump supporter harassing two Asian-American women which escalated into…
· admin
Racist Anti-Chinese Flyers Are Popping Up in Mailboxes Around Canada
Post-election racism has reportedly made its way across the Canadian border in the form of flyers with the headline, “Step aside, whitey! The Chinese are taking over!” The leaflets, which residents of Richmond, British Columbia, found in their mailboxes, read:
· 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…
· Carl Samson
Fox News Reporter Gets Sexually Harassed by Trump Supporters
Samia Khan, a digital anchor for Fox News Now, has opened up on receiving death threats and sexual harassment from president-elect Donald Trump’s supporters. In a new Facebook post, the Pakistani-American internet personality referred to this minority of “terrorists” as the…
· Paul Song
Kids, Race, & Bias: A Thank-You Note to My Mom
In 1951, my mother came to the US as a refugee of the Korean War. Through the generosity of a local church group in New York City, she was awarded a full scholarship to Adelphi College. She would eventually graduate from Adelphi and go on to earn a Masters degree in early…
· Carl Samson
Video Shows Police Brutally Dragging Elderly Korean Man Down the Stairs
Footage of an alleged use of excessive force by Canadian police on an elderly Korean couple has sparked outrage on social media. According to Allkpop, the incident took place at a hotel in Coquitlam, Canada on Oct. 27.
· Carl Samson
German EU Commissioner Sparks Outrage After Calling Chinese People ‘Slit Eyes’
German EU commissioner Guenther Oettinger has drawn flak for referring to Chinese people as “slit eyes”. Oettinger made the remark while speaking to businessmen in Hamburg last week, Reuters reported. He called the reference “sloppy” but justified why it had to be said:
· Ryan General
Singapore-Based Media Company Blasted For Using a Chinese Character in Blackface
Singapore-based media group Toggle recently drew massive flak for using a Chinese actor in blackface to portray an African-American character on one of its original productions. The distasteful bit was part of the sixth episode of the program titled “I want to be a Star”, a show…
· Carl Samson
Ignorant College Students Ignite Internet Fury After Posting Racist Snapchat
Two students from Washington University received backlash for putting liquid face masks and uploading their photo with a questionable caption. On Friday night, one of the students shared the photo on her Snapchat story, backed by a description: “We’re in the Zulu tribe.”
· Editorial Staff
Sushi Bar Under Fire For Allegedly Pranking Tourists By Hiding Tons of Wasabi in Their Food
A sushi chain in Osaka, Japan is being accused of discrimination after foreign customers claimed that sushi chefs put in twice as much wasabi as usual in their sushi. The restaurant chain, Ichibazushi, issued an apology on their website earlier this week stating that chefs did…
· Ryan General
What Fox News Just Did to the Asian Community is Unforgivable
In what could be one of the most ethnically-insensitive four and a half minutes of modern cable television, a segment on the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” visited Chinatown in New York for on-the-street interviews. The interviewer, Jesse Watters, spewed ignorance-driven…