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“Descher, born in Korea but as American as a Big Mac, woke up on the floor of Mike’s bar in Pullman living a nightmare. Sucker-punched by a cowardly lout, he suffered a severely broken jaw and may have permanent facial nerve damage.”
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“Police say that Bowes yelled racial slurs prior to the stabbing and was involved in the altercation, which resulted in Vassell suffering a broken nose. Bowes is white, and Vassell is African American.”
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“A U.S. Marine based on Okinawa has been detained in connection with the reported rape of a 14-year-old Japanese girl, the island’s police force said Monday.”
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“According to James Brown’s autobiography, I Feel Good: A Memoir of a Life of Soul: “I also have some Chinese in me, at least as much as I have black (and maybe a little Egyptian King Tut thrown in for good measure). “
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“research presented in a new paper by psychologists at Stanford, Pennsylvania State University and the University of California-Berkeley reveals that many Americans subconsciously associate blacks with apes.”
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“Mr. Akinsiku says his Son of God is “a samurai stranger who’s come to town, in silhouette,” here to shake things up in a new, much-abridged version of the Bible rooted in manga, the Japanese form of graphic novels.”
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“Teshager walked in only 11 of some 200 shows last September, a season in which, overall, women of color were glaringly absent. Of the 101 shows and presentations posted on Style.com, more than a third employed no black models”
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“The low number of Asian participants at elite level in almost every discipline is one of the scandals of English sport, and football’s almost total lack of professional Asian players the biggest scandal within the scandal. “
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“Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said the forced removal of Aborigines from their families in the 1900s is a “blight on the nation’s soul.” Rudd is still working on the wording of an apology to the “stolen generation”
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“Aljazeera viewers were asked to vote electronically for their choice for US president. The majority voted for Obama; Ron Paul was the nominee for the Republicans; Obama scored 61% and Paul 10%, a distant second.”
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“Nas and crew showed up to the Grammys last night in full-out Nigger wear. Nas managed to plug his album and be wildly inappropriate at the same time. And rope his loved ones into it. “
Carmen Van Kerckhove is co-founder and president of
Colin wrote:
Asian-Americans in football: T.J. Houshmandzadeh, Hines Ward I know are both Asian-American NFL stars. Still, there is an incredible dearth of Asian-Americans in pro football, and I can only hope the more people see of people like these two, as well as players like Itula Mili and Lofa Tatupu, who are of Samoan descent, more talented players of Asian and Pacific Islander descent will join the ranks.
Nas and Nigger-wear: Reading the comments, the “it’s just art” idea seems to be quite vapid. It seems to take the stance that whatever people say or do, as long as they can call it art or say they’re artists, then their speech is free from criticism. I simply can’t cede such a point to anyone.
UMass, civil rights violation accusation: What were the civil rights violated? Does anyone have any clues on this?
Arab Americans and Obama: I just know Fox News will find a way to spin this one…
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 12:05 pm ¶
Wendi Muse wrote:
that’s a UK article— football = soccer in that case
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 12:21 pm ¶
R. Prince wrote:
I know that this may come of unfair, rude, and ignorant, but regarding the first newslink about the korean american man who was beaten in a bar, it really pisses me off b/c one of the men who allegedly followed him was a black man. Of course black men (or women) can be perpetrators in hate crimes but it irks me nonetheless since I’m pretty sure that if this would’ve been a white man using the n-word then proceeding to beat a black man, it would’ve attracted more media attention and that same black man would’ve been livid… I’m black and his lack of empathy for another minority disgusts me.
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 1:20 pm ¶
Celeste wrote:
I agree…I know that the whole “black people can’t be racist” thing is a myth but part of me still expects better from another black person than to randomly harass and seriously assault (if he threw the punch) on the basis of race. How anyone thinks it’s a good idea to sucker punch a perfect stranger (and such a young one) so hard that they need facial reconstruction is baffling all by itself. Whatever happened to spitting, blowing cigarette smoke on or pouring your drink on someone you randomly decide you don’t like? I don’t advocate spitting or anything but it doesn’t require surgery.
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 4:29 pm ¶
Celeste wrote:
Totally random thought while I was reading the CNN post… Would a high-visibility figure raise people’s awareness of the Asian American Community? I’m not suggesting an Asian Al Sharpton, but he’s always there to raise awareness and protest at the first hint of racism towards blacks (exclusively blacks it seems, unfortunately). The downside is that some media outlets only think to call him and Jesse. I know that there are people working to increase visibility and awareness but maybe adding more of a rabble-rousing element could be helpful .
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 4:45 pm ¶
TierListE wrote:
The Dehumanization article and the comments on the Fashions one are mad depressing. I personally never got that black/ape dichotomy. Glad to know everyone else gets it . . .
Posted 12 Feb 2008 at 11:11 pm ¶
Jay wrote:
And “Asian” in England means South Asian in the football article.
The comments were off the mark in the article, but only because of the nature of football (soccer). It’s more international than American football and basketball (though those have gotten more international), which means that foreign players are relatively common. Players that not majority and 2nd+ gen, however, are not.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 6:01 am ¶
Cynthia wrote:
Celeste,
The Asian American/Asian Canadian communities have a different history from African Americans and an Al Sharpton type personality probably wouldn’t work very well. In addition, many Asian Americans are immigrants or still have connections with the old country culture/cultures and many cultures still clash with each other (for example, there are still people of Chinese descent who are largely anti-Japanese because of WWII…most are elderly though). Finally, traditional culture and language may be an issue. Traditional Asians will likely look at someone like Al Sharpton as a fool, as someone who is loud. Also, it isn’t very easy to find someone who can be very multilingual- speak English, Mandarin, Cantonese, Korean, Vietnamese, etc, etc…
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 8:48 am ¶
Celeste wrote:
Hi Cynthia,
I wasn’t suggesting that some Asian person go get a perm, don a tracksuit and start picketing. I think there’s a way to show outrage without buffoonery. The Asian community isn’t just one homogenous group of people. However, the people who beat this guy up didn’t seem to know Kyle’s specific heritage. They didn’t say “Real cool fucking Korean”. The incident in Seatlle looks like a clear-cut hate crime against Asians in general and I think some general outrage should be shown. Maybe if there were, there would have been more media attention. Ideally, it would be nice if everyone mobilized when there was any type of hate crime, not just against someone in your group. If and until that happens you have stand up for yourself.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 1:28 pm ¶
Carmen Van Kerckhove wrote:
> I wasn’t suggesting that some Asian person go get a perm, don a tracksuit and start picketing.
LOL I would actually like to see someone do that.
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 1:42 pm ¶
Cynthia wrote:
Celeste,
You’ll still need more than one person, though. English speakers may be able to rally those raised in this part of the world, but they might not be able to deal with immigrants who do not speak much English. That you’ll need many peope for, unless for some reason, you’re able to find one person who speaks several different Asian languages!
Posted 13 Feb 2008 at 1:52 pm ¶