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· Khier Casino
Asian-Americans were the biggest moviegoers in 2016 compared to any other ethnic group in the country in terms of per capita ticket buying, according to the National Association of Theater Owners’ Theatrical Market Statistics Report. In their annual study, the exhibition…
· Ryan General
A heart-wrenching video of an injured elephant in in agonizing pain in Sri Lanka recently emerged on social media. The male elephant reportedly collapsed in a puddle of mud near a jungle and was unable to get up. In the touching footage, rescuers from Kottukachchiya in Sri Lanka…
· Carl Samson
Don Papa, the head baseball coach at Galileo High School in San Francisco, was accused of mocking an inattentive Asian-American player with a fake Chinese accent. The disturbing incident occurred at Skyline College on February 24 during a match between Galileo and…
· Max Chang
When I was in middle school, my mother was eager to know how I did on an important math test. When I called her that I had failed the test, she was waiting for me at home with a feather duster ready to unleash her wrath on me. It was a beautiful beating and she beat me with all…
· Max Chang
Last week, Netflix’s controversial ‘Iron Fist’ opened to generally disappointing reviews. However, there’s something that becomes very apparent after watching the series that everyone, including Asians, clearly missed: Finn Jones’ Danny Rand is pretty much the perfect Asian.…
· Khier Casino
Vincent Zhou skated his way to the top after winning the the 2017 ISU World Junior Figure Skating Championships gold medal on Friday in Taipei, Taiwan. The 16-year-old figure skater from Palo Alto, California, who took home the silver medal at the U.S. senior nationals in…
· Editorial Staff
Jon Nguamsanith is a Laotian-American who manages a men’s grooming shop in Reston Town Center, Virginia. Recently he was victim of a racist by a white man claiming to be a Trump supporter. Nguamsanith uploaded the video of the incident on Facebook, which has since gone viral. At…
· Deanna Yang
So. Last night I was tagged in an instagram post because my face has been featured in an ad that’s been displayed all over online, Britomart, Newmarket, Khyber Pass, Newton and in some of the most high profile spots in Auckland, scratch that, in New Zealand. Period. One of the…
· Uncle Chang
Editor’s Note: Uncle Chang (pseudonym), founder of getriced.com, is an Asian-American Trump supporter based in New York City. He’s best known for his speech on the “He Will Not Divide Us” livestream protest at the Museum of the Moving Image on January 31. The opinions expressed…
· Ryan General
A video showing the Asian owner of a beauty supply store attacking and choking a Black female customer has prompted the local black community in Charlotte, North Carolina to gather in front of the store and protest the incident. According to Missha Beauty store owner Sung Ho…
· Ryan General
Disney Channel’s new show “Andi Mack” is already making waves among audiences for its unconventional plot and its shocking twists. The show was created by Terri Minsky, the brilliant mind behind the fan favorite “Lizzie McGuire”.
· Khier Casino
The first round of acceptance letters from New York City’s top high schools have been sent to 5,078 eighth-graders this week with 52.5% of those accepted being Asian. A total of 27,853 students applied for admission into NYC’s eight elite high schools for the upcoming academic…
· King Malleta
Many Twitter users and netizens are livid after a recent episode of Food Network’s “The Pioneer Woman” trashed an “Asian” dish in a subtle racist jab. According to Eater, what was supposed to be fun segment backfired when host Ree Drummond and her guests made fun of a batch of…
· Khier Casino
Michelle Yeoh will join the all-Asian cast of Warner Bros.’ adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s New York Times best-selling novel “Crazy Rich Asians”. The announcement came after “Fresh Off the Boat” star Constance Wu was in talks with Warner Bros. in February to play the lead role of…
· Ryan General
A somewhat heated discussion between an Iron Fist fan and Finn Jones, the actor who plays the superhero character for Netflix’s upcoming series, erupted on Twitter last Sunday. “Iron Fist” has first stirred controversy for missing the opportunity to cast an Asian actor in the…
· Ryan General
Last week, an infographic that asked “Who’s Your Token Asian?” went viral within Asian mmunities from various parts of the world. Created by a Chinese-Australian student named Joy Li, the poster depicts the various societal expectations Asian women are typically subjected to.
· Carl Samson
For those who may not know her, Angela Lee looks like any other 20-year-old Asian woman. She takes selfies, cuddles with her dog, goes to the beach, and even slays in heels. But Lee is also the world’s youngest MMA champion — and undefeated at that. At 19, she won the inaugural…
· Carl Samson
There was virtually “no change” in the number of directors of Asian descent behind over 1,000 of the highest-grossing films released in the last 10 years, a report has found. The report, released by the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and…
· Carl Samson
Ray Hsu, a poet and professor at the University of British Columbia, suffered a random attack in Vancouver last week. To make matters worse, bystanders apparently ignored him as he called for help. The attack occurred in the area of Main Street and West 25th Avenue on the broad…
· Khier Casino
A 54-year-old man from Edmonton in Alberta, Canada, is seeking assault charges after he was allegedly roughed up by security guards when he tried to get a refund for a double charge at Zara. Xiaobo Wu’s wife received a credit card statement reportedly showing she was charged $80…
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