08.14.07
Posted in Sports at 8:18 pm by albert_lim
Right: Chang won the 1989 French Open at age 17, becoming the youngest player ever to take the title. He retired in 2002.
Michael Chang, who’s been in the news lately for coaching Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai, has announced that he’ll open an academy in Shenzhen, China. As Chang said at a news conference, “I have a wish, which is to contribute my experience accumulated from playing in world tournaments to the development of tennis in China.”
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Posted in FALLOUT CENTRAL Podcast at 2:51 am by admin
Are you an unsigned recording artist looking to get heard by Asian America? If so, send us a sample of your music, and we’ll consider it for play during our weekly podcasts. comments@falloutcentral.com
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:32 am by admin
One major contributing factor to the inclusion of Asian Americans in mainstream media, TV, movies, and advertisements is positive reinforcement. See something you like? Say something! Want to see more of it? Call the advertiser! This is a recent banner ad that we recently saw on the web (see right).
The more positive-reinforcement email messages and phone calls they get, the more likely they will be to continue to present positive portrayals of Asian American men with Asian American women in their advertisements. It’s really just that simple.
Call: 866-345-7643 (9am-4pm EST, Monday - Friday)
Email: Scroll down to the “Consumer Relations” section of this page at underarmour.com
Don’t know what to say? Just cut and paste this into your message:
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Message #1:
Dear UnderArmour.com:
I just love the banner ad I recently saw for Under Armour which prominently features an Asian American man with an Asian American woman. This advertisement has motivated me to try your brand of sports wear, and if I see more ads like this, I’ll certainly remain a loyal customer! Thanks Under Armour.com!!
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Message #2:
Dear UnderArmour.com:
I just love the banner ad I recently saw for Under Armour which prominently features an Asian American man with an Asian American woman. Advertisements like this will certainly keep me loyal to your brand of sports wear! Thanks Under Armour.com!!
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08.13.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:09 pm by albert_lim
U.S. college students of East Asian and Indian heritage tend to do well academically, fulfilling the “model minority” stereotype, but several other Asian demographics — Pacific Islanders and some Southeast Asian groups — aren’t enrolling in the high-level courses that will get them ahead in school, according to a new report by the Government Accountability Office, Congress’ research arm.
Southeast Asian and Pacific Islander students are also more likely to need financial aid, and thus have to live with their parents and work to support their families.
“The report confirms the need to avoid making national generalizations about Asian American achievements in education and conflating all Asian American subgroups as if all Asian Americans are homogeneous,” says L. Ling-chi Wang, chairman of U.C. Berkeley’s ethnic studies department.
The full report is available here.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:47 pm by albert_lim
Right: Wong receives his award from Rep. Patrick Murphy of Pennsylvania (far left) and Marine Corps Times managing editor Dave Brown.
Reserve Maj. Theodore Wong, 42, who serves with the 23rd Marine Regiment in San Bruno, Calif., has been named Marine of the Year by the Marine Corps Times.
Wong was honored for his extensive community service, which he carried out despite having been deployed in Iraq for 42 of the past 60 months. Among his many activities, Wong mentors youths, leads students in exercises, visits wounded troops and speaks to local veterans organizations.
Said Wong: “In the Reserve you’re a citizen-soldier and you support the community you live in. You are part of your community, and you should set the example for your community.”
Army Times Publishing Company began recognizing Military Times Service Members of the Year in 2001. Criteria for the award include professionalism, concern for fellow service members, and commitment to community service.
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08.11.07
Posted in Activism and Empowerment, Community Alerts at 6:33 am by telly_wong
Attention FALLOUT CENTRAL readers/listeners/supporters in Hong Kong:
We will be holding a workshop/orientation meeting next Saturday, August 18, 2007 (from Noon - 1PM) in Hong Kong. We are seeking progressive individuals who are interested in challenging negative stereotypes and misrepresentations of Asians on a global level.
Through solidarity and the establishment of a worldwide network, we believe we can shift perceptions and create positive social change.
If you are interested, please RSVP to telly@falloutcentral.com. We will provide the location in our reply.
See you there.
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08.10.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:13 pm by albert_lim
“Three Delivery,” a U.S.-Canadian animated TV series about a trio of Chinese-food delivery teens who double as kung fu-fighting superheroes, will debut on Nicktoons and the BBC early next year.
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Posted in Sports at 6:16 pm by albert_lim
The Associated Press profiles Noriaki Kinoshita, 24, who hopes to be the first Japanese football player to suit up for an NFL game.
Kinoshita, a receiver, spent the past three years playing in the now-defunct NFL Europa, where his performance earned him an invitation to the Atlanta Falcons’ training camp and appearances in a few exhibition games.
Kinoshita grew up in Osaka, Japan, and started playing football at age 5.
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Posted in Culture, Health at 1:48 pm by telly_wong
“Mommy, get that thing away from me. I want a Mickey D’s milkshake instead!”
Here at Fallout Central, a common gripe we have is the consistently negative and/or culturally insensitive images of Asians in the American media as we believe it breeds aspiring racists. While critics of our criticism tell us to relax and laugh it off, a recent Stanford University study has discovered some eye-popping new findings about the effects of mass media on the physiological perceptions and responses in young children.
In the study, pre-schoolers aged 3 to 5 were presented with identical McDonald’s foods in name-brand and unmarked wrappers and asked which tasted better. The unmarked foods always lost the challenge. Even carrots in McDonald’s wrappers tasted better than their generically-wrapped counterparts. (!)
Experts blame the relentless onslaught of McDonald’s marketing to impressionable young minds in conditioning these tykes into McLemmings.
If we take these findings a step further, wouldn’t it be possible that in a culture where mocking and berating Asians passes as socially acceptable, popular entertainment (i.e. I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry, shock jock radio), that children can be subconsciously conditioned to internalize these images and ideas and have them manifest themselves in the form of real-world bigotry and xenophobia? (I’m talking to you “Anti-Asians Anonymous”).
Or perhaps I should just wrap myself up in McDonald’s wax paper the next time I’m in the Fox Chapel High School area.
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