How I’m Feeling About ‘Asian August’
This month has been dubbed “Asian August” among some folks. And here’s why. Crazy Rich Asians, which boasts an all-Asian cast in a Hollywood movie, kicked off a few days ago....
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Aug
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Apr
UA3411: On Being a Randomly Picked Asian
A video surfaced of a Vietnamese American, David Dao, being forcefully dragged from a United Airlines flight departing Chicago for Louisville, Kentucky. Dao, 69, had allegedly refused to voluntarily give...
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Oct
Asian American Voters Not Being Engaged in Ca.’s Ballot Initiative Process
A new survey of Asian American voters in California out this week finds that many do not vote on ballot initiatives because they don’t know enough about them. ...
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Jul
Asian Americans, Growing in Numbers, Show Political Clout at the DNC
As Asian American elected officials and community leaders take the stage here this week at the Democratic National Convention, the formidable presence and political force of Asian American voters on...
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Jul
Call for California Asians and Hispanics to Show United Front on Health4All
Viji Sundaram, News Report | New America Media SAN FRANCISCO -- Even as health care advocates are celebrating California’s recent “landmark victory” in getting its undocumented children health care, Latino and...
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Nov
Vigil Honors Memory of Fallen Southeast Asian Community Members
Photo Essay, Edgardo Cervano-Soto Gwai Boonkeut wore a white t-shirt, emblazoned with an image of his deceased daughter, Chan Boonkeut, holding a rose. Her murder, he told a group of community...
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Feb
Why Jeremy Lin Matters: Asian Male Image in the Media
New America Media, Commentary, Ky Phong Paul Tran, Posted: Feb 17, 2012 Pop culture traditionally has painted Asians as awkward, unathletic and never the leading man, like Long Duk Dong from...
