YouTuber Ryan Higa Shares His Secrets

posted by Sophia Whittemore

By Sophia Whittemore
AsAmNews Intern

I’ll say it here.

What CAN’T Ryan Higa do?

My friend brought me to YouTube around 3^rd or 4^th grade, revealing a world of banana videos and unicorns and parodies… so many parodies. YouTube has been a great source of fun, befuddlement, and a producer of our favorite … Read more

Woman’s Shocking Anti-Indian Rant in a New Jersey Store: “Send them BACK!”

posted by Sophia Whittemore

In the wake of a tumultuous election period and an increasingly-polarizing U.S., one can only hope that love wins out over hate and that people treat other people like equals. Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case in a Sears department store in New Jersey as a woman spewed hate at a Latino family and an Indian … Read more

Asian Americans Finding their Place on YouTube

posted by Brittney Le

 
The 2017 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Hollywood & Entertainment features Ryan Higa, Asian American actor and YouTube comedian with over 18 million subscribers on his channel, nigahiga. Despite its briefness, his bio on the Forbes website speaks volumes for the Asian American … Read more

Huffington Post: The ‘Bamboo Ceiling’ in Hollywood excludes Asians

posted by Ariel Neidermeier

Although Asian Americans enjoy success on YouTube and Reality TV, you’d be hard pressed to find many successful Asian American professionals in Hollywood. In a recent Huffington Post piece written by Vietnamese American author, Andrew Lam, describes this “bamboo ceiling” in Hollywood, where discrimination, stereotypes and exclusion are the norm for Asians.

“The most recent … Read more

Kevin Wu’s New YouTube Video: “I Have a Twin”

posted by Gracie Zheng

In Kevin Wu’s newly released YouTube video, he dreams about having a twin, who cuts his hair and pierce through his ear lope with an earring piercing gun.

Wu, 22, is a Chinese American comedian and Youtube celebrity. He is best known as KevJumba, which is his YouTube username.

Watch the YouTube video here.… Read more