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
New Jersey senators denied Gov. Chris Christie’s nominee to the Supreme Court in her state, Phillip Kwon, who would have been the state’s first Asian-American Supreme Court justice: http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/news/breaking/new-jersey-senate-rejects-nominee-who-would-have-been-first/article_43838452-7497-11e1-9b28-0019bb2963f4.html
President Barack Obama nominated President Jim Yong Kim of Dartsmouth College to lead the World Bank, making him the first Asian-American to head the position: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2012/03/23/bloomberg_articlesM1C9R96S972B01-M1D0Z.DTL
A Pew Research Center study suggests marriages between persons of Asian and white ethnicity yields a higher average combined income than either white/white or Asian/Asian pairings at $70,952: http://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2012/02/16/the-rise-of-intermarriage/?src=prc-headline
Asian Americans are being harassed in a string of gang-related crimes in Philadelphia, including one involving a Korean-American family, threatened at gunpoint, who lost $30,000 in the attack: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20120320_Vid_shows_gang_attacking_Asian_couple.html?cmpid=124488459
Asian-American tech guy CEO Philip Lee offers six tips for breaking the bamboo ceiling in your own tech job: commit, prepare, network, learn, strive, mentor: https://secure.marketwatch.com/story/asian-american-technology-executive-outlines-6-strategies-to-break-through-the-bamboo-ceiling-and-achieve-top-corporate-jobs-2012-03-20
The White House announced its top three videos in its “What’s Your Story?” challenge, as part of its Champions of Change initiative, for the AAPI community.
Democratic New York House of Representatives candidate Grace Meng could be the first Asian-American (Meng is of Chinese descent) to reach the office: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304636404577291942836738970.html
Knicks’ point guard Jeremy Lin is the name face for Volvo, the Swedish-based and Chinese-owned car company announced: http://www.volvocars.com/us/top/community/Jeremy-Lin/Pages/default.aspx
Min-Liang Tan donates $10,000 to a Kickstarter project.
The Library of Congress is set to host Japanese-American poet Garrett Hongo as part of its “Asian-American Poetry Today” event, Friday, April 13, at 2 p.m. in Washington, D.C.: http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-055.html
A co-creator for Chumby, a cute Web app device, developed an open-source geiger counter people can buy to test for radiation levels in Japan, following the country’s Fukushima nuclear disaster in 2011: http://www.engadget.com/2012/03/16/bunnie-huang-geiger-counter/
A new report indicates Asian Americans are bidding on an increasing number of government and other contracts and winning them: http://aapress.com/business/asian-american-small-business-contractors-bidding-more-win-more-federal-contracts/
A recent study indicates five dietary patterns exist among United States citizens, with different socioeconomic factors affecting which pattern a participant placed him or herself in: http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/03/17/Americans-have-five-dietary-patterns/UPI-40881331962935/?spt=hs&or=hn