Casting calls, Monolids, and Plastic Surgery
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Paladino Casting recently apologized for the “no monolids” casting call shown here after being called out by Simu Liu on Twitter.   I think that Dino Ray Ramos put it best when he said that they were basically looking for Asians who don’t look Asians.  To me, this casting is appalling for many reasons, but the […]

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Asian Americans Commercial Watch: AAPIs For Biden Political Ads
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With the presidential election around the corner, Americans are already voting in record numbers in early voting, either in mail-in/absentee or early voting.  So it’s no surprise there has been record spending on television political ads.  It’s also no surprise that Biden has been focused on Asian Americans, as I had attended a year ago in […]

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Asian American Woman’s Home Vandalized in Hate Crime
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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. “I wear my mask if I want F**KING ASIAN you create the virus”In San Francisco, police are investigating a hate crime in the city’s Sunset District, where a man vandalized an Asian American woman’s home and left a letter saying, “I wear my mask if I […]

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Oops! You’re Not On Mute! And We All Just Heard Your Racism.
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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America. Boston School Committee Chair Resigns After Mocking Asian NamesBoston Schools Committee chairman Michael Loconto has stepped down after reportedly mocking Asian Americans during a Wednesday night school committee meeting, which prompted calls for his immediate resignation. During the virtual meeting, the moderator can be heard on […]

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All The Asians On Star Trek – 09: Away Mission with Sarah Kuhn
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The Podcast In Which We Interview All The Asians On Star Trek. All The Asians On Star Trek is the podcast in which we interview all the Asians on Star Trek. In Episode 9: introducing the Away Mission, where we break from the usual format and invite fellow Asian American fans of Star Trek to […]

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Raya and the Last Dragon Looks Like The Most Badass Disney Movie Ever
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And Other Things to Know From Angry Asian America Raya and the Last Dragon Teaser TrailerHoly moly. Disney has dropped the first teaser trailer for its upcoming animated feature Raya and the Last Dragon, and it looks amazing. Starring the Kelly Marie Tran, and written by Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen, Raya is an epic […]

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All The Asians On Star Trek – 08: Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt
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The Podcast In Which We Interview All The Asians On Star Trek. All The Asians On Star Trek is the podcast in which we interview all the Asians on Star Trek. In Episode 8, I talk to Bo Yeon Kim and Erika Lippoldt. They served as writers on the first three seasons of Star Trek: […]

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They Call Us Bruce 112: They Call Us Yellow Rose
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Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America. What's up, podcast listeners? We've got another episode of our podcast They Call Us Bruce. (Almost) each week, my good friend, writer/columnist Jeff Yang and I hos an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America, with a strong focus […]

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