On January 21, two years after Seung-Hui Cho’s Virginia Tech shooting rampage left 32 dead and more injured, the agriculture-focused school suffered yet another gruesome incident. This time, when police first responders arrived at an off-campus student housing diner, police found doctoral candidate Haiyang Zhu, a Chinese national, holding a kitchen knife in one hand …
Socrates knew that he was the wisest man alive. Why? For he knew one thing, that he knew nothing. I’m not so bold as to make such a statement, but I will say one thing, and that is I know NOTHING about Asian pop, hip hop, and pretty much any contemporary music from the far …
Right after Tuesday’s historic inauguration, I crossed one item off my list of things I never expected to see in my life. As our 44th US President Barack Obama took office, hope began to muster behind the possibility of a racially harmonious America. Sadly, as an Asian American guy, I crossed “black president” off my …
Dragonball Evolution In one of my favorite bits from the short-lived Chappelle show, guest comedian Paul Mooney on Hollywood today rants: First they had The Mexican with Brad Pitt and now they have The Last Samurai with Tom Cruise. Well I’ve written a film, maybe they’ll produce my film. The Last [N-Word] On Earth starring …
I consider myself a cool-headed guy. You could accidentally spill juice on my clothes, run over my big toe with your Buick, and hey, no biggie, I won’t get mad. But culturally insensitive actions, that’s a different beast and what grinds my gears. Manchester United, England’s pride and joy football team (depending who you ask), …
So are you Chinese or Japanese? It’s funny, Asians have been in the United States for over a century, yet if you asked Joe Schmo off the street, all Asians are Chinese or Japanese. Asians all look Chinese, everything they say sounds Chinese, and well, and when you refer to Asian people, you mean Chinese …
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