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· Carl Samson
The majority of Asian Americans are in favor of allowing transgender people to use the bathrooms of their choice, according to a survey published last week. Over 4,000 respondents expressed their position on the 2016 National Asian American Post-Election Survey, which asked the…
· Editorial Staff
In a recent Reddit AMA (Ask Me Anything), JT Tran, known as a dating coach extraordinaire, university lecturer and the creator of “ABCs of Attraction“, dropped some sage advice for Asian men who face romantic discrimination in the dating world. It has long been an issue that…
· Carl Samson
If you think you haven’t been confused about anything for a while, head over to Uncle Yu’s Indian Theme Restaurant. This eatery, located in San Gabriel, California, is apparently serving Taiwanese food through its crew of East Asian-looking girls dressed as “Indians.”
· Ryan General
Dyne Suh, the alleged victim of discrimination by an Airbnb host, has recently filed a complaint with the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing. The case involved a Trump-supporting host who canceled the reservation of the Asian American woman at the last minute…
· Jessica Xiao
Originally published on Everyday Feminism I’m currently jobless.
· Ryan General
An Asian-Australian math teacher’s unique teaching style has turned him into Australia’s favorite high school teacher. Co-head mathematics teacher Eddie Woo, whose parents migrated to Australia in the early 1970s, has been teaching at Cherrybrook Technology High School in Sydney…
· Ryan General
For two years now, violinist extraordinaire Mia Matsumiya has been using social media to out the “creeps, weirdos, and fetishists” who have sent her over a thousand indecent messages. The Los Angeles-based musician created her Instagram account, Perv_Magnet, in October of 2015…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Be still, my heart. Charles Melton has taken over Ross Butler’s role of Reggie, Archie’s friend and rival on the CW’s “Riverdale”, and he’s just… perfect.
· Khier Casino
Jason Wang, co-owner and CEO of Xi’an Famous Foods in New York City, posted a video to Facebook showing two customers shouting at two black employees with one throwing racial slurs. The restaurant has around a dozen locations across Manhattan, Queens and Brooklyn, but this…
· Ryan General
Every day is a colorful day in a small village in Indonesia called Kampung Pelangi, which literally means “Rainbow Village”. The brightly colored community has 232 homes which are each painted in visually striking hues and designed with a variety of wall murals.
· Ryan General
A talented Chinese point guard is now counted among the elite basketball stars of Michael Jordan’s Jordan Brand. Jordan Brand, a subsidiary of the Nike company, welcomed Chinese basketball star Guo Ailun as an official Jordan athlete via a news post on Nike’s website.
· Khier Casino
You’ll probably recognize him as Mr. Chow in “The Hangover” and Ben Chang in NBC’s “Community”, but Ken Jeong has now been cast in Warner Bros’ “Crazy Rich Asians”! He is the latest actor to join the all-Asian romantic comedy alongside Constance Wu, Henry Golding, Gemma Chan,…
· Guy Aoki
Little did we know when Margaret Cho’s “All American Girl” debuted on ABC in September 1994 that we’d have to wait more than 20 years to get another Asian American family sitcom. It wasn’t for lack of effort. Since 1999, I’d been part of the Asian Pacific American Media…
· King Malleta
Many Westerners have described what it’s like living in Japan but another intriguing thing to find out is how foreigner Asians describe their lives in the “Land of the Rising Sun”. Japanese YouTuber “That Japanese Man Yuta” explored the topic in two videos titled “Being Asian…
· Carl Samson
Racism is worse in college than in real life, at least according to Jeremy Lin. The Brooklyn Nets point guard, who happens to be the first American of Chinese or Taiwanese descent to play in the NBA, recalled unpleasant experiences while representing Harvard in “Outside Shot…
· Carl Samson
After auditioning for the role several times in the past, Korean actress Sophie Kim is finally playing Mary Robert in the musical “Sister Act”, which opened in Singapore on Tuesday. Born Kim So Hyang in Seoul, she is the very first Asian to be cast in the role in the American…
· Benny Luo
Meet Cung Le. He’s a badass Vietnamese-American actor and retired MMA fighter who had quite the track record for being an undisputed fighter. He has a professional Sanshou (Chinese kickboxing) record of 17-0.
· Heather Johnson Yu
On May 5th, 2017, Bethesda released “Prey“ for the XBox, PS4, and PC to the excitement of video game fans everywhere. The beloved title was officially unveiled at last year’s E3 as a revival of the fan-favorite series that had been on hiatus for over a decade. Bethesda and…
· Heather Johnson Yu
Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past week, you’ve heard about Lily May Mac’s scandalous tweets that have landed her some seriously negative publicity. As the days go by, more and more tweets are uncovered, such as her disdain for Asian men, her likening Black…
· Ryan General
Taking a break from fighting crime and saving the world, Kenan Kong, aka the new Super-Man, gets together with China’s Bat-Man (Wang Baixi) and Wonder-Woman (Peng Deilan) along with other Asian superheroes of the DC Universe for some delicious Chinese food! Asian American artist…
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