An Asian-American youngster who flew his seventh trip on EVA Airways’ Hello Kitty-branded airplane received a golden ticket with Sanrio characters etched on it, as well as his name, becoming the most frequent-flier of kitty airspace: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-25/ flying-the-friendly-and-cutesy-skies
The Republican party, unattractive to the Asian-American community recently for its yellow-scare, anti-China rhetoric, should look for more support from its Asian constituents, former Virginia congressman Tom Davis says: http://blogs.reuters.com/talesfromthetrail/2012/06/25/are-republicans-also-losing-the-asian-vote/
A new bill in Arizona that would make an abortion illegal because the mother isn’t happy with the sex of the baby appears to be targeting Asian immigrants, where sex selection within that community is more prominent than this country […]
Anneline Waldman from Job Mouse suggests Asian Americans were hit hardest for long-term unemployment during 2011: http://thejobmouse.com/2012/05/30/data-shows-asian-americans-suffered-the-most-from-long-term-unemployment-in-2011/
One of the richest men in the world and the founder of Facebook, Mark Zukerberg, married his longtime girlfriend, Priscilla Chan, today, May 19, 2012, a day after his company went public on the NASDAQ stock exchange: http://mashable.com/2012/05/19/zuckerberg-married/ Photo: Mark […]
Grace Hwang Lynch offers her suggestions on books to teach children about Asian-American history: http://www.blogher.com/don-t-know-much-about-asian-pacific-history-booklist-kids?wrap=blogher-topics/family/big-kids-510&crumb=32403
A new McDonald’s commercial for iced coffee features an Asian-American bride with a hankering for coffee: http://www.channelapa.com/2012/05/mcdonalds-ice-coffee-wedding-asian-american-commercial.html
A new grant worth some $1 million is heading to Asian-American communities as part of the Department of Education’s efforts to uplift the community: http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/news/story.jhtml?id=376500013&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
The Asian American Film Lab is looking for entries in its 72-hour Film Shootout competition that runs June 15 – 18, 2012, in Brooklyn, N.Y.: http://www.aafilmlab.org/72hours/step-by-step/
Did you know the Smithsonian has an exhibit on Chinese food takeout? http://apanews.si.edu/2011/03/04/sweet-and-sour-showcase/
EthnoBlog contributor and Chinese American Frances Kai-Hwa Wang offers her tips for Asian-American girls growing up in a sometimes harsh climate towards ethnic minorities and those with body issues: http://ethnoblog.newamericamedia.org/2012/04/helping-asian-american-girls-and-women-navigate-a-crossroads-of-stereotypes-and-expectations.php
A new study suggests blacks are more likely to confront people in regards to race, whereas Asians prefer understated acts of revenge: http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2012/04/study-of-the-day-blacks-confront-racists-asians-prefer-quiet-revenge/255845/
NPR looks at recent examples of racial insensitivity in the media, including Acura’s casting call for an African American who isn’t “too dark” and the fact that no people of color have been chosen to lead reality TV shows The […]
The White House’s Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders’ “What’s Your Story?” Champions of Change program is drawing questions from one nominated group after its video seemingly had the most views of the contest but failed to place in […]
Annie Clark, who was adopted from China and born with hands, won a penmanship award and a place in our hearts: http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20589127,00.html
Asian-American opinion writer for Autostraddle Whitney Pow offers her take on Asian America, and it isn’t all milk and honey: http://www.autostraddle.com/thats-not-who-i-am-calling-out-and-challenging-stereotypes-of-asian-americans-136205/ Clarification: Updated to reflect Whitney’s full name.
Apparently, today is National Chinese Almond Cookie Day, according to a CNN article: http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/04/09/national-chinese-almond-cookie-day/
Asian Americans are among those competing to become Food Network’s next star in its culinary contest akin to American Idol: http://www.channelapa.com/2012/04/food-network-star-season-8-asian-american-edition.html
Leading design firm IDEO published a guidebook on using human-centered design, the idea that design should feed from human feedback, emotion and empathy, in the nonprofit sector, which is available free in digital format or for around $20 in hardbound […]
The Joslin Diabetes Center, as part of its Asian-American Diabetes Initiative, released a cooking app for diabetics to help them make healthier options in the kitchen: http://asweetlife.org/a-sweet-life-staff/featured/joslin-asian-american-diabetes-initiative-launches-cooking-app/25907/
Several studies suggest that Asian-Americans, while still the most likely ethnic group to marry interracially, are trending towards Asian-Asian pairings: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/fashion/more-asian-americans-marrying-within-their-race.html?_r=1
Kazu Nagahama is an aging comedic actor looking to make the switch to drama in this film from director Jeff Fong, which is seeking $10,000 in funds from Kickstarter: http://www.examiner.com/indie-filmmaker-in-national/mockumentary-explores-life-of-an-asian-american-comedic-actor
Elderly Chinese-Americans are the targets of a scam in San Francisco, which plays off of a swindled person’s superstitious nature: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/san_francisco&id=8599175
New film The Five-Year Engagement reduces two Korean-American women to “This” and “That”: http://www.salon.com/2012/03/27/judd_apatows_racist_new_trailer/singleton/
Miranda Du, who was nominated by President Barack Obama, is the first Asian American to sit as a federal judge in Nevada: http://www.kolotv.com/home/headlines/Reno_Lawyer_Becomes_First_Asian-American_144727925.html
Asian Americans for Change, based in Mississippi and formed after Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area, plans to join forces with other local area groups to help bolster family support for Vietnamese fishermen caught in the wake of the Deepwater Horizon […]
A preview of new Williamsburg, Brooklyn, establishment The Wok Shop, which is run by husband-wife combo Edric and Melissa Har: https://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/eats/williamsburg-brooklyn-wok-shop-takes-chinese-takeout-a-notch-article-1.1048155
Hyphen Magazine looks at Asian-American privilege and how we can use it in allying the African-American community and beyond: http://www.hyphenmagazine.com/blog/archive/2012/03/there-privilege-being-asian-american
Asian Americans, at 6.8 percent, ranked the highest for most gains in employment between 2009 and 2011, according to a Pew Research Center study: http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2225/workforce-employment-hispanics-whites-blacks-asians-immigrants
NBC looks at Chinese-Americans who may not be Chinese enough for those on the mainland: http://behindthewall.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/23/10644657-not-chinese-enough-in-china-chinese-americans-caught-between-2-worlds?chromedomain=usnews