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Asian Women Carnival
The first Asian Women Carnival on Livejournal includes numerous accounts from Asian women all over the world who use the Internet to have their voices heard. It’s worth reading the accounts of women as they tackle topics on racism, stereotypes, identity and even gaming (which included just one account – would have loved to [...]
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Rain Fall Trailer
This thriller comes out in Japan on April 25th and features a half-Japanese protagonist. Based on the six-volume series by Barry Eisler, this summary on Amazon.com explains the intricate plot:
John Rain, a Japanese American konketsu, or half-breed, learned his lethal trade as a member of the U.S. Special Forces. Although tortured by memories of atrocities [...]
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Dulce Pinzon Photography
Just stumbled upon this little gallery simply labeled ‘multiracial‘ from Dulce Pinzon’s website.
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Event: 2nd Annual Asian Festival in Salinas, CA
If you are lucky enough to be in the area, Salinas, CA is holding its second annual Asian Festival.
Members of the local Chinese, Japanese, and Filipino communities planning and organizing the various festivities include descendants of families who lived and operate businesses dating back to 1872 in the Chinatown area.
It will be held on April [...]
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Utada: Plays the Race Card; Breaks My Heart
I have been a fan of Utada Hikaru since her debut album First Love was released what seems like ages ago. I loved that she was bilingual, hailed from New York and was able to succeed immensely as an artist in Japan despite the “foreign-izing” of her name by spelling it in katakana.*
And even [...]
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Are We ‘Third Culture Kids’?
This article from the Daily Beast goes in-depth in to what it means to be a TCK (Third Culture Kid.)
As the name implies, it describes those who grew up with exposure to multiple cultures:
According to a body of sociological literature devoted to children who spend a portion of their developmental years outside their “passport country,” [...]
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Asian Fetishists…Gay?
Shot By Kern–Kana
Above link to video–Warning: Explicit/Nude imagery–Not Work Safe.
Recently, I was on VBS.TV –a independent documentary website that covers topics such as fashion, culture, music and news. I was looking at some of the newest entries from their series Shot By Kern which explores Richard Kern a nude voyeur and fetish photographer and his [...]
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OMG Azn: Playing the Race Card to Defend Racism
Sometimes people surprise me.
I would think that many people of color understand and have felt the effects of racism. That they understand that racial discrimination is so ingrained into our society that it takes tremendous effort for those not targeted by it (priveleged white heterosexual males) to see what the big deal is about racism [...]
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Laotian Student Told She’s No “Rosa Parks”
In a gross example of power abusal, a Laotian American high school senior is being prompted to take an English assessment exam simply because her first language is Lao – regardless of the fact that she was born in the States and can speak and write perfect English. Understandably, Lori Phanachone is refusing to [...]
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Dealing with Two Halves of a Whole
A post by John Jihoon Chang concerning Korean-American identity at Racialicious rings true in so many ways for us mixed-Asians. Issues of what it means to be ethnically Korean yet culturally American are explored, along with the all-too-familiar “I’m more Asian than you are” sentiment found between siblings.
…I was an all-American type, as it [...]
