15 articles
Misc
After 48 Years, Adoptee Finds His Birth Mother and the Restaurant She Named After Him in Japan
Air Force Col. Bruce Hollywood was given up for adoption by his biological Japanese mother soon after his father, an American soldier once s...
Ryan General
Opinion
My Experience With a White Worshipper
Editor’s Note: Carol Wild is a Taiwanese/New Zealander Blogger. The views expressed in this piece are solely her own. To be honest wit...
Carol Wild
Lifestyle
Barbie Fan Spends $35,000 to Look ‘More Caucasian’ After Getting Bullied for Her Eyes
A half-Chinese woman from Los Angeles who spent $4,000 for eyelid surgery is now planning to have some of her ribs removed so she could look...
Carl Samson
World
Photographer Works to Capture All of the World’s Half-Japanese Faces
By helping in a crowdfunding campaign, people can now be part of a novel project that seeks to create a better understanding of half-Japanes...
Asia
K-Pop Idol Battled Racism as a Child For Having a White Mother
A video of a K-Pop idol talking about racial discrimination as a child resurfaced on the internet, causing a buzz in the Korean community. F...
Civil Rights
Chinese-British Man Brutally Attacked in London for Being Gay
A brutal homophobic attack left one Chinese-British gay man unable to walk after his leg was shattered in four different places. Chris Ver-...
Uncategorized
The Problem With Using the Word ‘Hapa’ For Mixed Asians
If you happen to be a product of more than one ancestry, specifically White European and Asian, it’s likely that you’ve come across the word...
Don’t Tell Me I’m ‘Not Asian Enough’
“You’re hapa!” the girl shrieked, running at me with arms open. “What?” I replied, confused as to both what “hapa” meant and who this girl w...
Anna Gracia
News
Ann Curry is Probably Drinking a Tea Made of Matt Lauer’s Tears Right Now and Twitter is Here for It
What a hell of a morning to wake up to — Disney announced that they chose their Mulan (hint: it’s good news) and then NBC announ...
Editorial Staff
Photographer Captures Half-Japanese Faces From 192 Countries in Stunning Identity Project
A Belgian-Japanese photographer has set foot in Tokyo to capture the faces of fellow half-Japanese people for a novel project that aims to p...
Entertainment
Ryan Potter Cast as Beast Boy in ‘Titans’ Live-Action Series
Warner Brothers has announced that after an exhaustive search they’ve selected Ryan Potter to join the cast of DC’s “Titan...
Heather Johnson Yu
Style
Scottish-Japanese Artist Celebrates Her Heritage By Creating Beautiful ‘Kilt-mono’
Eighteen-year-old Scottish/Japanese artist Maya Caulfield likes to explore her unique cultural background through her creations — most...
Man Doesn’t Want Sons With Asian Fiancée Because They Would Have ‘Small Packages’
On Tuesday, Slate Magazine released their weekly “Dear Prudence” segment, wherein readers call advice columnist Mallory Ortberg ...
Meet Will Jay, The Man Who Should Be The Next Asian American Pop Star
In mid-May, I received an email from a manager who had read about MANAA (Media Action Network for Asian Americans) speaking out against Whit...
Guy Aoki
A Letter To My Future Eurasian Children
To my future children, I think about you often; you don’t even exist yet, but you have a way of sneaking into my daydreams and unconsc...
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