Sunday 20th August 2017,
By Ed Diokno
Views from the Edge
Mainstream media missed this one completely but some eagle-eye Asian Americans brought this to my attention. In the bigger scheme of things, the incident probably should go unnoticed, but as an Asian American, I just couldn’t let it go.
On Monday (July 24), Donald Trump gave a speech … Read more
Photo by Ad Meskens – via Wikimedia Creative Commons
Asian American students gathered on Thursday to protest a new law in Rhode Island that requires school districts to collect data on Asian Americans.
Fifty protestors showed up at the State House and questioned why the bill only targets Asian American groups, the Providence Journal reports.… Read more
Photo by USAG Weisbaden PAO
The U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution to recognize the month of May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Thursday.
Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawai‘i), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) led the bill to celebrate the contributions of the Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) community.
Sen. … Read more
Absent from this historic photo commemorating the completion of the Transcontinental Railroad are any of the Chinese workers
It took 148 years, but 12,000 Chinese railroad workers who played a huge role in building the Transcontinental Railroad are finally getting their due.
The California state Assembly unanimously passed a resolution by Assembly member Evan Low … Read more
By Takuma Okada
AsAmNews Intern
Another Asian American family comedy is in the works, but this show shouldn’t be mistaken for Fresh Off the Boat or even Doctor Ken.
In the upcoming show The Hahns, a hardworking gearhead dad and a mom that used to sing in heavy metal bands are raising … Read more
From Paramount Pictures
By Takuma Okada
AsAmNews Intern
Weekend box office sales are in through Saturday, and the whitewashing adaptation of the multi-media Japanese phenomenon Ghost in the Shell struggled against Beauty and the Beast and Boss Baby. Ghost took the number three spot, taking in only $20 million compared to $48 million for … Read more
Photo from Universal Pictures
By Shirley N Lew
AsAmNews New York Correspondent
Local political pressure is now on President Obama to make an official apology for the passing of the 1882 Chinese Exclusion Act before he leaves office.
In early May, Senior Director of the Chinese Freemasons, Karlin Chan created a “We The People” petition in an effort to … Read more
By Shirley N Lew
AsAmNews New York Correspondent
A survey by AARP has found high anxiety among New York City’s Asian Americans approaching retirement age.
A new report released this month is appropriately entitled High Anxiety: New York City Asian America Gen X and Boomers Struggle with Stress, Savings and Security.
The survey … Read more
“Xi Jinping Mexico2013” by Angélica Rivera de Peña – Licensed via Wikimedia Commons
By Shirley N Lew
AsAmNews New York Correspondent
When a tweet from The Wall Street Journal late Sunday included a racial slur toward Asians and a photo of China’s General Secretary Xi Jinping, it looked pretty bad. WSJ later removed the tweet … Read more
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