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· 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…
· Ranier Maningding
Sorry Asian Trump Supporters, White America Doesn’t Care About You Either
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. According to the “Secret Asian Handbook of Secret Asian Stuff,” Asian-Americans should never,…
· Waylae Gregoire
We Saw ‘The Great Wall’ to See Just How Offensive it Was to Asians
Last week, one of China’s most visionary directors, Zhang Yimou, released his latest and most “Hollywood” film yet — “The Great Wall”. The film was initially marked with controversy in the Asian-American community for it’s apparent “Hollywood whitewashing” with the casting of…
· Benny Luo
Meet the Trump Fan Who Wants Liberals to Suck His ‘Big Asian Cock’
On January 31, an Asian American man who calls himself “Uncle Chang” made headlines after condemning liberals for their identity politics and explaining why they lost to Donald Trump. He delivered his speech on the “He Will Not Divide Us” livestream protest at the Museum of the…
· Ryan General
Asian Man’s Business Billboard Defaced with Racist ‘No More Asians’ Poster in Australia
An unknown racist assailant recently defaced a Chinese Australian’s billboard ads with a poster filled with hateful messages. According to SBS, a property investor, Yancheng Wang, found a black and white poster listing anti-Asian phrases posted on his advertisements at a…
· Ryan General
Vogue Pisses Off the Asian Community By Featuring a White Model in Yellowface
After having white models sport blackface in the past, Vogue appears to have committed another racial faux pas. For their latest issue, the magazine is “celebrating diversity” by featuring a Caucasian female in “yellowface” dressed as a Japanese Geisha. American supermodel…
· Khier Casino
Racist Vandals Spray-Paint ‘Chink’ on Hmong Family’s Garage Door in Minnesota
A family of Hmong descent who just moved from Saint Paul, Minnesota to a suburb in Oakdale was the target of racist vandalism after the words, including “chink”, were spray painted across their garage door. Photos of the vandalism were posted to Facebook on Sunday by TL Xiong,…
· Carl Samson
South Koreans Reveal What They Really Think of Black People
What do Koreans think about black people? It’s a valid question, but one we can’t fully answer without asking every Korean on the face of the planet. To put this in context, Ghanaian TV personality Sam Okyere recently recalled racist experiences he encountered in South Korea, so…
· Ryan General
Asian Americans Offer Some Thoughtful Advice to President Donald Trump
Uncertainty is probably a word that can best describe how a great number of Asian Americans (and other minority groups) feel about Donald Trump’s presidency. His rhetoric against countries he perceives as enemies has so far enabled a culture of racism, violence and hate towards…
· Khier Casino
Google Honors The Legend Who Fought Against Japanese Internment Camps
Google’s Doodle on Monday paid tribute to civil rights activist Fred Korematsu, who fought against the United States’ interment of Japanese-Americans during Word War II. In response to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, President Franklin Roosevelt signed the controversial Executive…
· Albert Qian
The Dark History Behind Media’s Portrayal of Asian Men
Steve Harvey, known better as the one who announced the wrong Miss Universe winner and for a daytime television show that covers a variety of topics, is back in the news. Earlier in January 2017, he made a series of comments on his show that disparaged Asian men. Have a look:
· Carl Samson
Black T.V. Personality in Korea Recounts His Racist Experiences in the Country
Sam Okyere, a Ghanaian TV personality in South Korea, opened up on the racism he experienced in a recent episode of the talk show “As You Say”. Okyere flew to South Korea in 2009 to study computer engineering as a government scholar. However, when opportunities in entertainment…
· Carl Samson
Japanese Guys React to Racist Stereotypes of Asian Men
One way or another, each of us had our share of hearing racist stereotypes. It can be annoying in this day and age, and it’s unlikely they’ll go away soon. In a recent video, YouTuber Yuta Aoki asked Japanese guys to react on Asian male stereotypes in American films.
· Ryan General
Acclaimed South Korean Actor Recounts His Racist Experience in Hollywood
South Korean actor Lee Byung-hun has established himself as an accomplished international superstar, having starred in several local and Hollywood films. At home, he has received critical acclaim for his work in top-grossing movies including “Masquerade”, “Inside Men”, “Joint…