08.30.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:53 am by admin
Images of Asian Americans in movies such as “Balls of Fury“:
A. ultimately lead to the empowerment of all Asian Americans.
B. ultimately lead to the empowerment of Asian American women, but lead to the disempowerment of Asian American men.
C. ultimately lead to the empowerment of Asian American men, but lead to the disempowerment of Asian American women.
D. ultimately lead to the disempowerment of all Asian Americans.
Consider: In this movie, as is the case in the recent movie, “I now pronounce you Chuck and Larry,” we see a tired dichotomy that is constantly presented in movies, television, and other forms of mass-media where the Asian American woman:
- Can speak English well
- Is assimilable into American society
- Is socially and/or romantically desirable
Whereas the Asian American man:
- Cannot speak English well
- Is not assimilable into American society
- Is not socially and/or romantically desirable
Cast your votes and leave your comments below. You can also talk to us live during our podcast session on Sunday, 9/2/07 from 8:00-8:30pm EST @ 212-255-2898
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Posted in Sports at 3:29 am by admin
Yi, a 7-foot power forward picked sixth overall in the NBA draft in June, signed what Bucks owner Herb Kohl deemed a standard multi-year league contract today in Hong Kong, surrounded by his parents and Bucks officials, including Kohl and general manager Larry Harris.
Read the rest of this article in The Capital Times.
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08.28.07
Posted in Community Alerts at 2:17 am by admin
Police in Manhattan are searching for a slasher, a man who walks up to women on the street and cuts them. Over the past six weeks a stalker has been walking the streets of Manhattan targeting Asian women at random - slashing them across the right forearm in broad daylight.
The latest attack was on the afternoon of August 17th at 32nd Street near Broadway. The other two were on July 16th, in the morning and afternoon near Grand St. and Chrystie Street in NYC Chinatown.
- Black Male
- 25 - 30 Years Old
- Thin
- 5′8 - 5′11 tall
- Light grey sweatshirt with 09 on the back
ABC 7 News: Police Searching for slasher in NYC
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Posted in FALLOUT CENTRAL Podcast at 12:59 am by admin
This is a podcast excerpt of the 8/26/07 Fallout Central Podcast.
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08.27.07
Posted in Education at 4:02 am by admin
First center of its kind in the United States
According to this article, UC Davis has been awarded $3.9 million to launch the Asian American Center on Disparities Research (AACDR). The research center is the only on efunded in the United States to focus on mental health issues concerning Asian Amercans.
- “I welcome the new UC Davis Center because they will contribute very substantially and substantively to the gaps in our understanding of mental health issues affecting Asian Americans,” said Moon Chen Jr., principal investigator for Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research and Training (AANCART). “Among U.S. racial/ethnic groups, Asian Americans are the least likely to be cited in publicly assessable literature, even if they’re the nation’s fastest growing group in percentage terms.”
This is a significant step forward in addressing the adverse health effects uncovered in a recent research study published by Dr. Gilbert C. Gee
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08.22.07
Posted in Fun Facts at 12:33 am by admin
As reported by this article, young white Americans are happier with life than their minority counterparts.
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From the article:
- According to an extensive survey of 1,280 people ages 13-24 by The Associated Press and MTV, 72 percent of whites say they are happy with life in general, compared with 51 percent of Hispanics and 56 percent of blacks.
- “It doesn’t surprise me,” said Martin Carpenter, 21, a black New Jersey resident. “There’s a lot of issues out there for African-American young adults. You can still go to certain places and feel uncomfortable, like you don’t belong there.”
Martin’s feeling about racism, real or perceived, was echoed in the survey: 28 percent of minorities believe race will hurt them in the quest for a better life. Among whites, 20 percent feel their race will help in getting ahead.
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Posted in Politics at 12:14 am by admin
When New York City Councilman John Liu called a fired DJ a “sick, racist pedophile” for making sex-laced rants about a rival’s young daughter, would listeners have taken the councilman’s comments literally? A federal judge said no on Friday, throwing out DJ Star’s defamation lawsuit against Liu. The judge said Mr. Liu’s remarks could not be seen as factual by most listeners and viewers, which is key to a defamation claim.
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08.19.07
Posted in FALLOUT CENTRAL Podcast at 11:00 pm by admin
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