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· Adly Choi

Meet the Dad Who Taught His Daughter to Be Proud of Being Chinese

It’s hard to be a dad, especially when your own daughter wants to be someone else. Meet Jerry Zhang. Lawyer and father to daughters Madison and Everly. It was eldest, Madison, who broke his heart one day when she said, “I don’t want to be Chinese.”

· Ryan General

Japanese Woman Goes Viral For Her Fantastic Pigeon Shoes

A Japanese woman recently went viral for her fancy DIY shoes that look so fly she has birds flocking around her. Wearing shoes that resemble a pair of pigeons, the woman was spotted trotting in a public park. Images of her pigeon shoes have hit the internet and a collective…

· Heather Johnson Yu

Dad Learns Daughter Doesn’t Want to Be Chinese, Finds Genius Solution

“I don’t want to be Chinese.” When Jerry Zhang heard these words from his preschool-age daughter, Madison, it broke his heart. He knew the reason why — his daughter was very interested in books that featured young White girls, such as “Madeline” and “Eloise”, and wished to be…

· 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…

· King Malleta

Korean Grandma Allegedly Assaulted by Woman Screaming ‘White Power’ in L.A.

UPDATE [2-2-17 7:00 p.m. PST]: Video footage of the attacker, Alexis Duvall, was captured by a witness after the incident as she ran off and was uploaded on YouTube. Duvall is heard yelling a racial slur and swearing as she continued to run away from bystanders after she…

· Khier Casino

MTV Writer Tries to Show How Racist Senator Jeff Sessions Is, Completely Backfires

MTV Writer Causes Twitter Storm After Joking Senator Stole Granddaughter From Toys ‘R’ Us MTV News culture reporter Ira Madison III sparked social media outrage after he mocked Senator Jeff Sessions’ Asian-American granddaughter, tweeting that Sessions stole her from Toys “R” Us.

· 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…

· Laura Dang

Meet the Vietnamese Immigrants Who Created a Multi-Million Dollar Banh Mi Sandwich Empire

Lee’s Sandwiches, the multi-million dollar Vietnamese banh mi sandwich empire, began as a modest food truck run by a family that arrived in America with little to nothing. Chieu Le, the founder of Lee’s Sandwiches and the eldest of nine children, was in his second year of law…

· Editorial Staff

Kanye West Has the Most Ridiculous Rules For Models at His NY Fashion Show

The rules for being a model at Kanye West’s fashion show event in Madison Square Garden appear to be stricter than the ones for the White House. A picture of a reported list of rules for models was taken on Snapchat and downloaded by users. The “performance rules” include over…

· Editorial Staff

Parents Are Actually Naming Their Kids After Instagram Filters Now

Newly released data on baby names in 2015 reveals that parents took increased inspiration from planets, the TV show “Empire” and Instagram filters when choosing monikers for their newborns. According to BabyCenter, the top names for boys and girls in 2015 were also previous…

· Max Chang

Twenty-Four-Year-Old Freaks Out When His Hospital Charges Him $1,148,772.25 For a 5-Day Stay

Earlier in September, 24-year-old Nicholas Madison had returned to his Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania home after traveling around the U.S. He was hanging out with friends when a sharp pain stabbed into his neck. Within an hour, his neck was paralyzed. In a panic, Madison urged his…

· Laura Dang

Shocking Ad Posters Remind Us How Sexist and Racist the 1950s Were

Some outrageous posters from the golden era of advertising during the 1950s and 1960s would be considered pretty ridiculous today. It’s hard to believe that some of the campaigns put out by the Madison Avenue team of advertising executives were socially acceptable back in the…

· Benny Luo

This College Student Made Over $100,000 on the Internet By Taking Photos of Herself

At first glance, Allie Madison may seem like a typical 21-year-old college senior. However, for the last two years, she has made over $100,000 on Fiverr, a website where people offer tasks and services for as little as $5. The services offered on Fiverr range from professional…

· Riley Schatzle

Vintage Photos Show How College Dorms Have Changed Over the Last 100 Years

The dorm lives of college students has been intriguing to many for decades, which is why the University of Wisconsin-Madison has kept a collection of photos in their archives showing the housing of college students for the past 110 years. Check them out below. 1898:

· Sarah Lesnar

These are the 13 Highest-Paid Internships in Tech of 2015

Once again internship season is upon us. Glassdoor compiled their annual list of 25 best internships according to intern feedback, and you won’t be surprised to know that half of those companies were tech companies.