No Model Minority: The alienation of Oakland’s One L. Goh
Next time a stupid disc jockey makes a joke about an Asian American’s accent or when someone goes to the buck-tooth “ah-so” route to describe an Asian immigrant, please don’t laugh and say, “Where’s...
View ArticleGetting away with racism in our nation’s capital
Modern racism has evolved with the eruption of D.C. Councilman Marion Barry. Can one still say overtly racist things about Asian Americans and get away with it? Sure you can. And Barry’s exhibit A....
View ArticleImmigrants go home!
Here’s a trend I call “false hope” for xenophobes: What if all the foreign-born and their offspring actually pick up and go home? Well, it’s not quite happening in such massive numbers that the Tea...
View ArticleWith dog-eater joke, President Obama embraces his “Asian-American-ness”
As the weekend began, I had the good pleasure of talking to San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee in a social setting (the Asian Law Caucus 40th anniversary dinner). I’ll say this for the Mayor. He’s far more...
View ArticlePresident Obama trades dog-eater jokes for “umbrella” talk, hints at defense...
The Asian American community has an umbrella problem. And maybe President Obama is the one to fix it. If Toni Morrison can call Bill Clinton “America’s first black president” in 1998, then surely we...
View ArticleObama’s new middle on same-sex marriage
He knew it all along. The New York Times reports it was on Tuesday morning before leaving for a speech in Albany, New York, that it was decided the president would finally come out in support of...
View ArticleAre Asian Americans really for the end of Affirmative Action?
It’s cap and gown time, and along with it come thoughts that threaten to break apart Asian America. You’ll notice it when you are at your child’s commencement this graduation season (my Jillian, the...
View ArticleBundle up for Democracy and for your Eggs Obama
That off-again, on-again morning meeting in San Jose between President Obama and a roundtable of Asian American business leaders represents the stark undemocratic reality of today’s politics. Not only...
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