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· Ranier Maningding
Why ‘Get Out’, a Movie About Anti-Black Racism, Had an Asian Character
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. Designed as a two-for-one special, “Get Out” was both a brilliant horror film with terrifying…
· King Malleta
Chinese Students Find Creative Way to Fight Racism at Columbia University
Asian Students at Columbia University are hoping to fight indifference through a two-minute video that reveals the meaning behind their Chinese names. For anyone from the West, Asian names can oftentimes be confusing and more often than not, unrelatable. In the most deplorable…
· Ryan General
Korean-Nigerian Model Battles Racism to Become a Top Model in Korea
A young up-and-coming Korean-Nigerian model is making headlines in South Korea after breaking into the country’s fashion scene. Han Hyun Min is a 16-year-old male Korean-African model who is defying the norms of the Korean fashion scene by being the first black-skinned talent to…
· 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
Meet the 18-Year-Old U.K. Student Who Launched the #ChineseLivesMatter Petition
Zishi Zhang, an 18-year-old student in the U.K., launched the #ChineseLivesMatter petition on April 11 calling for a federal investigation into the United Airlines incident that sent Dr. David Dao to the hospital for multiple facial injuries and a concussion. The 69-year-old…
· Ryan General
Racist Trump Supporter Cancels Woman’s Airbnb Last Minute Because She’s Asian
A vacationing woman from Southern California booked an AirBnB reservation in Big Bear, California a month ago, but received shocking and unjust last minute cancellation from her host because of her race. Dyne Suh, an 23-year-old Asian-American law student studying race…
· Ryan General
Malaysian School Under Fire For Encouraging Religious Discrimination in Children
Since racism and other prejudices are learned at a young age, coming across any school activity that perpetuates stereotypes and profiling can understandably cause parents alarm. That was the case of a school test in Malaysia the basically encouraged religious profiling by…
· Ranier Maningding
Jordan Peele Might Direct The Live-Adaptation of Akira. Here’s Why I’m HYPED
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. After years of unapologetic whitewashing from Hollywood, I was beginning to think that the…
· Ranier Maningding
Why Iron Fist And Its Co-Creator Are Both Racist Trash
Editor’s Note: Ranier Maningding is a copywriter and mastermind behind the social justice page “The Love Life of an Asian Guy“. The opinions expressed in this piece are solely his own. On a scale from Rob Schneider to Bruce Lee, Netflix’s “Iron Fist” has received an endless…
· Editorial Staff
Brazilian-Japanese Actress Has Zero Clue Her Instagram Photo is Horrifically Racist
Brazilian-Japanese Actress Carol Nakamura is currently under fire for her latest Instagram photo. I don’t think we need to explain why we have a f**king problem here. After the whole Glamour Brazil fiasco, you’d think people would’ve learned already.
· Deanna Yang
Someone Can’t Believe This Woman is a New Zealand Business Owner Because She’s Asian
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…
· King Malleta
Liquor Store Owned By Korean American Vandalized With ‘Go Back To Korea’ Graffiti
A Korean liquor and deli shop owner in Washington D.C. came to work one day to find racist graffiti spray painted on the building. The owner of Kogod Liquors & Deli, who remains unnamed, found that their business had been vandalized with the phrase “Go Back To Korea” which was…
· Carl Samson
American Scientist Sues U.S. Government After Being Accused of Spying For China
A discrimination case filed against the U.S. Department of Commerce by a Chinese-American hydrologist who lost her job at Ohio’s National Weather Service after being accused of spying for China will be heard next week. The case filed by Sherry Chen will be heard on March 14 and…
· Carl Samson
Indian-Canadian Woman Denied Entry to The U.S. Because She Was ‘Trumped’
She may have looked forward to it every time, but the idea of going to the U.S. is now making a Canadian woman feel sick after a border agent denied her entry and required her to apply for an immigrant visa just to go to a spa. Manpreet Kooner, 30, was born to Indian parents in…
· Khier Casino
Asian-Australian Man Only Dates White Guys Because ‘Once You Go White, Nothing Else Seem Right’
Alexander Montgomery calls himself a “potato queen” because he feels that “the white race is the superior one today. I only date white men.” The 42-year-old Singaporean-Australian gay man’s obscurity does not stop him from pontificating on his perceived racial superiority.
· Kelly Osajima
Woman Whose Father Survived Japanese Internment Gives Asian Americans a Wake Up Call
Most Asian Americans in the U.S. today are immigrants or the children of immigrants, so people are flabbergasted when they find out that not only were my parents born here, but my parents’ parents were born here too. I’m fourth generation, as are a lot of Japanese Americans…