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A new report has found that Pacific Islanders in San Francisco are pulled over three times more than usual for traffic stops based on their population.
 

The study comes from the San Francisco Human Rights Commission. They also found that Blacks were more than four times as likely to be pulled over for a traffic violation while White people and Asians were pulled over at a lower rate for their population. 
 

The report gave recommendations to change the trend. It asked for a ban on biased stops without a suspect description and on the basis of a person’s color, ethnicity, race, national origin, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, disability, socioeconomic status, dress, appearance, or neighborhood. It also recommended police stop enforcing missing one license plate, expired or missing tags, objects hanging from mirrors and other minor infractions. 

Spotlight đź’ˇ
  • Charleston, South Carolina chef Nikko Cagalanan won an episode of Food Network’s “Chopped” last month. Cagalanan is the owner of pop-up Mansueta’s Filipino Food. 
Chef Nikko Cagalanan
Credit: Live 5 WCSC
Race in America 🌎
 
  • Biased Science: A new study has found the National Science Foundation consistently awards more funding to White researchers than other races since 1999. Proposals by White researchers were funded at 1.4 times the rate of proposals by Asian applicants and 1.2 times the rate by Black applicants. Grants from the organization make up 27% of federal funding for basic research in colleges and universities across the country. 

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  • NYC Asians want diversity: A new survey from the Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (CACF) has found New York City Asian students want diversity in their schools. The survey drew from comments from 78 Asian New Yorkers, a majority of whom were parents of various backgrounds such as Chinese, Indian, Filipino, Bangladeshi, Vietnamese and Uzbek.   
Co-Executive Director of CACF Vanessa Leung
Credit: Coalition for Asian American Children and Families
In Other Asian News đź—ž
  • COVID-19 relief money stolen: The U.S. government has confirmed at least $20 million in COVID relief funds were stolen by a Chinese government-backed hacking group called APT41. Officials are looking into over 1,000 other potentially related investigations. The Department of Labor estimates an overall total of $46 billion was obtained fraudulently from COVID-19 pandemic unemployment relief funds.  

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  • Mongolia’s mad: Thousands in Mongolia braced for freezing temperatures in the country’s capital to protest the nation’s coal industry and rising inflation. Some protestors even attempted to storm the government house. Their anger comes from whistleblower reports that a coalition of legislators linked to the coal industry have stolen billions of dollars. This comes at a time of an ailing economy and inflation of 15.2% thanks to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that is impacting trade with neighboring China. 
Entertainment đź“ş
  • Asian TikTokers go “Goo Goo Muck”: Asian TikTokers are putting their own spin on the viral dance seen from Netflix’s hit show “Wednesday,” which centers around actor Jenna Ortega in the role of Wednesday Addams. In the series, Wednesday has her own unique choreography during a school dance scene set to the song “Goo Goo Muck” by The Cramps. The audio of the scene has made the rounds on TikTok with creators like @raasibomma performing her version of the dance in Kuchipudi, a dramatic Indian dance style. User @llalouu_ had a Polynesian version of the Wednesday dance, complete with a Polynesian dancing belt, a hip hei and braided hair. In related news, “Wednesday” cast member Emma Myers has gone viral for her love of K-pop, shouting out artists like SEVENTEEN, LE SSERAFIM, IU, TWICE, Sunmi, BTS and more.  

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  • TIME Honored: TIME Magazine has named K-pop act BLACKPINK as their Entertainer of the Year for 2022. They are the first girl group in history to achieve this feat. TIME also named Michelle Yeoh as their Icon of the Year. 
Michelle Yeoh (left) and Jennie and Lisa of BLACKPINK (right)
Credit: TIME
What else is on our minds? 🧠
  • Studio Ghibli released some cute humidifiers to keep you healthy. 
     
  • Om Madan Garg, 6, has become the youngest Singaporean to trek to the base camp of Mt. Everest. 
     
  • A woman in China has broken ribs after eating spicy food. 
     
  • Chinese citizens gathered on Tuesday for the memorial of late Chinese leader Jiang Zemin. 
     
  • BTS leader RM dropped a new music video “Still Life,” featuring Korean American Anderson .Paak. It is a track off of RM’s new album “Indigo.”  

Have you ever broken a bone?

I have not, surprisingly. I certainly have never broken ribs or a bone from eating spicy food. 

Sincerely, 

Daniel Anderson

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