Things to Know From Angry Asian America Chinatown Restaurant Business Plummets Amid Coronavirus Fears “Restaurateurs in Chinatown say their businesses are suffering because of the panic about coronavirus. They say that the neighborhood has been noticeably less busy, while there have been no confirmed cases in New York yet during the outbreak that has infected […]

Things to Know From Angry Asian America Woman in Face Mask Allegedly Assaulted by Man Who Calls Her ‘Diseased’A woman wearing a face mask was allegedly assaulted and called “diseased” in an incident in a New York City subway that was apparently sparked by bias over the coronavirus. The New York City Police Department’s hate […]

I first met fellow Taiwanese American entrepreneur Kevin Lin over a decade ago when he was first working on Justin.tv before that company pivoted to become the very successful Twitch (which was acquired by Amazon for $970 million in cash.) I met him again over a decade later I think at a Taiwanese American conference […]

Things to Know From Angry Asian America Minari Scores Double Top Honors at the Sundance Film Festival AwardsWriter/director Lee Isaac Chung’s Minari took double top honors at the Sundance Film Festival’s annual awards ceremony on Saturday night, winning both the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition. Based on Chung’s […]

Things to Know From Angry Asian America I Performed at the Super Bowl. You Might Have Missed Me.Christine Sun Kim performed the national anthem and “America the Beautiful” in American Sign Language at the opening of the Super Bowl on Sunday. While Demi Lovato and Yolanda Adams sang on the 50 yard line, Kim was […]

Things to Know From Angry Asian America “Must be able to carry a tune.”I’ve been seeing this casting call passed around, looking for someone to play screen icon Anna May Wong in the upcoming Paramount Pictures film Babylon: “ANNA MAY WONG: aged 30-40’s; Chinese-American; based on the real person, Anna May is a dynamic singer/actress […]

Tell your relatives to stop spreading bullshit on Facebook. Today in Coronavirus-related racism: a fake letter, purporting to be from an official with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, has been circulating on email and Facebook regarding a supposed Coronavirus outbreak in the South Bay region of Southern California. This is 100% not […]

Recently, the Netflix TV series ‘The Healing Powers of Dude” premiered: “Meet Noah, he’s an 11-year-old with social anxiety disorder starting middle school. School can be tough, but with the help of his emotional support dog, Dude, plus his friends and family, maybe it can be less scary. The Healing Powers of Dude arrives January […]