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Chef Ming Tsai & White House Executive Chef Cook Healthy for American and...
As you know, the month of May is American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, and thus it’s no surprise that the White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, the First Lady’s...
View ArticleYouTube Comedy: What Kind of Asian Are You?
When I saw the title of this YouTube video, I was wondering what it was all about? (like, Model Minority Asian? Hipster Asian?) When I saw a white guy approaching the Asian American woman, I thought...
View ArticlePresident Obama Speaks at the AAPI Heritage Month Celebration (And explains...
President Obama delivers remarks an the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration at the White House earlier this week. What got the most attention from Obama was his remarks on...
View ArticleAnime Review: The Devil is a Part-timer
Thank you Japanese anime land for yet another story based on a really weird premise that somehow still works. The Devil is a Part-timer is basically about a demon lord named Satan, of course, who...
View ArticleArmed With a Camera Fellowship
As a filmmaker, I am a big believer in the importance of API film festivals. I believe they are the incubator of API talent and help get our stories on the big screen. One of the first people to...
View ArticleAnime Review: A Certain Scientific Railgun
Extra Sensory Perception (ESP) stories are pretty common, but of course, not all of them are done well. A Certain Scientific Railgun is done pretty well. Masaka Mikoto is a young girl who goes to...
View ArticleAnime Review: Bamboo Blade
Bamboo Blade is basically a sports anime. Sports anime are ones that focus on a sport or activity through which a main protagonist, with a cohort of friends providing plenty of back stories to...
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Sullivan & Son Episode Review: “Pilot, One More Time” and “Acceptance”
About a year ago, Dino-Ray of 8Asians mused that the new TBS show Sullivan & Son looked sort of intriguing because of its ethnically diverse cast, but would commit only to the possibility that he...
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‘Sullivan & Son’ Episode Review: “Ladies Night”
Season 2, Epsiode 3: “Ladies Night” Microsynopsis: Responding to Yelp reviews calling his bar a place for old people, Steve holds a Ladies Night in hopes of drawing a younger clientele. Among other...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Suburu’s Nature Painting
I caught this Suburu television commercial last week and found it fairly entertaining. I’m not sure buying an easel and having a Suburu SUV is going to make any nature loving painting enthusiast go...
View Article“Attack on Titan” Anime PTSD
After watching the new anime “Attack on Titan”, I have been suffering from mild insomnia, having sudden flashback attacks, and lapsing into waking dreams where I’m replaying scenes from the show over...
View ArticleAnime Review: Okami-san and Her Seven Companions
What caught my attention first about this anime was the kitty boxing gloves. Immediately, I was like “I must have a pair of kitty boxing gloves like so!” They are too awesome. And they “meowed” when...
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Racist Joke: Asiana Airlines 214 Pilot Names Reported On-Air by SF Bay Area...
The crash of Asiana Airlines flight #214 last Saturday is no laughing matter. But someone else at the San Francisco Bay Area local television news broadcast KTVU thought otherwise – erroneously...
View ArticleKTVU Makes Full Apology for On Air Racist Joke in Evening Broadcast
Obviously, with the racist joke amazingly aired without their recognition at noon on Friday, KTVU has been doing some massive damage control. The video broadcast clip has been going viral not only in...
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NTSB Intern Who Confirmed Fake Racist Asiana Airlines Pilot Names Sacked ;...
According to both NBC News and CNN (and many other media outlets), the NTSB intern who confirmed the fake racist Asiana Airlines pilot names to KTVU is no longer an intern at the NTSB. As I had...
View ArticleEmpire State of Mind Parodies – Beijing & Taiwan State of Mind
I recently saw these two video spoofs of JAY Z & Alicia Key’s “Empire State of Mind” with instead of New York City being a state of mind, Beijing and Taipei being a state of mind. I first saw the...
View ArticleAsian American Commercial Watch: Parvesh Cheena Makes a Deal With the Pepto...
I’m not sure why Pepto Bismol decided to upload this holiday commercial to YouTube in the middle of summer, but I’m just grateful they did so that we can see Parvesh Cheena shaking the tiny hand(?) of...
View ArticleThe Daily Show & The Colbert Report Mock KTVU
The past two weeks, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report hosts and staff have been on vacation. Well, the shows were back on air this past Monday and wasted no time mocking KTVU’s ineptitude for...
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KTVU Producers Fired over Asiana Airlines Pilots’ Fake Names
Although details are still not exactly clear as to how exactly racist fake pilots’ names for Asiana Airlines made it on air on local noon broadcast for San Francisco Bay Area Fox affiliate KTVU, there...
View ArticleKollaboration SF 4: Post-Event Wrap Up (8/3/2013)
I had heard of Kollaboration SF before (“an annual event and movement produced by young Asian and Pacific Islander (API) professionals and students to promote a strong API presence in entertainment...
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