Advocacy group MANAA demands apology from Shane Gillis ahead of ‘SNL’ hosting

The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA), an advocacy group fighting for balanced portrayals of Asian Americans in the media, is...

30 years of MANAA: Pioneer Guy Aoki and the movement for Asian American representation in the media

The rise in racism and the lack of proper Asian American representation in the early ‘90s were just some of the reasons that pushed Guy Aoki...

America’s Got No Taste: Gifted 9-Year-Old Asian Singer Rejected

In the 11 years that NBC’s “America’s Got Talent” has been on, I’ve never felt compelled to watch a single episode. From seeing enough previ...

White ‘Big Brother’ Contestant Accuses Another Of Racism Against An Asian American Contestant

Asian Americans are used to not being supported when they’re treated unfairly because of their race or when they’re subjected to racial slur...

The Supreme Court May Support ‘The Slants,’ But Their Decision Doesn’t Help Asian Americans

The Slants, the Portland, Oregon-based band that for six years fought in the courts for the right to trademark their controversial name, fin...

Bill Maher Called Me a Chink, But He Apologized for Using the N-Word

I felt a sense of deja vu hearing about Bill Maher being taken to task for saying “nigger” on his “Real Time With Bill Maher” HBO series, wh...

‘Dr. Ken’s’ Cancellation Could Mean Dark Times For Asian Americans in Television

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...