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· Carl Samson
‘Indian’ Themed Taiwanese Restaurant in L.A. Is Asian Racism at Its Worst
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
White Guy Thinks He’s a Victim of Racism Because He’s Married to a Thai Woman
A white man recently wrote a curious piece expressing how he has become a victim of racism because he married an Asian woman. Writing for The Good Men Project, Dan Blacharski explained how he feels he’s being discriminated against by those who “refuse to accept the fact that I…
· Carl Samson
Jeremy Lin Reveals That Asian Racism in College Was Way Worse Than in the NBA
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…
· Khier Casino
Southeast Asians in Pennsylvania Don’t Think Donald Trump Does Enough to Stop Racism
The Hampden Township Police Department in Pennsylvania held a meeting earlier in April after Asian Indians in the community expressed concern about recent hate crimes happening around the country. “First there was a shooting in Kansas City, then there was another shooting in…
· 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…
· Ryan General
White Journalist Tweets He’s ‘Very Uncomfortable’ That a Japanese Man Won the Indy 500
UPDATE [5-29-17 12:40 p.m. PST]: Terry Frei has been fired from his job at the Denver Post in a statement issued by publisher Mac Tully and editor Lee Ann Colacioppo: “We apologize for the disrespectful and unacceptable tweet that was sent by one of our reporters. Terry Frei is…
· Khier Casino
Activists Publicly Expose White-Owned Restaurants Guilty of Cultural Appropriation All Over Portland
Two white women closed down their pop-up burrito shop in Portland, Oregon after receiving public backlash for cultural appropriation and allegations that they stole their recipes from Mexico. Owners Kali Wilgus and Liz “LC” Connelly shut down their shop just a week after being…
· Khier Casino
Bruce Lee’s Daughter Begins Search For Young Chinese Actor in New Biopic
Casting calls have already begun for the upcoming Bruce Lee biopic “Little Dragon” with Betty Mae Casting searching for 16 to 18-year-old English-speaking Chinese actors “with a winning smile and wonderful sense of humor”. A representative for Lee’s daughter, Shannon Lee,…
· Ryan General
These Three Photos Are Going Viral For Flipping the Script on White People
A series of photos published in the May 2017 issue of “O, the Oprah Magazine” is tackling race in a unique way and sparking some heated discussions online. In the now viral images featured in the photo essay titled “Let’s Talk About Race”, American photographer Chris Buck…
· Ryan General
California Now Investigating Racist Airbnb Host Who Rejected Woman Because She Was Asian
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…
· Ryan General
Woman Demonstrates Her White Privilege After Black Man Caused Campus Lockdown Over a Glue Gun
A Colgate University student recently demonstrated her white privilege via a social media post following the recent campus lockdown in her campus. Earlier this month, the school gained massive backlash after it placed its campus on lockdown over a black man carrying a glue gun.…
· Eliza Romero
So Um, How The Hell Does Lily Maymac Still Have A Job?
Editor’s Note: Eliza Romero is a Baltimore-based, Filipino-American fashion photographer and style blogger behind the website Aesthetic Distance, a blog critical of pop culture. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. Two weeks ago Lily Maymac was outed as a racist…
· Ryan General
Woman Compiles All the Creepy Messages From Men With Asian Fetishes on Instagram
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…